Example sentences of "it be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had it been the final confirmation of her suspicions ? |
| 2 | Had it been the other way round , and I was experiencing an Anglican church for the first time , the shock might have been even greater . |
| 3 | Thirty minutes of oratory and twelve of applause ; or had it been the other way round ? |
| 4 | I know the soldier would have helped Russell had it been the other way around . |
| 5 | However , it is more likely that the marital conflict which precedes the separation and the stressful events which follow it are the real sources of difficulty . |
| 6 | This term is in some respects a misnomer , for within it are the hepatic lipocytes ( fat storing or Ito cells ) and a specialised basement membrane-like matrix , which consists predominantly of type IV collagen , laminin , and proteoglycans . |
| 7 | Beyond it are the royal conveniences . |
| 8 | The people who gravitate to it are the so-called " funsters " — people attracted to the entertainment business . |
| 9 | Aunt Louise was a relation , and if she were going to drive anyone dotty should it be the trusting stranger with whom Celia had left her ‘ for three months only ’ ? ) |
| 10 | Let it be the right thing that I 'm doing . " |
| 11 | Plus could it be the ultimate indie bassist 's revenge ? |
| 12 | It will be interesting to know how the wha how the minister proposes to define er materials er material significance , er who will issue guidance on that point er will it be the professional associations , is it something that the government is going to turn it 's mind to and what is , what does it actually mean er for example if the auditor was looking at the Maxwell accounts er what what is a matter of material er er er significance , er for example would it be materially significant that just about every one er er who you spoke to at the time thought that Maxwell was a crook although interestingly that was n't er apparently the view of the regulator or that are directly responsible for these matters , er but even before Maxwell was exposed for the the crook that he was er many , many people knew from him that his conduct , er the way his conducted himself , the D T I itself of course had said that he was a a a manifestly unsuitable person er to be in charge of a company . |
| 13 | Should it be the proud Russian eagle , or the old hammer and sickle ? |
| 14 | It is also important to examine the throat for the presence of gonococci ( by cultural methods ) , since , not only may it be the only site involved , but it is rather more difficult to eradicate the infection from this place . |
| 15 | ‘ Or can it be the other way round ? ’ he asked . |
| 16 | ‘ There ; ll be nobody left behind to grieve , ’ carolled Lehrer , looking on the bright side , Kahn , on the other hand , advocated massive investment in deep shelters so that at least the lucky half — or should it be the unlucky half ? — would be left behind to grieve , and to prove that war need not yet be quite abandoned as mankind 's most addictive sport . |
| 17 | It would not be in the serpentine shape in which local tradition and the folklore of sea monsters tend to cast the creature , nor would it be the individual guardian of the loch , the watery Cerberus , which some like to think of Nessie as being . |
| 18 | Could it be the mysterious international assassin they call ‘ The Silver Fox ’ ? |
| 19 | who 'll win the Mackeson … will it be the young lions from Naunton … or the grand old Duke from Ford … the race is on |
| 20 | ‘ Could it be the new adhesive we 've been using ? ’ asked the man suddenly . |
| 21 | Could it be the hysterical over-the-top camerawork , proving any amount of slow-motion and soft-focus still do not actually score as style . |
| 22 | Would it be the local society ? |
| 23 | ‘ Should it be the red carpet or the blue ? |
| 24 | Should the fuel be of a fossil type such as coal or oil or should it be the radioactive elements in a nuclear reaction ? |
| 25 | Would it be a time of wonder , or would it be the old conflicts continued ? |
| 26 | ‘ Will it be the big house which is the showhouse ? ’ |
| 27 | You see I mean I can see the goal there every day , I can see , I can see me sort of getting to the goal , I just maybe sort of go around it , I mean well a bit I mean , since I 've had these two I sort of said , you know , would it , would it be the white handle , let me show you , you know the gold handle and , you know |
| 28 | Will it be the organised medical practitioners as we know them today or those who are practising in the area ? |
| 29 | Could it be the dazzling obviousness that these two petulant skaters are , below all that ice , besotted with other , because do n't opposites always attract ? |
| 30 | Yes , I think that the crucial thing that 's emerging , especially from the area of artificial intelligence , is that we 're beginning to understand that what the name of the game is getting people to express their intentions , and for a long time we 've been , as it were , stuck in languages that do n't really help you to do that and we 're really beginning to understand now that erm what people are doing when they program indeed , I mean as it were the ace programmers , are expressing their intention for whatever 's to be done in the task the computer 's to perform clearly . |