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 | He then said that the program would not have been patentable had it been stored on a floppy disk . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Can it be done at a different time ? |
| 11 | Can it be done at a different place ? |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | If it needed to be done , could it be done in the private or public sector ? |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | Will it be assessed on a daily basis as the amount of council tax will be ? |
| 17 | Nor will it be tied to a fixed programme of auctions . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | No longer can it be described as the sick man of the industry ’ |
| 20 | If the building is no longer needed for its original purpose , could it be put to a new use ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | How would it be to walk in the Dark Fields and journey in the Mountains of Twilight and swim in the underground Crimson Lakes … ? |
| 23 | There were a few cancelled bookings for children and Darlington Conservative councillor Peter Jones went on Radio Four last week , calling for it be banned from the Civic , where it is due on March 31 . |
| 24 | If the answer is no , and here this is linked to the question of should the policy include specific guidance for the location of the settlement , and by specific guidance , it implies , should it be allocated to a particular district , then in order to do that , the panel feel that we would have to be in a position of having sufficient information to make an objective and logical decision on that . |
| 25 | If this perception of the nature and causes of the crisis is a correct one — and we think it is — can it be located within a general theoretical framework which is both intellectually respectable and useful ? |
| 26 | foreshadowed the ‘ construction ’ approach in Lonrho by treating the common law criminal contempt as if it were created by a hypothetical enactment and asking what intention was to be inferred , with regard to civil liability , from the exercise of the contempt jurisdiction . |
| 27 | on to floor and it runs , it just , it ran down into corner , there 's a a wheel , thing , and the cheek well it 's a a pulley wheel , and it , it were looking round the big handle at pulley wheel at me . |
| 28 | If it were imposed on a narrow range of products , would it not encourage substitution ( from plastics to glass , for instance ) ? |
| 29 | If it were joined with the Legislative Power , the power over the life and liberty of citizens would be arbitrary , because the Judge would be Legislator . |
| 30 | Details of it were stored on a floppy disk . |