Example sentences of "be [conj] it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Their main grievances against the education system , which fell under the dual control of the church and state , were that it victimised teachers who showed dissent by questioning the working conditions or salary scale .
2 The importance of the Positive School is that it focussed attention on motivation and on the individual criminal .
3 The importance of Cockburn 's work was that it integrated studies of local political activity into this wider view of the capitalist state .
4 One defect was that it required proof of the likelihood of a breach of the peace as a result of the defendant 's conduct .
5 The essence of Hollywood was that it used actors who became real before the camera ; they were not ciphers there to be manipulated by an all-powerful director but they were actors who were able to combine natural qualities and varied skills and techniques in such a way as to create an on-camera identity .
6 One of the reasons why this proposition was distasteful to many of Bruno 's contemporaries was that it deprived humanity of a privileged place in the cosmos .
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