Example sentences of "it [be] [vb pp] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few weeks later , the exportation of Jews from Minden in Westphalia provoked reported mixed reactions from the local population , ranging from sympathy for the Jews to outrightly nazified comments thanking the Führer for freeing the people of the plague of Jewish blood , claiming that had it been done half a century earlier the First World War would not have been necessary , and including rumours that the Führer wanted to hear by 15 January 1942 that there were no more Jews in Germany . |
| 2 | But nevertheless if it were handled properly the high-yielding seeds of African maize , upland rice and cassava which are on the way could make a real difference . |
| 3 | Trow Gill is dry , a grass slope rising and narrowing to a breach in the cliffs at the top , a passage through it being made up a tumble of boulders . |
| 4 | He could not bear the thought of it being thrown down the well , however dangerous the alternative . |
| 5 | agree to it being handed in the next day as opposed to the next lesson ? |
| 6 | ‘ It 's turned out a beautiful blue , love . |
| 7 | It should have been a bumper harvest , but since this wheat was ready to cut 2 weeks ago it 's rained virtually every day . |
| 8 | Well , we had to make a better road through the forest , although I see through the window that it 's grown up a bit recently . |
| 9 | I 've played through it , recorded with it , connected it up to almost everything but the kitchen sink and every time it 's delivered either the sound I wanted or something very close . |
| 10 | Sainsbury 's says it 's carried out a survey and found that eighty three percent of those asked want a new supermarket in Stroud . |
| 11 | But it has been said before we should have professional referees — the sooner it 's sorted out the better . |
| 12 | The Home Office says it HAS acted to curb joyriding ; ’ It 's brought in a new law and is going to double sentences . ’ |
| 13 | The Home Office says it HAS acted to curb joyriding ; ’ It 's brought in a new law and is going to double sentences . ’ |
| 14 | It 's used once a fortnight for clay pigeon shoots . |
| 15 | It 's taken on a special significance . |
| 16 | It 's taken on a special significance . |
| 17 | A Christmas Carol may be an old favourite this time of year — but performed by Herefordshire college students , it 's taken on a whole new look . |
| 18 | Applix Inc is moving to get itself well distributed : this week it will announce it 's got Merisel handling Aster*x state-side and that it 's pulled off an exclusive five-year $15m deal with K K Ashisuto , Japan 's second largest software distributor . |
| 19 | ‘ Still , it 's picked up a bit since . ’ |
| 20 | He made beer the same way as his grandfather had and today it 's brewed just the same way . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's opened up the league , ’ Hamlin said , ‘ and we may not be the only ones to benefit . ’ |
| 22 | In addition it 's set up a European operation , headquartered in England at Bagshot , Surrey , under Andrew Field , a Sun UK veteran . |
| 23 | Thus it is explained why the sun reigns supreme for six months of the year , followed by deadly winter until such time as the god of Spring blinds him again . |
| 24 | It is made all the more unfair by the fact that the institutions have been deprived of any real access to the water authorities . |
| 25 | It is made all the more aggravating when people living inside the city know how little it costs the authorities outside the city to do precisely the same job . |
| 26 | Not because I 've tapped it into the word processor so many times — though that would be reason enough — but because once it is uttered even the most sensible , humane people tend to react in a disturbing , almost totalitarian , way . |
| 27 | Not because I 've tapped it into the word processor so many times — though that would be reason enough — but because once it is uttered even the most sensible , humane people tend to react in a disturbing , almost totalitarian , way . |
| 28 | There are also ideas for making the picture look even more effective and attractive when it is hung on the wall . |
| 29 | If the vehicle has an electrically powered antenna , arrangements should be made to ensure that it is raised whenever the vehicle is moving — with an over-ride switch allowing the driver to avoid damage when entering a garage or car park . |
| 30 | Bluntly stated : an enquirer into ‘ the mind ’ has to know what is in his own mind and why it is filled in the way it is . |