Example sentences of "it be a pity [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a pity this finish quality is n't carried over to the fingerboard , an area of a budget guitar which often lets it down . |
| 2 | Many of the staff were ‘ rather pugnacious characters — it 's a pity this dynamicism ca n't be channelled into a less reactionary form ’ . |
| 3 | It 's a pity this card ca n't support parallel and serial ports as it would save a slot — the multi-function I/O card duplicates the DC-600 by having floppy and hard disk interfaces . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's a pity more men are n't like you , ’ Clare murmured . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've had phone calls and letters from old soldiers saying it 's a pity more people do n't raise the Union Jack . ’ |