Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long had it been going then when you came ? |
| 2 | There is , so far as I know , no solid evidence for any of these beliefs ; nor is there much to show that the family is , in fact , changing in its significance within society or in its psychological implications for child upbringing , albeit that pressures upon it are increasing just as they are upon individuals by reason of the increasing complication and tempo of life in Western society . |
| 3 | The old saying points both to the great latent — and often unrealized — fertility stored in the root system of an old permanent sward , and to the difficulty of rebuilding this treasure should it be dug up and spent . |
| 4 | Nor can it be decided exclusively because of changed values and attitudes of society towards women , significant though these are . |
| 5 | In case the reader should think that this small book is about to offer the solution to this problem , let it be stated immediately that a complete integration of all these different disciplinary approaches to the investment decision will probably take a considerable time and much research effort by a range of researchers . |
| 6 | Can it be farmed intensively or should it only be reared extensively ? |
| 7 | Nor can it be said simply that " this " in language A means " that " in language B. If the meaning of words is to be determined accurately , the following basic principles of semantics ( " the science of meaning " ) must be understood and applied : 1 . |
| 8 | Let it be said here that Jackie is not one of the wild ones ; he was never , like a Villeneuve or a Depailler , a death-seeker ; his thrills did not come from risk , from playing Russian roulette with life , and unlike them , he had everything to live for . |
| 9 | Should it be abolished either because its use is unjustified or because it has fallen into disuse ? |
| 10 | Other stories say that the Queen Regent became afraid of a public outcry should it be found out that she had even contemplated giving up such a prize . |
| 11 | Only if it is contained as LATEST will it be approved again and its issue number increased . |
| 12 | Only if it is contained as Latest will it be approved again and its issue number increased . |
| 13 | Mr Major has let it be known privately that the chancellor will not be moved in the New Year reshuffle . |
| 14 | With this scenario , assume next that the company decides to set its price initially at 56,700 and lets it be known generally that it will hold price at that level until the average cost per unit of cumulative output falls below that figure , whereupon the company will set its price at 20 per cent above the falling average cost per cumulative unit . |
| 15 | A minister need only let it be known directly that he would welcome such demonstrations of ‘ spontaneous ’ violent support , or at least would not use police power to suppress it . |
| 16 | Kurunagala and parts of the districts bordering it were singled out as suffering from an inordinate amount of cattle theft . |
| 17 | But if it were to go up and up and up the blood would become absolutely saturated with sugar which would do us no good at all . |
| 18 | That it were coming down and then |
| 19 | Frequently , too , there are major structural changes to the volcano , with a large part of it being blown away or collapsing to form a gaping crater , up to several kilometres across . |
| 20 | They stopped it being watered down and prevented the part about combating discrimination from being taken out . |
| 21 | Subsequently these conclusions have been challenged , it being pointed out that experiments involving the rapid heating and cooling of small individual rocks do not accurately re-create field conditions . |
| 22 | Like the members of the Tribunal , there is no provision for security of tenure for the Commissioner , it being provided only that he ‘ shall hold office in accordance with the terms of his appointment ’ . |
| 23 | There was indeed money coming into the area , but was it being used effectively and in the best manner ? |
| 24 | It was held in Attorney General v Tod Heatley , however , that an owner of land has a common law duty to prevent it being used so as to amount to a public nuisance . |
| 25 | She talked to Susan about it being flushed away and that Susan could flush the lavatory when she had finished . |
| 26 | ‘ Was it being put in or taken out ? ’ |
| 27 | In the last 6 months , it 's suffered more than 500 job losses . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's become harder and harder to smile or laugh out there during an international match . |
| 29 | It 's getting later and later . |
| 30 | from here , it 's getting closer and closer to a certain value , it reaches that value , and then it changes |