Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , should it be accounting ROI or the internal rate of return ( IRR ) ? |
| 2 | Rain said : ‘ Would n't it be destroying part of the evidence ? ’ |
| 3 | Or will it be overhearing Glastonbury delivering crisp instructions to Fagg about what to do with the detonators left over from their last operation ? |
| 4 | And er we , one of the few times my dad came to Foundry Lane he I got a book , I think it were called Tiger Tim and , on the back they gave a model that you cut out with scissors and pu |
| 5 | If it were given planning permission the store would create 200 jobs . |
| 6 | New information is forced to the front as though it were given information , suggesting that a famous writer can always be assumed to be energetic and successful at school . |
| 7 | ( The term used was ‘ suspended ’ in order to remind the British Government that it could be resumed if it were to give cause . ) |
| 8 | And if it were to invade Saudi Arabia , it would control 44% of the world 's oil reserves . |
| 9 | Well they did n't know and they to it were towing Julie 's car and the tow belt snapped , and of course when it jerked this car forward it cut the petrol off . |
| 10 | Even if it were to acquire Palatine , its North Western tied house stock would only increase to some 330 . |
| 11 | Now that Moscow 's hopes for fruitful negotiation with the United States had been shattered , it was necessary for the Soviet Union to adopt a more aggressive stance if it were to maintain credibility as a rival to Washington . |
| 12 | Do you ever find out why ‘ smart ’ people pronounce the author 's surname as if it were spelt Pole ? |
| 13 | Assume now that the group can not sell all it can make at the normal price of £120 but division B sees that it could win a large order if it were to offer goods at £80 each . |
| 14 | At first all that would come into it were moralising precepts about drink which he remembered from having to copy them as exercises when he was a student : I am told you go from street to street where everything stinks to the gods of alcohol . |
| 15 | If that 's a natural as it were adapted effect of the Trivers Willard effect , there are plenty of cultural ones as well . |
| 16 | With the Jacob/Esau narratives we begin to see it being lost sight of , though the descriptions of Jacob 's cruelty and deceitfulness , and the contrast made with Esau 's generosity , make us think the compiler was protesting against the direction in which his material was leading him . |
| 17 | Christina had just received the last consignment of furniture , arriving in the nick of time to prevent it being dumped higgledy-piggledy in the reception hall . |
| 18 | For the last four years the widow had been forbidden to leave her husband 's side , and her legs had so deteriorated that ( it being considered lèse-majesté ; to crawl ) she had herself carried about her diminutive space by her " slaves " , the " lesser widows " . |
| 19 | As I said the er , the trolley buses were being phased out and the buses , the motor buses were being used more than ever and I do n't know the date of the last trolley bus running but I well remember it being reported time , it was the erm , bus was packed on its last journey from Electric House and people were photographing it . |
| 20 | I think it 's only pragmatic in that it 's maintaining production levels . |
| 21 | There 's also the herb garden , newly opened it 's to sell herb plants and seeds — and behind it something rather more exotic is growing — in the butterfly house … which houses 20 kinds of butterflies and moths in a temperature of eighty degrees . |
| 22 | I think that people need to know what we are providing so we need to be monitoring , continually monitoring that this is actually at the times it 's meeting people 's needs and I 'm sure that we will be hearing from members if it was n't , and we 're not I mean it seems to me that the level of services provided now is very satisfactory and we should n't y'know , obviously give our officers support to continue . |
| 23 | It 's to relieve congestion like this that an Aylesbury by-pass is planned . |
| 24 | It 's combining forces really ; with Cozy 's thing it would have been mostly instrumental , including Cozy 's ‘ Greatest Hits ’ , but with Tony involved we can legitimately do some Sabbath songs which he co-wrote , as we effectively have three quarters of the line-up . |
| 25 | It 's calculated risk , but it can be done . ’ |
| 26 | Frenetic close-season transfer activity is new to most rugby countries , but in South Africa it 's become part of the furniture … |
| 27 | He says it 's become part of Cheltenham 's heritage . |
| 28 | I suppose it 's to stop cars parking up now is it ? |
| 29 | It 's to stop people abusing the system . |
| 30 | Many are already sceptical of MIPS ' independence , following its proposed acquisition by Silicon Graphics , and now it 's drawing fire from all quarters , not least from shareholder DEC . |