Example sentences of "it be [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Mendel 's paper on the inherited characteristics of peas , published in an obscure journal in what is now part of Czechoslovakia , was uncited for many years , but the ideas contained within it are now an integral part of the genetics paradigm . |
| 2 | There was already a rather perfunctory air to the Queen 's visit three years ago , as if it were just a required coda to her tour of China . |
| 3 | Evidence was reinterpreted that might seem to count against them : for example , the Earth 's long geological history , which seemed impossible if it were just a cooling sphere ; or the Sun 's apparently endless emission of energy , which was hard to explain in terms of its being made of coal , or fuelled by meteors , or contracting and giving out gravitational energy as heat and light . |
| 4 | It were just a labouring job . |
| 5 | And , even if it were just an American issue , how can one claim to represent American art properly in the period when women 's work often led the way without including some of the artists I 've mentioned . |
| 6 | Here the expression may , as so often , be read to blur the fact of a change of substance , to present a difference of kind as though it were only a modest difference of degree . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's not really anything very important , Michael , it 's rather a small thing we 're asking of you . |
| 8 | And it 's rather a good thing this one did look like a tramp , ’ she added , ‘ because you might not have talked to him if you had n't mistaken him for a poor old man , and he would n't have learned anything about Brownies , and we should n't be going to continue to enjoy the use of his lovely Park . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's rather a sobering thought , you know , Preston . |
| 10 | And again as I say it 's rather a nice erm picture which erm er was given to me some time ago . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's rather a delicate matter . ’ |
| 12 | He began explaining , straight on , then first right , on to the second set of lights … etcetera … etcetera … it 's rather a long walk , sir , he concluded . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's rather a long way , though . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's rather a long story . |
| 15 | I have n't actually got the , got page , it 's rather a long case |
| 16 | It 's rather a long time is n't it ? |
| 17 | I am actually , it 's rather a proud moment in my life . |
| 18 | Er my Lord it 's rather a complicated of transaction and the the essential heading this case was that he failed to advise in relation to title er the person who goes from with respect to a land transaction he 's entitled to expect that the lawyer investigates the state of entitlement to arrange the matter and to explain to the trial exactly what that is , what it is that is portrayed by the state of the title . |
| 19 | It 's rather a tight fit , ’ she said apologetically , and the woman beamed at her . |
| 20 | It 's rather a damp day outside you want to finish airing your clothes off , so what to do ? |
| 21 | ‘ For the first time in many a year , I 'm able to take my time and I must say , it 's rather an enjoyable experience . |
| 22 | And it , I 'm sure the jury would get the it 's rather an obvious question but why is that ? |
| 23 | East Lancs spokesman Mr. Graham Vevers commented : ‘ Many people seem to think that it 's already a foregone conclusion that it will come here . |
| 24 | It 's already a competitive market . |
| 25 | How you attack those markets can be different in the sense that in er London the penetration of erm er mineral water into the target market is very high and therefore it 's already an accepted practice . |
| 26 | It 's probably a knock-on effect . |
| 27 | It 's probably a similar situation in England . |
| 28 | It 's probably a similar situation at er , the last company I worked for , used to have me , me lunch hour , I used to go down the swimming baths and do two and half hours there . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's probably a delayed curse , ’ said Jack . |
| 30 | If your a little numb , cynical , or apathetic it 's probably a healthy sign . |