Example sentences of "[conj] it be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a purely practical level , the anarchist and socialist press provided a forum for the dissemination of information about the October revolution , where it was given an enthusiastic reception . |
| 2 | Where it was melting a huge pile of boulder clay was built up , as a terminal moraine . |
| 3 | And the woman respected for her concern for the sick and deprived is told : ‘ Not to love is not to live , or it is to live a living death . |
| 4 | Silk , although it is considered a delicate fabric , is in fact very strong , but it is adversely affected by sunlight . |
| 5 | The P G C is a difficult course to fill , really , for the people who are organising it , because although it 's called a one-year course , in fact it lasts eight months in practice , and there are so many aspects that have to be fitted in something has to go . |
| 6 | ‘ Everything official here seems to be tied up in red tape , so although it 's taking a long time I 'm sure the licence is being processed , ’ she declared defiantly . |
| 7 | The working party on the theology of marriage is finding its task stimulating but arduous and it will surprise no one that it 's taking a long time . |
| 8 | Even you must admit that it 's become an exciting and extremely important job over the last few years , certainly as far as Carlisle Flint is concerned ! ’ |
| 9 | She says that it 's made a great difference , the swan can now struggle to it 's feet . |
| 10 | Although French Unix distributor TopLog International SA has n't officially signed-off on a deal with Univel Inc to market UnixWare ( UX No 400 ) in Europe , the Paris-based company last week said that it is forming a new company , Newnix , to handle its Unix and UnixWare business from November , after the paper is inked . |
| 11 | I know that it is taking a full part in the exercise being undertaken by Scottish Enterprise . |
| 12 | In particular , an organization that is given a task that is controversial and unpopular in many quarters , such as an organization charged to promote racial and sexual equality or one providing help to a stigmatized group such as vagrant alcoholics , may find that it is given an unclear mandate and is placed in a position in which it finds it hard to acquire ‘ legitimacy ’ for its activities . |
| 13 | It means that the proletariat is leading the entire working nation behind it , that it is responsible for the development of the whole of society , that it is becoming a great collective organiser of the entire national economy , that the direction of development is not towards a widening of the gulf between the fundamental class ( the working class and peasantry ) and that things are not moving towards a ‘ third revolution ’ , etc . |
| 14 | University College , Bangor , has revealed that it is to get an extra £330,000 from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales as part of a £2.1m handout to Welsh colleges . |
| 15 | He said that it is doing a good job . |
| 16 | ‘ All signs are that it is making a real impact in reducing the spread of Aids , ’ Mr Roberts said . |
| 17 | On Humberside , Sandtoft has recently announced that it is to make a machine-pressed plain tile for the first time . |
| 18 | In any event , the Purchaser will wish to be satisfied that it is acquiring a viable Business which has the right amount of saleable stock and working equipment . |
| 19 | If the focus process suggests one candidate in an earlier ‘ batch ’ than another , we can say that it is imposing a strong preference between those candidates ; so strong that the second one will only be considered at all if the reasoner decides the first is completely implausible . |
| 20 | On March 16 Kazakhstan announced that it was establishing a national guard of unspecified numbers , subordinate to the President . |
| 21 | The United States government stated on Oct. 5 that it was halting a commercial wheat shipment to Sudan until the distribution system was improved . |
| 22 | Within the Russian republic the Communists for Democracy movement , led by Rutskoi and formed at the March-April 1991 Russian Congress of People 's Deputies [ for which see pp. 38130-31 ] , announced on July 10 that it was to form a political party . |
| 23 | Despite its claim to be an educational body , the Club could not escape the charge that it was taking an organized part in politics . |
| 24 | The government denied that it was pursuing an anti-peasant policy , but refused to give in to demands for guaranteed minimum prices , claiming that this would run counter to its basic principles of establishing a market-based economy . |
| 25 | The Unity Campaign could hardly avoid the accusation that it was creating a new organization to invite Labour Party members to work together with Communists , which every Labour Conference decision had forbidden over the previous ten years . |
| 26 | Dorries said two other companies had established Glaxo-style schemes , and BP Exploration recently announced that it was creating an in-house childcare information service on nursery places and childminders . |
| 27 | Unveiling its price proposals for 1990-91 on Dec. 20 , 1989 , the Commission announced that it was recommending a virtual freeze of agricultural support prices , in its efforts to secure a balance between prices and supplies . |
| 28 | The government also announced that it was beginning a public awareness campaign , and would draft new legislation to fill in gaps in its 1960 wildlife protection laws . |
| 29 | It seemed to Joan that the wedding-ring was burning her finger ; it caught the light , glistering brightly as if wishing to draw attention to the fact that it was embellishing an alien hand . |
| 30 | He added that it was believed an anti-aircraft gun was in the locality and that it was fired recently . |