Example sentences of "it be [vb pp] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nevertheless if it were handled properly the high-yielding seeds of African maize , upland rice and cassava which are on the way could make a real difference . |
| 2 | agree to it being handed in the next day as opposed to the next lesson ? |
| 3 | But it has been said before we should have professional referees — the sooner it 's sorted out the better . |
| 4 | He made beer the same way as his grandfather had and today it 's brewed just the same way . |
| 5 | ‘ If it is classified then the agricultural policy in the Ythan Valley is going to be horrendously changed . ’ |
| 6 | Developed socialism , nonetheless , did not subsequently figure in the General Secretary 's speeches or in party documents , and it was replaced later the same year by the term ‘ developing socialism ’ ( razvivayushchiisya sotsializm ) , implying a still earlier stage in the transition towards the communist society of the future . |
| 7 | He took the trouble to work on it further when it was given again the following season , eliminating the somewhat superfluous role of a pastor , for instance , and putting the women into soft shoes instead of point shoes so that the movement looked more natural . |
| 8 | A man used to hand it back in when the bus ran in and it was given out the next day . |
| 9 | Owen 's reaction touched him on a sore spot ; and it was made all the sorer by an angry feeling inside him that there had indeed been incompetence , Egyptian incompetence , that he , Mahmoud , was ultimately responsible for it — and that there was absolutely nothing that he could in practice do about it . |
| 10 | However , what is slightly more problematic than the end of the prosecution is why it was brought in the first place . |