Example sentences of "it be the [adj] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | Would it be a time of wonder , or would it be the old conflicts continued ? |
2 | Now , we you have neutrons and protons , they interact one with the other , but the particle that carries the interaction is not the photon , it 's the new particle called the meson , and you have got smaller particles , much less massive particles than neutrons and protons , and these are called mesons or pye mesons , and the pye meson has erm a mass which is typically a tenth of that of a proton . |
3 | It 's the second car designed , developed and manufactured in collaboration with its part-owner , Honda . |
4 | To a great majority of those persons with whom they come in contact it is the only opportunity afforded of learning what Oxford means and what is meant by the powers of an Oxford education . |
5 | In scores of English and French creams , ices , cakes , soufflés , sweet omelettes and preserves , it is the aromatic oil contained in the peel or zest , rather than the juice , which is the operative part of the lemon . |
6 | It is the second example cited in this text which provides the key to these dispositions of contentment . |
7 | It is the blinkered approach typified by Mr. Kent 's response to the nurse that we want to eliminate from the NHS . |
8 | Nearby Sigiriya 's palace and rock fortress give good views over the town , although it is the famed frescoes painted with earth pigment which attract most people . |
9 | That is why you would be foolish not to take out insurance , whether it is the standard cover arranged by a tour operator or a policy which you arrange yourself . |
10 | Generally it is the total trade associated with a CU which should be investigated . |
11 | Equity is defined as ‘ the ownership interest in the entity : it is the residual amount found by deducting all liabilities of the entity from all of the entity 's assets ’ . |
12 | However , it is the further legitimation given to a particular socio-ethical form of political religion in the constitution and to the implied authority of religious intellectuals in deciding in concreto what must be taken by the state as in the interests of the common good which gives to conflict in Ireland between the two alliances its political religious dimension in the sphere of law . |
13 | When Parliament legislates to remedy what the majority of its members at the time perceive to be a defect or a lacuna in the existing law ( whether it be the written law enacted by existing statutes or the unwritten common law as it has been expounded by the judges in decided cases ) , the role of the judiciary is confined to ascertaining from the words that Parliament has approved as expressing its intention what that intention was , and to giving effect to it . |
14 | When Parliament legislates to remedy what the majority of its members at the time perceive to be a defect or a lacuna in the existing law ( whether it be the written law enacted by existing statutes or the unwritten common law as it has been expounded by the judges in decided cases ) , the role or the judiciary is confined to ascertaining from the words that Parliament has approved as expressing its intention what that intention was , and to giving effect to it . |
15 | It was the two shots fired from this hand on that summer morning in the Balkans that ignited the smouldering embers of war in Europe and led to the fire that caused the conflagration that created the holocaust . |
16 | Two runs earlier Sidhu had been dropped by Reiffel in the gully off McDermott : it was the 29th chance dropped by the home side in the series , nine of them off McDermott . |
17 | This was evidently regarded as a heavy burden by the English government , although it was the merest tumulus compared with the great Everest of debts owed by the Emperor Charles V. The English Crown had escaped large-scale indebtedness by selling Crown lands , which produced 32 per cent of the total revenue raised for war , and by debasing the coinage , which produced just about as much . |
18 | It was the first play staged at Antwerp 's Bourla Theatre since the inadequacy of the theatre 's defences against fire made it close in 1980 . |
19 | ‘ It was a very acrimonious meeting , mostly about why we were changing lengths : the merchandisers were saying the customers want this and the designers were fighting their case and , as it was the first collection prepared without Laura present the whole time , it was not surprising that difficulties should surface , ’ Moira explained . |
20 | The case made Scottish legal history as it was the first prosecution brought under the new Section 3A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 . |
21 | It was the second suicide connected with the university in the space of a few months . |
22 | It was the only bank launched from scratch in the province for many years . |
23 | It was the only thing taken other than the victims ' clothing . |
24 | It was the only vacancy offered to me at the time |
25 | There are those who argue that it was the desperate attempts made by the Soviets in the last decade and a half to match the US , especially in Star Wars research and development , which brought about the economic collapse that dismantled the communist monolith . |
26 | It was the highest innings played in first-class cricket that summer . |
27 | The Unitarian minister and editor Edwin Chapman underlined that desire to overcome separation when in his thanksgiving sermon on Emancipation Day in 1834 he proclaimed that it was the Christian principle evinced by all the sects and parties which had brought on the victory . |
28 | Floy thought , with sick dread , that it was the exact sound made when you twisted a leg of chicken from the carcase . |
29 | Yet the Declaration of Rights made no provision for regular Parliaments ; it merely stated that " Parliaments ought to be held frequently " , and even then it was the last demand made in the document , suggesting that it was not a particularly high priority . |
30 | And it was the public hall supplied cups and everything . |