Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For centuries it was persecuted and the cruelties heaped upon it were given the full backing of the Church . |
| 2 | OMG president , Chris Stone , said Software AG would certainly be able to bring a product to market much more quickly if it were to use the OMG-compliant HD-DOMS for the task . |
| 3 | By now it was painfully clear that an aircraft display hall was the route for the Museum to take , if it were to secure the long term . |
| 4 | The main forum was generally placed at the central cross-roads and round it were grouped the chief buildings of the town . |
| 5 | If we have a principled way of discerning the stable sub-assemblies , thereby distinguishing them from merely arbitrary collections of parts , then we can as it were see the evolutionary pedigree of a complex structure . |
| 6 | Yes , in that sense , in that sense , the unconscious thought was expressed but the , but the point was , i the anxiety as it were got the better of the dream , did n't it , if you woke up ? |
| 7 | Do you feel that it 's pointing the right way , bringing the sun in through the right windows at the right time of day ? |
| 8 | IT 'S seeing the funny side that keeps Les Barker buoyant . |
| 9 | But it 's knowing the right things . |
| 10 | So it 's keep the first one fixed , change the second one , and see how the third one changes . |
| 11 | It 's become the leading cause of solvent abuse deaths . |
| 12 | And it 's earning the chocolate-coloured Labrador that wrote it a worldwide reputation . |
| 13 | Yeah but w w too far because it 's affecting the middle peasants . |
| 14 | Steven thinks that just be I only just got in he said , I 'm having my tea and he said there 's no way I 'm gon na do nothing like that at this time of night when I 've been fourteen hours at work So then he stormed off back home again so he said well you 'll have to move it cos it 's obstructing the dual carriageway someone might come round that corner fast and hit it . |
| 15 | Today the nursing home said it 's pleased the whole episode is over . |
| 16 | It 's recognizing the many-one . |
| 17 | The health authority denies negilgence , but it 's understood the two sides are now close to a settlement . |
| 18 | It 's believed the single seater plane hit a post as it was approaching the runway at R-A-F Bicester in Oxfordshire . |
| 19 | It 's believed the same gang have raided at least three homes … and they may be linked with a series of other burglaries . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's generating the right kind of timbers , and then making the right kind of products from it . ’ |
| 21 | It 's hoped the new shelter will open within 18 months . |
| 22 | It 's hoped the new sign will save it from further damage . |
| 23 | It 's hoped the new design spreads the stress of the load , working the top of the thigh bone , making it stronger . |
| 24 | It 's hoped the low price of the immobiliser will make it attractive to car owners who 've been reluctant to fit expensive alarms . |
| 25 | By putting car parks a long way from vulnerable spots , it 's hoped the long ‘ walk-in ’ will mean fewer people reach places under threat . |
| 26 | And in the absence of a village bobby , it 's hoped the voluntary wardens will be able to help the community fight crime and act as a link with the police . |
| 27 | The last of the old flats will be emptied and demolished in the autumn and it 's planned the whole Grove facelift will be finished by November . |
| 28 | SunSoft says it 's reached the second milestone in its Project DOE ( Distributed Objects Everywhere ) programme and completed a distributed object system consisting of the DOMF ( Distributed Object Management Facility ) , SunSoft 's implementation of the Object Management Group 's CORBA specification , and a set of system objects . |
| 29 | Feeding most species of marine fish is not therefore as simple as it may seem and even if a fish feeds eagerly , it does n't necessarily mean that it 's eating the right food . |
| 30 | That riled me , just as it 's riled the other girls . |