Example sentences of "it be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 For a terrible equation prevailed : that which would ultimately save the human race — the evolution of a higher consciousness — was , in its long and vulnerable gestation , exactly what could so easily destroy humanity by letting it be corrupted , polluted , warped and ruined .
2 When should it be pronounced ?
3 You asked , how would it be prepared ?
4 ‘ When will it be unloaded ? ’ he wanted to know .
5 Would it be get rid of one of Roger 's clerks ?
6 Cheap swimming goggles fit Whopperbears but do n't let it be tempted to go sub-aqua !
7 Can Making Belfast Work be improved or should it be shut down to make way for alternative policies ?
8 Nor can it be had simply as a possession : it must be ‘ leapt into ’ repeatedly and afresh .
9 4 ) What back-up in terms of advice and maintenance is available e.g. if the microcomputer breaks down , can it be attended to locally or will there be a delay ?
10 Our ‘ model ’ of the English language was prepared for teachers ; in what ways would it be implemented in the classroom ?
11 The old saying points both to the great latent — and often unrealized — fertility stored in the root system of an old permanent sward , and to the difficulty of rebuilding this treasure should it be dug up and spent .
12 The process of expanded negative reproduction , then , reacts upon the political and social equilibrium ; and should it be pushed too fat , this in turn will react upon the productive forces , giving a further twist in the downward spiral .
13 This factor should not be over-emphasized , since most book provision systems could be more scientifically managed than they are , but nor should it be dismissed .
14 If , as appears likely , it only applies to the latter case , can it be invoked by any Member State or only by a Member State which voted against the legislation ?
15 Against the Hegelian synthesis of all kinds of history within the same developmental schema , Bachelard argued that the history of science can not be assimilated into the progressive evolutionary form commonly ascribed to other kinds of human history , and nor can it be mapped on a one-to-one basis against the history of its age .
16 Nor can it be compared with the ballerina 's dance in Rhapsodie where she wafts to and fro as if in a dream before breaking into her solo .
17 And just because it looks like a wild boar with the striped marking or ‘ agouti ’ ( long snout , straight tail and small pointy ears ) , can it be accepted as such without a genetic test ?
18 If compulsion is not to be the order of the day where the business itself is transferred , can it be accepted when the transfer is of the company which owns the business ?
19 I welcome the recent payment of the suckler cow premium and the ewe premium , but when will the hill livestock compensatory allowance be announced , and will it be increased ?
20 And what would it be assuming your salary increases by , say , 5 or 10 per cent before you eventually retire ?
21 Should it be taken seriously , or should it be ignored ?
22 Some satisfaction , let it be conceded ; and it will certainly be true that most voters will find that a candidate for whom they have expressed some preference will have been elected .
23 Why should it be seeking to deprive children of a first-class education ?
24 Well no wo n't it be built in .
25 ‘ Will it be guarded , then ? ’
26 it does n't who 's responsibility would it be to see that the old brochures were withdrawn and the new brochures were put on in there place ?
27 Can it be lost ?
28 Should it be lost or damaged , it can be regenerated quickly .
29 How many degrees would it be to go a third of the way round the circle ?
30 How would it be monitored and regulated to ensure that those who cheated were penalized ?
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