Example sentences of "it be [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has it been swallowed by the frigid lands ? ’ |
| 2 | Had it been made in the 1930s , Jimmy Stewart would have played Buck and Margaret Sullavan would have taken the Hoffman role , dying in the arms of the man she loves just as she reaches Miami . |
| 3 | A number of local studies have been undertaken on what the impact of the poll tax would be had it been implemented in the 1988 — 9 financial year . |
| 4 | He then said that the program would not have been patentable had it been stored on a floppy disk . |
| 5 | Not even the same matches with the same results would have engendered anything like the same degree of atmosphere or emotion had it been staged at a neutral venue , which is what the situation would be in most years if the one or two weeks idea was adopted . |
| 6 | A crystalline substance is an ordered substance : all the atoms in it are arranged in a regular geometrical pattern ; so when the lava cooled from its original molten condition , the initial homogeneous liquid melt crystallized out to form well-ordered , identifiable minerals . |
| 7 | A sense of the past may be retained by the use of remembrancers whose representations of it are differentiated from the everyday casual memories of people . |
| 8 | Now we learn that tampons are not classed as medical appliances and therefore not subject to the same stringent government legislation on manufacture and sterility which applies to say condoms which when you come to think about it are destined for the same anatomical region . |
| 9 | Anorexia is a relatively modern illness er the first descriptions of it are found in the nineteenth century and today it 's er by no means an uncommon illness in er mainly in young women , very occasionally in men , but , but er y it 's more or less safe to say it 's er it 's a disease of er women and almost always younger women . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Only when a batch has completed one process can it be moved to the next . |
| 12 | Glasgow has marketed itself as a city which rejoices in diversity , but will it be singing about the first homosexual festival ? |
| 13 | Should it be completed before the next election , the Labour Government will be in a position to examine the full costs of cancellation . |
| 14 | The value of the ethological study of apes , monkeys and baboons is what it tells us about apes , monkeys and baboons ; only in very special circumstances , and in a very tentative way , should it be seen as a metaphorical alternative by means of which we can study man himself , as in a mirror . |
| 15 | Should it be seen as a distinct variety in its own right , or is it no different from the " ordinary " language of long-established communities of white Londoners ? |
| 16 | We strongly suggest that if this preparation is to be attempted it be done on a small scale and the reaction mixture be checked for unreduced bis(2-azidoethyl)ether before removal of chloroform and distillation of the diamine . |
| 17 | Can it be done at a different time ? |
| 18 | Can it be done at a different place ? |
| 19 | And if it had to be done in the public sector then could it be done by a separate hived-off body or by a department ? |
| 20 | If it needed to be done , could it be done in the private or public sector ? |
| 21 | Would it be done in the first year of a Labour Government , in the first Labour Parliament , or in two or three terms , or will there be an exchange rate mechanism-type growing process whereby we get used to the idea over 10 or 15 years and the Scots can have it immediately because they are culturally and politically ready for it , but the people of the north , who are not that bothered , will have to wait 15 years until they see the advantages that will supposedly accrue to Scotland and then will mount the barricades and demand the same for themselves ? |
| 22 | It appears to me that the arguments which I have heard involve the consideration of three separate questions , namely : ( 1 ) does the ex turpi causa maxim and its related rules ( which I will refer to as ‘ the ex turpi causa defence ’ ) afford a defence to a claim for contribution under the Act of 1978 ? ( 2 ) If the ex turpi causa defence is capable of so applying , can it be said , with the degree of certainty necessary for a striking out order to be made , that the defence will exclude any contribution from the third party in the circumstances of this case ? ( 3 ) Leaving aside the ex turpi causa defence , can it be said with the necessary degree of certainty that the court will , under section 2(1) and ( 2 ) of the Act of 1978 , exempt the third party from liability to make contribution even if he has been negligent in the performance of some duty of care owed to the plaintiffs ? |
| 23 | The Act which he had just steered through Parliament faced Emanuel with difficult choices : should it remain fully independent and operate outside the State system , or should it be incorporated within the local provision of schooling and become a voluntary-aided school ? |
| 24 | Will it be assessed on a daily basis as the amount of council tax will be ? |
| 25 | Nor will it be tied to a fixed programme of auctions . |
| 26 | The wider the areas covered by the theory , the less certain is the theory 's explanation likely to be and the more tentatively will it be held by the scientific community . |
| 27 | No longer can it be described as the sick man of the industry ’ |
| 28 | If the building is no longer needed for its original purpose , could it be put to a new use ? |
| 29 | Will Titanic memorabilia stay the course , or should it be put into the same category as Michael Jackson 's rhinestone glove ( £16,000 last year ) , something that will flower today and be consigned to the dusty bunkers of oblivion tomorrow ? |
| 30 | As the recession deepened [ see below ] , the Hawke government began 1991 some 18 percentage points behind the opposition in opinion polls , raising questions concerning Hawke 's future as leader , particularly as Keating had let it be known at a National Press Club dinner in December that he believed he would make a better Prime Minister than Hawke . |