Example sentences of "[adj] it [vb -s] be [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all of this it has been assumed that the general rule applies and that X , not being the owner could not confer ownership on Y who in turn could not confer ownership on Z. It now remains to examine those exceptional situations where the original owner may lose his ownership , i.e. where title may be conferred by someone who himself has no title . |
| 2 | As such it has been used as a very weak tea ( 6g/¼oz to 600ml/1 pint/2½ cups of water ) ( one cup per day ) by male artists and craftsmen . |
| 3 | In chapters 6 and 7 it has been established that accurate reduction in the amplitude of alternating potential difference or current can be achieved using a transformer . |
| 4 | ( 11.30 ) In Section 10.2 it has been argued that this solution must be considered to be unphysical on its own , but it may be included as a factor in more general solutions . |
| 5 | But , in the case of the latter it has been recognised that as regards the obligation , now in section 242 , to deliver accounts and reports to the Registrar ( thus making them available to the public ) they ( like partnerships ) are entitled to exemption . |
| 6 | The limited ‘ defence ’ of mistake about the girl 's age , available to young men under 24 , was explained above , and the reason for creating such a limited ‘ defence ’ is that in general it has been held that the crime does not require any fault element as regards the girl 's age . |
| 7 | And then in addition to that if you were a poor peasant who had to hire land from somebody else , you would of course pay rent and in the nineteen thirties it 's been estimated that the average rent paid by a poor peasant farming somebody else 's land was forty five percent of the harvest . |
| 8 | In particular it has been noted that agents have incentives to take actions which reveal their type early on in the play ; to self-screen . |
| 9 | In particular it has been argued that any body which has no power over financial matters is impotent as a check on the activities of government and that a new " upper chamber " should have some control over financial matters . |
| 10 | Since the original description of a columnarised lower esophagus by Barrett in 1950 and Allison and Johnson in 1953 it has been recognised that this abnormal lining has a marked propensity to develop serious complications . |
| 11 | For the period 1757–1822 it has been calculated that the aggregate drain was approximately £250 million , while it has been pointed out that for the period from the 1850s to the First World War surpluses from the Indian economy were crucial in allowing Britain to balance its deficits with Europe and the USA ( Bagchi , 1982 , pp. 81 , 88 ) . |
| 12 | Since 1983 it has been established that the strongest risk factor for the development of malignant melanoma is the presence of a large number of benign naevi . |
| 13 | Since 1954 it has been known that focal lesions of the inferotemporal cortex produce a severe and abiding impairment in visual discrimination performance in monkeys ( see Dean 1982 ) . |
| 14 | In the 1980s it has been acknowledged that the importance of formal ( tripartite ) arrangements at ‘ peak ’ levels has been reduced — indeed it is now often suggested that Britain was always less ‘ corporatist ’ in these terms than countries such as the Federal Republic of Germany , Austria and Sweden . |
| 15 | But much of his work was done in minor cricket , and , for instance , in the seasons 1848–51 it has been calculated that he took no less than 1,307 wickets , including 455 in forty-one matches in 1851 . |
| 16 | At last it has been recognised that there are many females within the club scene who have true potential . |