Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv] [subord] 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | well said it does n't look as if it 's been painted once since it was built ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The paper says third-party software will be delayed too because it will have to be recompiled . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Should not be treated just because it 's there |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Endometriosis should therefore not be treated simply because it is there . |
| 16 | But McGilligan is adamant that players should be treated fairly when it comes to matters such as travel , meals gear etc . |
| 17 | President Nyerere of Tanzania ( as we shall see in greater detail later ) has taken the view that , in a country faced with problems of poverty , ignorance , disease and underdevelopment on a gigantic scale , press freedom should be limited just as it has been in the liberal democracies in wartime . |
| 18 | In other words , if precedent was followed , the package of budget cuts would be attacked piecemeal when it disappeared into the congressional maze ; even though there might be general agreement on the need to cut the budget , vested interests operating through sympathetic members could , one by one , weaken or restore specific cuts . |
| 19 | Therefore , there seem to be two bases on which a contractual term can be attacked even though it does not attempt to restrain a party after the contractual period had ended . |
| 20 | On the other hand , taking the issue costs of equity shares to the statement of total recognised gains and losses may be considered right as it reflects the nature of these costs as a permanent loss of capital . |
| 21 | The geographical location of the prospective family must be considered carefully since it is important for the child to see black people : |
| 22 | These three factors must be considered together because it seems that both parental mental illness and parental separation or divorce may have a particularly damaging effect on the children if they are associated with prolonged overt marital discord , especially where the child becomes directly involved . |
| 23 | The implications of mediation between the user and the source is a question that needs to be addressed especially if it increases in the electronic archive . |
| 24 | ‘ Another large foreign entry can be expected again as it will be one of the last competitions before the Barcelona Olympics , ’ explained Michael Tucker . |
| 25 | A dwelling for the living or a tomb for one 's ancestors should be sited only where it harmonizes completely with the forces of nature . |
| 26 | You will need to have your stake ready well before planting begins because it will have to be prepared properly if it is not to be a waste of time . |
| 27 | They must be made consequently as it is proper to make them . |
| 28 | CDC 's decision wo n't be made public until it wraps up its latest internal re-organisation ( UX 381 ) . |
| 29 | Subsequently , the Galactic Centre has been shown to be astonishingly bright at many wavelengths , although it can not be seen optically because it is obscured by intervening dust . |
| 30 | To some extent , this will be done simply because it is felt that it is more efficient , or at least administratively convenient , to handle matters in this way — the matters delegated may be ephemeral , needing constant change ; or technical , requiring expertise . |