Example sentences of "it be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had it been new information , it would have been presented independently in the predicate , because this is where new information normally occurs in English : Heseltine has been appointed as Minister of the Environment . |
| 2 | When the pressgang came to Aberdeen last year ’ ( had it been last year ? |
| 3 | Had it been any night other than Wednesday , he would have staggered out . |
| 4 | But the poem progressed farther in the mind than on paper , and all that survives of it are some verse fragments describing the distant wail of swallows and seagulls , water dripping one Sunday from the miller 's wheel ( perhaps at Kilve ) , the snow blown curling from a wood ‘ like pillars of cottage smoke ’ , and a wild Quantock pony racing in the wind . |
| 5 | There is an entrance hall of perfect proportions , which is twice as long as it is square , and leading off it are three reception rooms of great height and elegance . |
| 6 | The police sent in the mallet to see if the stains on it are human blood . |
| 7 | People who use land and invest their labour in it are benefiting society more than those real owners who neglect it to the extent of ignoring it for twelve years or more . |
| 8 | Could it be that Sun Microsystems Inc president Scott McNealy 's voice is being heard this side of the Atlantic , after he reportedly told Novell Inc 's Ray Noorda to fire everyone at Unix System Labs except a handful of marketing guys and the engineers ? |
| 9 | Was the Universe destined to go on expanding forever , or might it be that gravity would eventually pull all the galaxies back together again until there was a ‘ Big Crunch ’ — later to be followed by a new Big Bang ? |
| 10 | Could it be that Europeanism is in direct proportion to dissatisfaction with one 's own political institutions ? |
| 11 | Would it be that head of the family ? or the coffin maker ? |
| 12 | I looked carefully about me , hiding behind one of those contorted shapes , and glimpsed Dana in the distance , walking away from the group of friends and joining a young woman , tall , pale , dark , distinguished-looking — could it be that dancer of his ? |
| 13 | ‘ Could it be that crime has become too easy , that violence has become too much a theme of television and videos , that respect for other people has gone too much out of fashion and too many young people see no stake for themselves in this society and see more of a future in crime and the black economy ? ’ he asked . |
| 14 | Might it be that living with Phillis had turned him patsy , a dope to any skirt ? |
| 15 | Could it be that Mathilde and her father had … |
| 16 | Could it be Serial Monogamy ? |
| 17 | ‘ This business at the Tower , could it be black magic ? ’ |
| 18 | Would n't it be encouraging Walterkin 's obvious attraction to him if he did n't ? |
| 19 | Would it be all self taught or or how |
| 20 | Pausanias does not consider the authorship of the metopes , but the difference of approach we noticed between the two groups corresponds so exactly to the difference between the gables that we can safely postulate one designer for the sculptures at each end of the building ; but can it be one man who designed both ? |
| 21 | Nor might it be much consolation to him , as he ran into the singularity in real time , to know that his particles will survive in imaginary time . |
| 22 | So I so there 'd there 'd be there 'd be written to and would it be special paper ? |
| 23 | Could it be some sort of retribution for sending a 440k gif file last week ? |
| 24 | Might it be some form of … |
| 25 | Could it be some form of horse decoration . |
| 26 | Sir , If you please to send me a scarlet Cardinal [ a short red cloak ] , and let it be full yard long , and rather longer than a yard long , and let it be full , for it be for a large Woman , they tell me I may have a long one , and a handsome one , for 11s but I shou 'd not be willing to give more than 12s , but if you have any as long as that , either duffil or cloth , if it is cheaper , I shou 'd like it as well as , for I am not to give but 12s for it . |
| 27 | I shou 'd like a cloth one best if you please — I beg of your Sir to be so good as not to fail me this Cardinal by Wednesday , without fail , but let it be full yard long I beg , or else it will not do fail not on Wednesday , and in so doing you will very much oblige me . |
| 28 | ( WES ADLIB ) ( ANNE ) Still to come on Central News , will it be third time lucky for Big Syd ? |
| 29 | How can it be three storey up ? |
| 30 | Oh , please do n't let it be another car full of drunks ! |