Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The terms in which it expressed this decision are to be found in a letter dated 23 October 1991 addressed to the plaintiffs ' solicitors and written by Mr. A. D. Farries , a principal in the Crown Prosecutor Fraud Investigation Group . |
| 32 | No you 're not put it down , go away that 's for Benjamin 's birthday , I do n't want it getting dirty while were having er tea |
| 33 | So it appears that completion was around that time although the date is not er , is not certain . |
| 34 | Amid talk of rebuilding and reorganising resources it appears suitable material is in short supply . |
| 35 | There is a great healing tradition within the evangelical Charismatic Movement , and those who adhere to it believe this healing is about seeking out the devil and ridding the possessed of this influence . |
| 36 | Innocence may be the first casualty of war , as the posters for the film boldly quoted , but it seems good taste is the first casualty in computer-game marketing . |
| 37 | However , it seems that leave is refused for between a quarter and a third of all AJRs , and this might suggest that the leave requirement is performing some other function such as keeping the number of pending AJRs down so that the delay between the granting of leave and the hearing is not too great . |
| 38 | Instead , it seems that money is to be spent in an almost futile attempt to attract to the bay , at a time of recession , companies and start-up projects that , by rights , should be located elsewhere . |
| 39 | In the light of this it seems that severance is beneficial in that it stops one party acquiring the whole property in the event of the other 's death , but the actual shares of the parties would have to await determination by the Court ( or agreement ) . |
| 40 | It seems that androgyny is psychologically and socially valuable for women ( Jones et al . |
| 41 | Now , after experiment rather than speculation , it seems that stabilimenta are really early warning landmarks for birds . |
| 42 | In this case , it seems that Creole is being used , perhaps with its " jocular " symbolic value , to comment on the baby and its " cute " activities . |
| 43 | It seems that education is not even essential to happiness . |
| 44 | Looking back from the late 1980s it seems that decentralization was not a clean break , nor was it a temporary aberration , since elements of both continue to exist side by side in the British settlement system . |
| 45 | Meggitt contrasts the ‘ ritualised ’ literacy supposedly apparent in Melanesian politico-religious movements with a model of what literacy ‘ really ’ is in a way that obviously owes much to Goody : ‘ It seems that writing was rarely treated as a straightforward technique of secular action , one whose prime values is repeated and surrogate communication of unambiguous meanings in a variety of situations ’ ( 1968 , p. 302 ) . |
| 46 | I was given some advice about you — advice which I took against my better judgement , but it seems that advice was wrong . " |
| 47 | Finally , it seems that attempt are being made in the United Kingdom , Flanders , and the Netherlands to create a more positive image and role for residential care ( see National Institute of Social Work , 1988 ) . |
| 48 | From the bidding so far it seems that East is sitting over North with a strong and long diamond holding . |
| 49 | It is important not to be inflexible when looking at housing options , although sometimes it seems that dogma is of overriding importance to staff and , indeed , more important than finding solutions which suit individuals . |
| 50 | It seems that symmetry is a useful means of combating a dominant force , such as gravity . |
| 51 | At the moment it seems that Labour is poised to pick up a good swathe of its targets — but not , yet , quite enough of them to put Mr Kinnock safely into Downing Street . |
| 52 | But it seems some employers are seeing the potential . |
| 53 | It seems these humans are often — unwell — a kind of failure even to non-scuttle . |
| 54 | We encountered one agency offering ( free ) training to its contractors via a system of credit points acquired through service , but it seems this practice is unusual . |
| 55 | If the CEMREL Research Project ( 1972 ) is any indication of what is expected it seems American teachers are looking for a child 's skill at ‘ showing ’ , and , in particular , ‘ showing ’ emotion . |
| 56 | I 'd have hoped the England team would have been selected on quality and experience but it seems those qualities are not important any more |
| 57 | ‘ I would have hoped teams were selected on quality and experience but it seems those qualities are not important any more . |
| 58 | It has not disclosed how much it thought these brands were worth . |
| 59 | Ms Gordon said the recruitment agencies were enthusiastic about broking as it meant less time was spent pairing applicants with jobs . |
| 60 | As fast as it formed this spume was whisked away into the cave from where it was sucked into a natural wind tunnel and finally shot from a huge blow hole towards the centre of Fianuis . |