Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [be] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , it may be simulating the same sport , but it 's a totally different sort of game . |
| 2 | From another point of view it may be called the inner shrine . |
| 3 | ( There is no accepted name for the latter , but it may be called the casus male inclusus ) . |
| 4 | It may be prolonging the snail 's life . |
| 5 | It may be thought the height of irony that Rangers ' goalkeeper should demand this much attention at a club so dominant Goram has known domestic defeat only six times in 18 months since going to Ibrox from Easter Road for £1 million . |
| 6 | The joker , however , gives the present knowing that in the confusion as it goes off , it may be thrown the wrong way — into the face of the recipient 's partner . |
| 7 | If the Labour Party genuinely believe that the SDLP is the Labour Party in Northern Ireland , then it should be advising the major unions to affiliate to the SDLP in Northern Ireland . |
| 8 | It should be noted the original cost of the stock is a sunk cost and therefore is irrelevant in establishing the cost of manufacturing Abrasive . |
| 9 | It should be noted the charge is under Case VI of Schedule D ( s677(6) ) . |
| 10 | It should be christened the Teddy Bear 's Picnic — Europe 's biggest teddy bear 's picnic according to advance promotional material but Radio 1 has decided that sentimentality over lost childhood went out with Smashy and Nicey . |
| 11 | Er so I would regard this impo this criterion as critical very er it should be given the greatest of weight and erm must be left in . |
| 12 | ‘ It should be filling the skyline . |
| 13 | Now it should be re-named the ‘ Oil City ’ , since its shops and industries are booming as the main base for the many services supplying the oil wells of the North Sea and their workers . |
| 14 | Look out for the Unisys Corp stand this week , it should be demonstrating the U6000 personal computer , its new Unix desktop system configured for Univel Inc 's UnixWare — but only behind the scenes . |
| 15 | Mercury Communications Ltd and the UK 's cable television companies are not bound by the legislation , Article 29 of the Utilities Directive , and British Telecom feels that it should be allowed the same freedom . |
| 16 | Chairman , I think I should say in proposing the proposed Policy E two it should be stressed the County Council 's not seeking to introduce a policy of restraint and restriction on the development which attempts to mirror that already applying within any of the nationally designated areas . |
| 17 | Consequently , in S6 the identity signal these , while it should be confirming the co-referentiality of actions with " conditioned reflex actions " , in fact co-refers with other Reflex Actions . |
| 18 | It should be remembered the situations in which speech is used . |
| 19 | In other words , it should be offering the potential buyer at least one , possibly only one , clear reason for purchase . |
| 20 | While it must be said the illumination does advertise the shop it greatly brightens the area with its window displays . |
| 21 | However , it must be said the visiting supporters did their bit , too . |
| 22 | Point 1 made by Bowley is a more general and fundamental one than the other three and deserves special comment ; it might be called the principle of parsimony . |
| 23 | No matter how legitimate it might be to define the scope of linguistics in this way ( and this is currently a controversial matter ) , it will not do for language pedagogy . |
| 24 | However , whilst it might be stating the obvious , the overriding factor in this situation has been the sudden influx and continuing constant supply of heroin at an ‘ affordable ’ price . |
| 25 | However overinflated the Aden myth may subsequently have become , however difficult it might be to disentangle the truth of the episode from the fictionalised version purveyed through romanticised images of tortured adolescence , the exotic Mid-East , the rejection of Western culture , the Rimbaldian quest for personal salvation , and so on , one stark fact remains . |
| 26 | A ‘ pact with the Soviet Union to defend democracy against fascism ’ sounded like a very different proposition from an ‘ alliance with Russia to sustain the British Empire against German imperialism ’ — however difficult it might be to distinguish the two things in practice . |
| 27 | Often there is insufficient management talent on board to achieve this objective , or it might be stretching the existing team too much so that their existing businesses may suffer . |
| 28 | Sadly this latter process , desirable as it might be to stem the antics of a few irresponsible councils , has spilled over into Local Government generally with the unfortunate effect that many responsible authorities have been greatly frustrated in their legitimate desire to provide adequate services in their area . |
| 29 | It might be bending the law , but could the director and his wife be said to be ‘ the person making the car available to them ’ ? |
| 30 | ‘ It 'll be to let the fuel out . |