Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Has it been swallowed by the frigid lands ? ’
2 Had it been made in the 1930s , Jimmy Stewart would have played Buck and Margaret Sullavan would have taken the Hoffman role , dying in the arms of the man she loves just as she reaches Miami .
3 The synoptic outline might have been more serviceable had it been separated from the list of languages and moved to the first volume .
4 A number of local studies have been undertaken on what the impact of the poll tax would be had it been implemented in the 1988 — 9 financial year .
5 the income arising to the trust has a foreign source and therefore had it been received by the beneficiary he would not have borne tax on it ; and 2. the benefit — the payment out by the trustees to the individual — is not received in the United Kingdom .
6 If this is the case , why has it been denied in the past ?
7 That strange feeling he had experienced in the hall : had it been repeated on the landing ?
8 In any case , if there was an innocent explanation of the existence of the photograph , why had it been hidden at the bottom of the drawer ?
9 Only very rarely has it been reported in the lung .
10 Imagine my disappointment when I staggered down a hill in murky twilight after its purchase to find that not only had it been lying in the back seat of the car for the duration of my climb , but that it had failed to come up and get me when the daylight failed .
11 Had it been closed by the authorities ( I used that word , not ‘ the malais ’ ) ?
12 Has n't it been changed over the years to say different things from what the original writers intended ?
13 A sense of the past may be retained by the use of remembrancers whose representations of it are differentiated from the everyday casual memories of people .
14 The options for it are limited by the geography of the Thames valley , where the flood risk occurs , and existing development .
15 Although it is from 1 to 3 km below sea level off Java , along most of the coast of Sumatra parts of it are exposed as the Mentawai and other islands ( Figs 3.9 and 3.14 ) .
16 The 79 works on display offer an insight into the national psychology ; its effects on artists and the techniques they employed to represent it are placed under the spotlight .
17 Now we learn that tampons are not classed as medical appliances and therefore not subject to the same stringent government legislation on manufacture and sterility which applies to say condoms which when you come to think about it are destined for the same anatomical region .
18 The Sunday Liturgy is never celebrated without music and large parts of it are sung by the celebrant , the deacon and the people .
19 Projections of it are reproduced in the papers .
20 With a Repayment Mortgage the capital borrowed and the interest due upon it are paid to the lender , however , with Endowment , Pension and Personal Equity Plan Linked Mortgages only the interest is repaid to the lender , with the capital being repaid by a separate investment contract or life insurance policy .
21 Anorexia is a relatively modern illness er the first descriptions of it are found in the nineteenth century and today it 's er by no means an uncommon illness in er mainly in young women , very occasionally in men , but , but er y it 's more or less safe to say it 's er it 's a disease of er women and almost always younger women .
22 Our ‘ model ’ of the English language was prepared for teachers ; in what ways would it be implemented in the classroom ?
23 Nor can it be compared with the ballerina 's dance in Rhapsodie where she wafts to and fro as if in a dream before breaking into her solo .
24 Nor will it be freed by the machines .
25 Fixing aluminium foil behind radiators , dull side against the wall , helps to reflect heat outwards , instead of letting it be absorbed by the wall .
26 But just to add to the usual conspiracy theories — why could n't it be repeated at the end of the game — surely it was one of the key points of the game .
27 Japanese success story : Can it be repeated in the UK ?
28 Only when a batch has completed one process can it be moved to the next .
29 Glasgow has marketed itself as a city which rejoices in diversity , but will it be singing about the first homosexual festival ?
30 Should it be completed before the next election , the Labour Government will be in a position to examine the full costs of cancellation .
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