Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [conj] it be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 On Jan. 31 , 1990 , Thatcher admitted that she had been misled about the extent of the subversion campaign , while on Feb. 7 the House of Commons select committee on defence announced that it was to hold an inquiry into the MOD 's handling of the affair .
2 On March 15 the Interior Ministry announced that it was to drop the charges pending against about 6,000 people for illegal political activities during the regime of Gen. Hossain Mohammad Ershad .
3 Separately , Digital Equipment Corp announced that it was moving back into South Africa with a wholly-owned subsidiary , Digital Sales and Services South Africa ( Pty ) Ltd , which begins operation on July 1 .
4 British Rail say that it 's getting there , but in which direction , I wonder ?
5 On the same day the UN World Food Programme announced that it was granting $1,900,000 in emergency supplies to Bangladesh .
6 The move is the result of mounting concern after The Northern Echo revealed that it was feared plans to allow districts to form powerful purchasing consortiums could be the first step towards full-scale merger .
7 Some surveyors have advertised ; for instance , Ramagge Allen Partnership announced that it was seeking a 5,000 to 15,000 sq ft retail or warehouse unit in the fringe part of any M25 town .
8 Three days later , in an extraordinary further development , the Justice Department announced that it was investigating Sessions and his wife in relation to the possible violation of ethics rules .
9 The nationalised industry announced that it is to close 31 pits , which will result in 30,000 job losses .
10 The Department of Trade and Industry announced that it was setting up working groups to examine the scope for changing some of the most complex areas of company law .
11 The common use of the prepositions in and out in connection with the mind suggest that it is conceptualised as a container . )
12 The ring glows because it was heated to more than 20 000 °C by radiation produced by the supernova blast .
13 Nor has the Department decided whether it is going to contribute towards the considerable capital cost of new computers , causing doctors to put off to the last minute a decision on which system to choose .
14 So it 's , if you 're overtime is at the grade C level , or the workload is at the grade C level , then you 're bet it 's cheaper to get overtime done than it is to get temps .
15 The department says that it is seeking advice from the Committee on safety of Medicines on B17 .
16 Symbolics Inc , Concord , Massachusetts artificial intelligence pioneer warns that it is running out of cash and needs additional financing quickly : options include selling the company , obtaining additional financing and filing for bankruptcy protection .
17 Sefton 's condition deteriorated and it was agreed he should be put down .
18 The increase in PGE 2 associated with Helicobacter pylori seems likely to be a consequence of the associated inflammatory cell infiltrate as it was seen in patients with type B ( chronic active ) but not with type C ( chemical ) gastritis , which is characterised by a paucity of inflammatory cells .
19 The Conservative Education Association also condemned the government plan and opposition mounted when it was learned that the government planned to cut education spending in London by 40 per cent following abolition of the ILEA .
20 As the boat rammed the steel plates , fabric ripping as it was dragged up against the rough barnacled side , he fired .
21 The most demanding would be one I have previously raised : namely , that though the successful encounter with a poem may result in a unique aesthetic experience , academic practice demands that it be turned into non-aesthetic discourse .
22 The depth of the crisis emerged in late October when the US side hinted that it was poised to levy punitive tariffs on of EC goods worth US$1,000 million in retaliation for EC intransigence over oilseed subsidies .
23 France agreed to pay more than half the cost of the programme provided that it was entrusted with its production and provided , also , that the rocket remain geared to the commercial needs of the 1980s and early 1990s .
24 As expected formation of the low mobility complex was inhibited by the addition of antibody to Oct-1 confirming that it contains Oct-1 whereas the antibody had no effect on the formation of the high mobility complex indicating that it is formed by binding of a cervical protein distinct from Oct-1 ( Figure 3 ) .
25 Pyramid notes that it is scheduled to begin shipments within the next six month of its next-generation high-end symmetric multiprocessing product line , based on the Mips Technologies Inc R4400 RISC multiprocessor .
26 A man and woman in the car died as it was crushed under the lorry .
27 A verse inscription on the skirt tells that it was dedicated to the goddess by Nikandre of Naxos , whose father , brother and husband are also named .
28 To take an oversimplified example : if an investor buys marks at three to the pound , and the pound falls until it is valued at just two marks , every pound of the original stake will be worth £1.50 at the new rate .
29 They have a strong historical dimension , but their treatment of the new international division of labour indicates that it is limited by its generality .
30 This practice ended when it was declared unlawful by judicial review in 1985 ( R v Hallstrom ex parte W ) , although under Scots law it continues with monitoring by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland .
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