Example sentences of "[noun pl] it be [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But since in trusts it is accepted that intention should be regarded , I replied that it was absurd , when the first substitution had not taken effect , that the granddaughter should be denied a claim for a share , since her grandfather wanted her to have the whole if the second brother had also received his brother 's share .
2 In those days it was considered bad form even to slap you on the back .
3 Whilst TechDoc is certainly one of the older and more established of these compartments it is undergoing rapid change as the vendors break away from the dedicated hardware platforms of their recent past .
4 After the age of 5 years it is suggested that language increasingly becomes a tool for higher intellectual functions and therefore is difficult to assess independently of other cognitive processes .
5 In order to provide effective compiler generate code from high level languages it was decided that VAX should have a very regular and consistent treatment of operators , avoid instructions unlikely to be generated by a compiler , include several forms of common operators , and replace common instruction sequences with single instructions .
6 Although Sun has other existing engineering projects which utilise Russian expertise — also lead by Dr. Babaian — these are focused purely on research , and Sun claims that in employing Russian scientists to develop commercial products it is breaking new ground for a Western firm .
7 By encouraging people to vote against the complex at elections it is expected that legislature will then be able to pass laws and regulations and make institutional changes which will expunge this cancerous growth from American society .
8 Mann 's best-selling brew was its ‘ entire ’ , or porter , but like other East End brewers it was facing growing competition from Burton-brewed pale ales .
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