Example sentences of "it be [vb pp] [conj] mr " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect , however , he was letting it be known that Mr Heseltine would not be the only interventionist candidate for the leadership -nor the only one to feel more enthusiasm about Europe than Mrs Thatcher . |
| 2 | It is said that Mr Shamir appointed Rehavam Zeevi , who runs a party called Moledat ( Homeland ) , as minister-without-portfolio in his inner cabinet mainly for coalition reasons : he wanted to increase his narrow majority and to avoid being attacked from outside it by the extreme right . |
| 3 | Additionally , it is said that Mr Benn [ = the Secretary of State for Industry ] has dared break a rather long departmental silence with a couple of speeches ( … ) , to tell how election pledges will be fulfilled and private industry is lining its pockets with state money with no strings attached . |
| 4 | However , it is understood that Mr Smith , despite his non-executive position on the Eagle board , will take an active role in the running of Samuelson . |
| 5 | It is understood that Mr Major wanted her to be prisons minister , and there was speculation last night that she might have been reluctant to be back in harness with Mr Kenneth Clarke , the Home Secretary , who was her boss at the Health Department during the eggs affair . |
| 6 | It is understood that Mr Hunt and Mr Langmuir do not dissent from the main recommendations for management , but they reject the voluntary partnership structure as a means of delivering good conservation practice in the mountains . |
| 7 | It is understood that Mr Dunn 's position became untenable when GEC-Ferranti 's initial budget for the coming year — which revealed the extent of the cost overrun — was rejected a few weeks ago by Derek Dickinson , chief executive of GEC-Marconi Avionics , the division to which GEC-Ferranti belongs . |
| 8 | It is assumed that Mr Cojuangco would then become chairman of San Miguel , as he was in the Marcos days . |
| 9 | While yesterday 's purchase price was kept confidential it is believed that Mr Arkley paid between £150,000 and £200,000 for each of his new pubs . |
| 10 | It is believed that Mr Christie in Edinburgh last night met the four remaining directors on the board , the former chairman , Hamish Deans , and his son George , and Jim Johnston and the Edinburgh lawyer Sandy Moffat . |
| 11 | It is alleged that Mr Ford persuaded senior officers within the charity to invest millions in a get-rich-quick scheme . |
| 12 | It is alleged that Mr Buckley was severely injured in the explosion and that Sutherland knew he was trapped and had not told the emergency services that anyone was in the blazing house . |
| 13 | And if it be thought that Mr Hunte retains a soft spot for Pakistan ever since he and Garry Sobers had a stand of 446 against them at Sabina Park 34 years ago , we have ascertained that he made clear to the 1992 management that any further offence would be met with punishment noticeably more severe . |
| 14 | It was arranged that Mr Brown would go home by ambulance and transport was also ordered to bring him for his Outpatient appointment in four weeks time . |
| 15 | On June 2nd it was announced that Mr Soros 's Quantum Fund would form a partnership with British Land , a property firm , to invest an initial £500m in British commercial property . |
| 16 | In a report of an International conference on Frontiers in Education , it was announced that Mr Michael Macdonald-Ross of the Open University was doing research into the efficacy of the printed word : " a field where very little research had been done . " |
| 17 | In a Board statement issued less than an hour ago , it was announced that Mr Peterkin 's contract had been terminated , to take effect immediately . |
| 18 | When it was decided that Mr Brown would soon be fit to go home , sister contacted the warden of the flats in which he lived to discuss arrangements with her . |
| 19 | After prosecutors presented evidence that he had money stashed away in overseas accounts , it was ruled that Mr Dixon must stay in jail until the judge sentences him in February . |
| 20 | The row grew into one of the most embarrassing in the BBC 's history after it was revealed that Mr Birt had been employed as a freelance to gain tax advantages in his £140,000-a-year job . |
| 21 | Mr Anthony ArlidgeQC , counsel for Dr Crockett , read out an advertisement from a Turkish newspaper in which it was stated that Mr Koc was selling his kidney . |
| 22 | Mr Anthony ArlidgeQC , counsel for Dr Crockett , read out an advertisement from a Turkish newspaper in which it was stated that Mr Koc was selling his kidney . |
| 23 | Mortified , all the other political leaders voted to change the rules to exclude the far-right MEPs from their new posts , especially after it was discovered that Mr Le Pen 's man for Israel was likely to be from West Germany 's Republicans , led by an ex-SS officer , Franz Schonhuber . |
| 24 | Now , it was suggested that Mr X 's alleged subnormality did not seem consistent with a lifestyle that involved successful gambling in London clubs at a complicated card game called Kalooki , savings of £30 000 , and familiarity not just with English and French but with Hebrew and Arabic as well . |
| 25 | THE first split in the Government 's ranks over the ambulance workers dispute appeared last night when it was disclosed that Mr David Trippier , the Environment Minister , had written to the Health Secretary saying he could see the logic in the ambulance workers ' case . |
| 26 | It was issued as Mr Hurd cited the council in his support when defending the repatriation to MPs . |
| 27 | 12–10- There was a proposal that it was desirable to have " an assistant to labour in the district by preaching and visiting " and it was thought that Mr Findlay of Dunlossit would give assistance towards this object . |
| 28 | • As The Bookseller went to press , it was reported that Mr Rushdie had had a meeting on Tuesday with John Smith , the Leader of the Opposition — the first at this level in the Labour Party since the fatwa was issued . |
| 29 | It was mentioned that Mr might be able to help me . |
| 30 | It was quite a shock to everyone when it was known that Mr Wilson had died ; he who had always seemed so solid and enduring . |