Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | This research has been criticized partly because it is American evidence and partly because the American rates were slashed by 23% over three years with the top personal rate being reduced from 70 to 50% whilst the UK moved from 60 to 40% in just one year . |
| 2 | I used a small spray of birds-foot trefoil , and although in the finished picture it seems as though it has been pressed just as it was picked , in fact the majority of the piece was dismantled for pressing and reassembled for the picture . |
| 3 | The citation process has not been explained simply because it has been described . |
| 4 | And since that state of stability had been calculated so that it would not commence deterioration until the next inspection had been completed , Rostov had delegated command of the bridge to Yuan , and had elected to watch the performance of his technical officers at close quarters . |
| 5 | One might suggest that the support service which the team gives to families has been developed largely because it was an " unclaimed " service area , as it were . |
| 6 | well said it does n't look as if it 's been painted once since it was built ! |
| 7 | Since then , the forces of continental drift have continued to pull the two continents apart , widening the Atlantic , but the habit of returning to the sea each year to spawn has never been broken even though it now involves such an immense journey . |
| 8 | Like so many other worthwhile benefits , it seems destined to wither away year by year , even though the benefit that it replaced , the widow 's allowance , would have been uprated annually if it had continued . |
| 9 | Counsel 's action of course does not resolve the question whether some or all of these statements ought or ought not to have been disclosed earlier and it will now be convenient to state the accepted procedure with regard to statements , as described in the respondent 's case , and the relevant principles as set forth in the Jamaican authorities . |
| 10 | In New South Wales , the definition of sexual intercourse has been expanded so that it covers a range of sexual acts apart from vaginal penetration . |
| 11 | A major extension of the East Approach Road has been made so that it connects to the existing four-laned Seafield Road west of the King 's Road junction . |
| 12 | Most of the rules are applied strictly and it is hard to imagine any outcome more frustrating than for your legitimate claim to fail simply because you have been guilty of delay . |
| 13 | They must not be accommodation bills , where no underlying transaction exists , where the bill has been accepted so that it can be discounted for capital purposes . |
| 14 | The system works , it ensures that parking areas are used effectively and it is simple and cheap to operate and supervise . |
| 15 | Now they may all look dirty to you but this one has been used less and it therefore has less . |
| 16 | ‘ They show that a major capital investment , amounting to £160 million in current prices , did not produce much physics and should have been closed long before it was in 1977 . ’ |
| 17 | Entries are initialled so that it is usually clear who wrote what . |
| 18 | I must give this to the Prime Minister , explain the strong feelings and see whether the guidelines can be altered so that it becomes more usual to impose a stiffer sentence . |
| 19 | Ideally , this provision should be deleted , or at the very least it should be amended so that it applies only to the consent of a mortgagee or superior landlord actually required under the terms of an existing mortgage or superior lease . |
| 20 | The use of the scarce resource on one opportunity ( project ) may mean that another opportunity can not be undertaken even though it would have generated a positive contribution in cash-flow terms . |
| 21 | The Scottish Trades Union Congress general secretary , Campbell Christie , appealed to parents of new Timex recruits to persuade their families not to cross picket lines with the warning that they would be sacked quickly when it suited the company . |
| 22 | Yet the high-momentum electrons and positrons observed must eventually be explained somehow and it is perhaps worth remarking that it is not new in physics for novel phenomena to be observed when looking for something else . |
| 23 | The paper says third-party software will be delayed too because it will have to be recompiled . |
| 24 | The process could be halted here or it could be linked to a more comprehensive attempt at demilitarisation . |
| 25 | In areas of readily eroded rocks the rivers may carry so much load that one of two things may happen : either the estuary may be filled soon after it is formed or the aggradation may keep pace with the rising sea level so that there is not a stage of actual ria or estuary formation . |
| 26 | The hip belt should be adjusted so that it fits snugly on the hip girdle , and not round the waist . |
| 27 | That chimney turned out to be the only delicate part of the building and scaffolding had to be erected so that it could be rebuilt . |
| 28 | Should not be treated just because it 's there |
| 29 | Like the donkey it is despised by its enemies and mistreated by its friends , but only because it is bound to be treated unfairly when it is seen unrealistically . |
| 30 | Endometriosis should therefore not be treated simply because it is there . |