Example sentences of "it be [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Hello ? ’ she enquired , and would n't have been at all surprised , the way her head was , had it been Reception ringing to say that she had n't filled in her reservation form correctly . |
2 | Would it be etiquette to talk of his business ? |
3 | Would it be heresy to suggest that such a committee need not be composed entirely of educationists and should not be composed entirely of specialists in curriculum development . |
4 | He suggests that the term ‘ porpoising ’ should be used to describe any aquatic animal that leaps out of the water and uses less energy than it would if it were surface swimming at the same speed . |
5 | Anyone who withdraws more than net interest or pledges the Tessa as security for a loan immediately loses the tax exemption and has to pay tax on all interest credited up to that time as though it were income arising during the year when the withdrawal or pledge took place . |
6 | On appeal by the Crown , it was found that the Lord Ordinary had failed to give proper weight to Taxes Management Act 1970 , in particular that interest on overdue tax was to be treated as if it were tax charged and due and payable under the assessment to which it related . |
7 | If they have to stop then British cheese will lose all it 's character say cheese insiders . |
8 | That 's not a problem that I can actually deal with er but Wales certainly er you know takes the sort of interest in Europe that we have seen from most of the Conservative speakers er in trying to sum up this debate you have to refer to them er of not being able to show , there 's a definite sort of anti European theme coming through from most of the speakers from the back benches who 've chosen to take part in this debate tonight from the other side and it 's difficulty to avoid summing up the debate without some reference to the points that they have made which is in complete contrast to the attitude that we have erm in Wales er towards Europe and that we are . |
9 | I mean it 's t a lot of it 's order taking and quoting |
10 | Oh yes , it 's council do n't do it , er , they have to , the Trainers ' Association paid for that . |
11 | Erm , in the past , the constitution of the West region association has allowed for it 's council to meet twice a year , one of those was an A G M , and for an executive committee to meet four times a year . |
12 | Believe you me it 's it 's progress getting . |
13 | It is n't a question Chairman but it 's easy to ask as it seems , we you said a ten year , but what about a thirty service of deferred pension , that could be an entirely different situation , because that is inflation put under the Post Office and B T ones it 's inflation proofed every year , so for the ten years , if he 's if he 's got another ten years before he draws his pension at sixty , he would have that er deferred pension inflation proofed every year . |
14 | I 've even tried getting him sectioned , but because it 's glue induced , there 's nothing anyone can do . |
15 | It 's position means cases must be carried 400 yards through the pedestrianised area , but the hotel is popular with families and couples alike and its facilities include a bar , pleasant summer verandah , dining room and garden . |
16 | That 's all it is it 's repetition go over and over or around whatever it is |
17 | This is an exhibition which will as it 's title suggests delight visitors of all ages . |
18 | It 's territory shared by Gbenga Agbenugba , the 26-year-old Anglo-Nigerian author of Another Lonely Londoner — although the similarities between the two novels stop there . |
19 | You know i it 's pick picked him up from being very much an also ran for whom there was virtually no no hope , er to leaving the school with a a really good qualification and a sense of pride and purpose |
20 | It 's criss crossed by a maze of tracks and bridle paths . |
21 | and like in the extreme theory , in extreme examples , like you you say right it 's auto speak |
22 | So , so when it 's auto save it 's , then you edit it does it auto , will auto save again , does it take out the things already in that you 've altered , that you 've edited ? |
23 | ‘ It 's awe-inspiring , even after all these years … it 's poetry translated into stone , ’ she whispered , and Roman kissed her cheek , oblivious to the other holiday-makers . |
24 | A solid forward base and sound defence is not enough , because it 's try points that count at no-time . |
25 | Now , it 's mot going to be easy , not least because it will require the politicians to be more cooperative and less combative . |
26 | But it 's quaver beats instead of crotchet beats , that 's all . |
27 | A similar investigation was carried out with the lexicon used in the current system to determine it 's ability to cope with unseen text . |
28 | It 's ability to carry huge loads over vast distances meant the British forces had the back up they needed in battle . |
29 | It 's ability to boost the production of red blood cells can also have an extraordinary effect on an athlete , increasing his aerobic capacity , and dramatically improving speed and endurance . |
30 | What sort of , erm , pressure or involvement or leadership ought to be given , or wh , yeah , what pressure ought to be put on the business sector , in order that it should sort of , conform conform is not a very good word , in order , it 's ability to contribute to the voluntary sector , and engage with it , should not be based upon individual and enlightened examples , such as I B M's , but should pull upwards the rest of the business sector , in other words , should N C V O actually says to the business sector as a whole , look , we think globally this is what you ought to be doing . |