Example sentences of "it be [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In what ways has it been engendered in Dunrossness ? |
| 2 | Police hunting the gang said yesterday : ‘ Had it been brought on stream the price of Pepsi in the city would have dropped by half . ’ |
| 3 | The act must have been done at the promisors ’ request : the parties must have understood that the act was to be remunerated either by a payment or the conferment of some other benefit : and payment , or the conferment of a benefit , must have been legally enforceable had it been promised in advance . |
| 4 | Nor had it been mentioned in Parliament since the previous April , when Hall proposed setting up the Select Committee and holding an international competition . |
| 5 | If a tilde ( ) is encountered in the print list , he numeric items which follow it are printed in hexadecimal . |
| 6 | It is also an extremely important form of property , and rights of access to it are governed by legislation and custom . |
| 7 | The outer-arc ridge is usually a submarine feature but in a few cases , such as Barbados in the West Indies and Middleton Island in the Aleutian Arc in Alaska , parts of it are exposed above sea level . |
| 8 | The wettest town in Britain has been a major centre of the Welsh slate industry since the eighteenth century , and the hills all round it are scarred by quarries and deformed by spoil heaps . |
| 9 | The definition of curvature and ways to measure it are described in Section 3.2 . |
| 10 | Unless serious attempts are made , the region and Christian witness in it are heading towards catastrophe . |
| 11 | The blueprints we draw up about the environment we inhabit and our place in it are sketched in outline when we are very young and least able to see the whole picture . |
| 12 | Its delightful situation in a wide fertile valley framed by the twin craggy peaks of the Mythen standing behind is particularly picturesque when the cherry orchards that surround it are smothered in spring blossom . |
| 13 | Full details of how to go about it are shown on page 7 . |
| 14 | I wonder if you are familiar with this type of thing and could it be applied to computer video outputs . |
| 15 | In recent years Conservative administrations have faced greater opposition from the House of Lords than have Labour Governments , partly because there is probably a greater fear of a Labour Government curtailing still further the powers of the Lords should it be faced with opposition from that quarter . |
| 16 | If this is the case , can it be substantiated by evidence from the history of developed societies ? |
| 17 | Can it be converted to gif ? |
| 18 | There was a syringe of morphine but under no conditions should it be given for head or chest wounds and here Charlie had both . |
| 19 | Even then she might have decided not to answer him , or she could have let it be seen by accident before knowing what it was . |
| 20 | The decision about whether and when to intervene in unhappy families can not be resolved simply by reference to psychological theories , nor can it be based on folk precepts about not interfering . |
| 21 | ( 3 ) Can it be said with certainty that the court will , under section 2(2) , exempt the third party from liability to make a contribution ? |
| 22 | Is it a coldwater fish , and can it be kept with Goldfish ? |
| 23 | In the UK it will only be used under the law according to the 1967 Abortion Act , so no one will be able to get it over the counter at the chemist 's , nor will it be prescribed by GPs . |
| 24 | But even this , Wemmick decides to keep to his life at Walworth and not let it be mentioned in Little Britain which even though it seems odd , stays within the boundaries of his character which Dickens has been building on . |
| 25 | ‘ There 's been a wonderful family atmosphere here and in no way would it be harmed by people having a bet . ’ |
| 26 | While allied airmen risk their lives in the Arabian desert , politicians in Bonn squabble over whether Germany is bound by treaty to aid Turkey , a NATO partner , should it be attacked by Iraq . |
| 27 | In fact there was nothing ‘ reasonable ’ about it , and Bismarck knew this , for at the first whisper of Leopold 's appearance on the scene the French Ambassador had , officially , let it be known to Berlin that this candidacy would never be accepted by Napoleon III . |
| 28 | The government had let it be known on Sept. 30 that it would not now call a general election in 1991 . |
| 29 | They let it be known around school that they were collecting waste paper and asked the others to do the same so they could weigh it all in . |
| 30 | Can it be measured in pounds and pence ? |