Example sentences of "it be [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bitterness of Maastricht opponents who also included Tory ex-minister Lord Parkinson and former Commons Speaker Viscount Tonypandy signalled that the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill is set for a gruelling passage , despite it being given an unopposed second reading . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't work hard enough at marriage — it 's remained a huge sadness to me ’ |
| 3 | Roger Kelly is convinced that there are enough people to invest in the centre : ‘ Five years ago this would have been a pipe-dream , but with the rise of the ethical investment movement it 's become a real possibility . |
| 4 | It 's become a major part of my job . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's become a big problem , bigger than just the problem facing us , ’ said a Williams team insider last night . |
| 6 | It 's become a life-long commitment , although I 'm not complaining . |
| 7 | And in recent weeks it 's become a daily chore , as more and more birds have been brought in from the nearby Gloucester Sharpness canal . |
| 8 | I just think it 's kinda funny , and it 's become an ongoing theme in my work . ’ |
| 9 | Even you must admit that it 's become an exciting and extremely important job over the last few years , certainly as far as Carlisle Flint is concerned ! ’ |
| 10 | It 's made a great thoroughfare in the dining area and broken the dining area up a bit . |
| 11 | She says that it 's made a great difference , the swan can now struggle to it 's feet . |
| 12 | And it 's made a lovely edging for a wooden tray , coated in varnish once the paste is dry . , . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's made an incredible difference , ’ Miranda assured her . |
| 14 | It 's made an enormous difference to the way I go about my work . |
| 15 | It 's made an enormous difference to the way I go about my work . |
| 16 | It 's understood a new report will say there 's no evidence it works better than traditional methods . |
| 17 | It 's cost a vast amount of money and time . |
| 18 | Bizarre though the synchro-energy system might sound , it 's touched a raw nerve among jaded New Yorkers worn out by a decade of hard , hyped-up materialistic living . |
| 19 | PETER Mandelson gave Labour the red rose and it 's said a whole new bloom to its image . |
| 20 | Well , we have one central area to put these things in , and it 's called a small black samsonite bag , and they just get , it 's just hopeless |
| 21 | You call it , I think it 's called a maxi-dowment plan . |
| 22 | They do another sort and that 's really nice , it 's called a nutty Vera |
| 23 | That is it for this week , so er hope you enjoyed it , join us next Friday for another er burning hot series of debates er another three ring circus , it 's called A Central Weekend . |
| 24 | It 's called a Bubbly Jock |
| 25 | It 's called a Qualitative Data Review form no it 's called a Qualitative Research Review form so what 's this in the something else . |
| 26 | It 's called a Qualitative Data Review form no it 's called a Qualitative Research Review form so what 's this in the something else . |
| 27 | It 's called a back-to-back , and er the insurance company issue two , two contracts . |
| 28 | The P G C is a difficult course to fill , really , for the people who are organising it , because although it 's called a one-year course , in fact it lasts eight months in practice , and there are so many aspects that have to be fitted in something has to go . |
| 29 | Assertion comes into being when you still bring the conversation back this is what I want nothing else will do , and bringing it right the way back all the time to discuss what it is why it 's called a broken record exercise , we 'll give it a quick go now . |
| 30 | Its a sort of signature — you can recognise that particular kind of star — it 's called a sephied variable , and we know how bright that is and so we can use that to get distances to nearby galaxies . |