Example sentences of "it be [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So either you say there 's no general will or there is something like a general will , but it is not easily recognizable and for either reason you would want to be much more tolerant of the role minorities , either as a way of getting to the truth , or erm as a way of as it were making up the truth as you 're going along . |
| 2 | He could not bear the thought of it being thrown down the well , however dangerous the alternative . |
| 3 | The tattoo was a moment 's impulse and cost just a few pounds , but now it 's taking up the time and resources of the NHS . |
| 4 | Five minutes into the second half , the parry was from the boy was looking for his first goal , and it 's picking up the pieces for his second of the afternoon . |
| 5 | yes , it 's tonight , it 's filling in the application form , but we 're asking you to read the scenario so you know a little bit about the people , and then this is all the information that 's been gathered . |
| 6 | so they 're trying to corner it and it 's munching on grass quite happily , you could see it was watching a minute , but it was watching them away and I think er any minute it 's looking out the corner of its eye and then it 's just gon na go when he sees it getting closer . |
| 7 | Tony Butler says his force needs the support of courts and other agencies if it 's to stamp out the problem . |
| 8 | Look , it 's finishing off the rest of honeysuckle , can you see ? |
| 9 | Falls partly because it 's shutting down the ends of the arteries , the arteries themselves can actually contract because they 're muscular walled , yes , the arteries can contract and that tends to shut down and reduce the pressure slightly in that area , right and also the body itself is gon na divert that blood is n't it to the core of the body taking it away from other areas , damaged areas , so how can we help to reduce the pressure any more ? |
| 10 | No , wrong way round Oh it 's brightening up the weather a bit now . |
| 11 | It 's going up the chimney . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's opened up the league , ’ Hamlin said , ‘ and we may not be the only ones to benefit . ’ |
| 13 | One view of the overall employment implications of new technology is that it is bringing about the collapse of work . |
| 14 | In both cases the camouflage is interfering with the natural elements , but in one case it is attacking the whole shape , while in the other it is blotting out the appendages . |
| 15 | The intention of the IB is clear ; it is to clean up the game at all levels particularly the shop window of the internationals . |
| 16 | Attach the arm inside the sarcophagus so that it looks as if it is coming out of the base , and bend it up slightly so that it looks as if it is pushing up the lid . |
| 17 | There are also ideas for making the picture look even more effective and attractive when it is hung on the wall . |
| 18 | Those whose task it is to lay down the law on matters of ethics and morality need to ensure that their views are based on a wide knowledge of human institutions and their history . |
| 19 | One social worker who had cared for her own mother for many y ears explains below how important it is to take on the role of carer for the right reasons : |
| 20 | Bluntly stated : an enquirer into ‘ the mind ’ has to know what is in his own mind and why it is filled in the way it is . |
| 21 | Finally , it should be emphasized that the constraint , is an artificial one ; the main purpose of introducing it is to bring out the consequences of the assumptions made in different studies . |
| 22 | So the first thing an owl will do when you release it is to scout out the land . |
| 23 | Den Bosch , Netherlands-based Tulip Computers NV reported a loss — the first in its history — of about $8m for 1992 , and said it is cutting out the dividend , but the shares improved about 8% after the company said that it expected better 1993 results — and the loss was not as bad as had been feared : analysts had seen a loss of as much as $13m . |
| 24 | All connections in the pipe must be accessible so the fewer there are , the easier it is to cover up the pipework . |
| 25 | In trying to deal with non-academic work on its own terms it is carrying on the debate opened in the recent exhibitions of ‘ High and Low ’ at MOMA and ‘ Parallel Visions ’ at LACMA . |
| 26 | It was taking up the game at such a young age that caused him to hold the racket with both hands , rather than playing tennis , which he did to county standard at the age of 12 . |
| 27 | It was hanging on the wall , and when he applied it to the p'tar 's rump the beast screamed once , as if outraged , and then it trotted sedately out of the stall and allowed itself to be backed between the shafts of the cart . |
| 28 | It was hanging on the wall in the sitting-room but she had n't seen it the night before . |
| 29 | It was picking out the spaces through the trees and making enchanting patterns among the bronzes and browns and greens , and occasionally highlighting spiders ' webs , laden with moisture . |
| 30 | Labour said it was stepping up the pressure for an urgent Commons statement from the Chancellor to clarify which areas of spending were ruled in or out from the Treasury review . |