Example sentences of "[conj] it be [vb pp] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a print by Thomas Fawcett dated 1817 , showing the Stocking Market and the Square , where it is said bulls were baited . |
| 2 | Standard Chartered in London , understood to have around £300million on loan to Mr Bond , declined to comment , although it is understood executives are confident of the asset backing for most of the exposure . |
| 3 | In addition the Commission has recently been given the power to adopt block exemptions in the insurance sector and to consortia agreements in sea transport and has proposed that it be granted powers to introduce block exemptions relating to air transport between the Community and third countries . |
| 4 | This is , presumably , why Lockheed found it necessary to ensure that it was granted contracts around the world by offering financial inducements to decision-makers in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 5 | The move is the result of mounting concern after The Northern Echo revealed that it was feared plans to allow districts to form powerful purchasing consortiums could be the first step towards full-scale merger . |
| 6 | Once it was called Murias , and many stories were told of how it had sunk down from the upper world to Undersea . |
| 7 | In fact , it is n't in a theatre at all — it 's put on at irregular intervals by a group of lawyers in the sedate and sheltered surroundings of the Temple , and it 's called Seminars for the Expert Witness . |
| 8 | But the council now says it 's made Castlemeads safe and it 's told women they must start using it again . |
| 9 | The decision will drastically cut the amount of countryside available for fox hunting and it 's angered hunts , and huntsmen and women . |
| 10 | ‘ Wanted sheep but got cow , and it was promised weeks ago , ’ Iris complained . |
| 11 | A silkworm — actually the caterpillar of the silk moth — will spin the cocoon that can yield an astonishing 800 metres of pure silk only if it is fed leaves from the white mulberry tree . |
| 12 | Not always noticed because if it 's called Cements it does n't look like a foreign company , but if it 's called Mitsubishi or something well , it will stand out . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , the Israeli government indicated that it was prepared to discuss the demand for Yassin 's release if it was given assurances that Toledano was alive . |
| 14 | But it is believed funds were channelled through an unauthorised company , Wentworth Asset Management , which had let its application for Fimbra membership lapse . |
| 15 | But it is feared mementoes from his first few months in Italy , together with treasured personal belongings may have been snatched . |
| 16 | But it 's provoked scores of complaints from people angry about the constant noise from RAF Transport planes . |
| 17 | Adderbury in Oxfordshire may not be the home of international tennis , but it 's poached professionals from all over the globe for the Everest National Club league campaign . |
| 18 | Also , as the first signatory of the motion , may I say that since it was tabled statements have been made to me about the involvement of Stella Rimington and Mr. Roger Windsor of the National Union of Mineworkers . |
| 19 | Twenty thousand women had their tests rechecked when it was disclosed mistakes were made in the labs at Inverclyde Hospital in Greenock over a five year period . |