Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [conj] it [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cigarettes are a type of goods ordinarily bought for private use or consumption and it has been held ( for the purpose of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 ) that a private members ' club is not a business , John v. Matthews ( 1910 D.C. ) , see paragraph 16 — 04 below . |
| 2 | Documentation will be confidential to the teacher or group until it has been agreed to release it . |
| 3 | Bile or components of bile have been identified as potential carcinogens in other organs such as the colon or pancreas and it has been suggested that the increased risk of developing gastric cancer after gastric surgery is a function of duodenogastric reflux . |
| 4 | The porcupine fish ( opposite , top ) inflates itself by gulping in water ( or air if it has been removed from the sea ) until its body is so puffed up that its spiny scales stand out rigidly from its body and defy any killer to devour it . |
| 5 | This will mean that recovery when it comes is likely to be long-drawn-out and possibly never properly fulfilled . |
| 6 | The confusion over the Restriction of Ribbon Development Act 1935 did not help : there were uncertainties between the Ministries of Transport and Health , delay over necessary action and ineffectiveness once it had been taken . |
| 7 | and Jacobitism than it had been in the previous year , yet Craigbarnet 's plight was serious and a failure to help him would offend many . |
| 8 | This power , above all things should be the unfailing ally of the forces trying to maintain law and order but it has been allowed to become weakened to the point that it is almost non-existent in the mental make-up of a great many people . |
| 9 | Celebrations at the Whitminster Animal Shelter , after news that it 's been saved from closure . |
| 10 | It is clear that the measure of damages for the conversion of a negotiable instrument is prima facie the face value , not the value as paper but it has been held that this principle is inapplicable to non-negotiable documents such as holiday credit stamps . |