Example sentences of "[Wh det] it be [vb pp] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty is that the assumptions on which it is based are to say the least shaky : the assumptions , namely , that only one vote suffices although more than one candidate is to be elected ; that preferential voting is reliable , even when used in ignorance of all the relevant information and inhibited by the arbitrary exclusion of candidates who might otherwise be successful ; that it is reasonable to grant to some votes the privilege of being transferred , and to lower-preference votes the possibility of exercising greater influence than is warranted by their very definition ; that it is reasonable also to give to all transferred votes the same weighting as to original votes ; and that election by quota is sensible even if the quotas are manifestly make-believe . |
| 2 | Urquhart says the board 's new figures can not be assessed until the research on which it is based is published in full . |
| 3 | If the factual situation falls outside the scope of the refusal or if the assumption upon which it is based is falsified , the refusal ceases to be effective . |
| 4 | Both mechanisms can be viewed as part of the liberal response to the threat to freedom which it is believed is posed by the existence of untrammelled power , be it public or private . |
| 5 | Now police are examining video tapes from cameras used for crowd control and security , which it is believed were recording at the time of the attack . |
| 6 | Filetab is trying to prevent a firm called Ace Microsystems from selling a computer program on the grounds that the language in which it is written is owned by Filetab . |
| 7 | The fifth wave , the one which it is hypothesized is starting now , seems likely to be based in the non-industrial parts of the south and east of England , especially the M4 corridor and around Cambridge . |
| 8 | On a more positive note we have supported the efforts to rationalise and sustain the Free Representation Unit which it is hoped are coming to fruition and we have been able to help in a small way with the organisation of the national schools Mock Trial Competition . |
| 9 | The site of Castlerigg stone circle in the Lake District is an example , where the plateau on which it is sited is surrounded on all sides by mountain peaks . |
| 10 | At the same time , the details of the product and client with which it is associated are entered , together with the order , despatch and maintenance contract dates . |
| 11 | The details of the product and client with which it is associated are entered , together with the order , despatch and maintenance contract dates . |
| 12 | The ratio in which it is distributed is governed by the distribution law . |
| 13 | Meanwhile the police are continuing their investigation into the cause of the fire , which it 's thought was started deliberately . |
| 14 | ( The tablets on which it was recorded were discovered in the mid nineteenth century , and their decipherment was only largely completed by the end of that century ) . |
| 15 | Right , let's get something straight — the reason Zeppelin changed the title for this budget rerelease is because the TV show from which it was licensed was changed . |
| 16 | The second argues that by concentrating on specialist work the generalist nature of the CAB upon which it was founded is disappearing . |
| 17 | Berry , from Bramerton , Norfolk , was originally convicted in 1983 of making electronic timers for detonating bombs which it was claimed were intended for use in Syria and the Lebanon . |
| 18 | Changes in social status ; changes in the technology of war ; changes in the geographical and temporal scale on which it was fought are seen as having led to a decline in noble influence upon its conduct . |