Example sentences of "it be [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was feeling what the laser would have felt , had it been of flesh and bone . |
| 2 | The SEC 's Rule 14e-3 , which derives validity from s.14(e) of the SEA 1934 , forms the basis of insider trading liability for tender offers , or , in British parlance , take-overs , and would probably , had it been in operation , covered the trading activities of both Newman and Chiarella . |
| 3 | Had it been in administration , we would have put forward to our budget . |
| 4 | Although some aspects of it are under review , under the ‘ care programme ’ initiative , it is not proposed to incorporate the mental health services in the first wave of changes planned in the home care delivered by the authorities . |
| 5 | The state 's increasing insistence , for example , that what people study and how they study it are of government concern and to be directed at ends which a government finds acceptable is part of the character of our critical environment . |
| 6 | The ruins of the medieval Berwick Castle were removed to make way for the station , and some of its stone was used in the construction of the bridge , though parts of it are of brick with stone facings . |
| 7 | If the court is satisfied that the petition and other documents presented to it are in order , the petition and all the copies will be sealed and two copies handed back to the petitioner . |
| 8 | Should it be of happiness or of sorrow ? |
| 9 | It was not publishable as it stood , said Michael , but might it be of interest to me ? |
| 10 | Nor will it be between brother and sister . ’ |
| 11 | Would it be in church or at a registry office Where would the reception take place ? |
| 12 | If , in your judgment , Sir , a question is out of order , how can it be in order for the Prime Minister to have a response ? |
| 13 | Would it be in order if such marriages are arranged for them to be co-joined er downstairs in St. Stephens crypt ? |
| 14 | ‘ Will it be in English or Russian ? ’ |
| 15 | Rest of time must have gone on fruitless speculations as to why Coventry end without similar paperwork , could it be in post room , could it be mistake of Coventry end 's secretary , did Coventry end actually have it on desk but had n't looked ? |
| 16 | They want us to be ourselves and they themselves and to meet as friends … only after some quiet times with a dolphin do we enjoy letting it be in charge of the encounter , and see what it may decide to do next with us . ' |
| 17 | If it were more forcefully to challenge the ageism that underlies the social structure , would it be in danger of provoking a backlash from those of its supporters who do not wish to be reminded that all is not well , despite their charity ? |
| 18 | They addressed most of their conversation to Zimmerman and his wife , occasionally deigned , as it were under protest , to speak to the Frenchmen , but pointedly avoided addressing the fräulein at all . |
| 19 | Well this morning I were listening to er Roy Normal on the , the Welsh radio programmes and he was talking to er various people and he told one young woman who had been in a certain area in world where they were filming , er and she 'd gone to see this filming with Alan Ladd and all these , you know , and anyway she goes she went into the er local chip shop and the er assistant for the film , the labourer came in and ordered , ordered forty packet of chips and er and he was saying oh it were for film you see , so she thought I 'd go down and see what 's happening , so she went down to the pier end and they were all er doing the performance and er , the producer says now all you people there , he says that 's interested , he said would you all go onto the pier , he says and talk he says and read , make it , you know make it interesting , so they all piled onto the pier and er , they filmed what they had to film with the pier in the background and all the people that were on the pier , so this girl was on the film you know , then after it had finished , he thanked everybody , he says now then do n't walk off the pier , he says will you as you 're going off walk past this , the table at the end there and their bloke give them three pound ten a piece |
| 20 | ‘ Most men wander out of the way , and fall into error for want of method , as it were for want of sowing and planting , that is , of improving the reason . ’ |
| 21 | and anyway she rang David up and she said , she did n't say it were for Bet but she said she wanted another two hundred pounds |
| 22 | If the battle in which Penda fought Cwichelm and Cynegils at Cirencester , dated to 628 in the Chronicle A ( s.a. 628 ) ( which is almost certainly a few years too early ) , can be safely placed before 633/4 , Penda was already a formidable force before Hatfield , but even if it were to date to a little after 633/4 it still reveals the wide-ranging character of Penda 's early activities . |
| 23 | It were on windowsill in corner . |
| 24 | What was fascinating to me at the time , was their naming of teachers whom I also recognised , from familiarity with the five or six schools in that particular area of south Oxfordshire : I could immediately apply a cross-bearing as it were of confirmation that what indeed singled out these teachers was a vividness of personality , a cheerful infectious enthusiasm and an unusual energy and commitment . |
| 25 | Despite the fact that the kanun thus in all likelihood dates from the seventeenth century , the biographical sources indicate that the principles , if not the details , embodied in it were at work in the late sixteenth century and very possibly earlier-as well . |
| 26 | My problem , therefore , would perhaps appear to lie with my speakers , but the G-K cost a fortune so I would be surprised if it were at fault . |
| 27 | Erm it would have to be if it were with water I 'd have to put something else in as well otherwise the stuff would n't stay on the page . |
| 28 | That 's where everyone 's different of course but erm I , I think it is , it is it is a factor that erm one can watch television or can listen to the radio or one can go for a walk or do all sorts of things as it were before noon and midnight but three or four in the morning , you know , when everything is |
| 29 | Er you had erm a room for , you had erm it were like school . |
| 30 | They let the people in you know ooh my by time we set off I er it were like Christmas . |