Example sentences of "it be have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ Unemployment and the fear of it is having a corrosive effect on our economy . |
| 2 | However , two everyday situations may serve to illustrate how important it is to have a practical , working knowledge of the law . |
| 3 | You can imagine what loud sneezes did to Dawn 's nervous system and how dangerous it is to have a playful two-year-old near a very jumpy bird of prey ! |
| 4 | ‘ Many women want power , and one way to get it is to have a powerful husband . |
| 5 | Once again you can appreciate how important it is to have a mixed and varied diet . |
| 6 | The third and last time she was wakened that night , it was by the voice of her husband saying , ‘ What it is to have a clear conscience . |
| 7 | Any extinguishing agent which develops its effects in the same direction must be capable of overtaking the flame front if it is to have an acceptable limiting influence on potential damage . |
| 8 | Immediately — and this can be well understood — Coastal Command had more than a passing interest because it was having a desperate struggle with the U-boats in the Atlantic and , naturally , it was very keenly supported by the Admiralty and the Navy to boot , to get hold of this latest model . |
| 9 | ‘ I heard it was having a difficult time . ’ |
| 10 | It was to have a small park , with a stand where a German band could play , a church and dissenting chapels , a hospital and dispensary , a school , an evening institute and library , a gasworks , waterworks , and a sewage outfall works . |
| 11 | I never knew what it was to have a decent night 's rest . |
| 12 | Ye never knew what it was to have a dacent meal in yer belly until ye married me ! ’ |
| 13 | That harmonic strain again ; and again it was to have a dying fall . |
| 14 | It was to have a big effect on my whole life . |