Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [conj] it [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1	The main criterion for an effective service must be that it is staffed by experienced professionals who are appropriately qualified .
2	… in-service training is often much less effective than it could be because it is based on an ‘ educational model ’ i.e. is focussed largely on the individual .
3	One reason for this may be that it was overtaken — and , perhaps , undermined — by political developments .
4	This may be because it was intended to be a quick method of banning undesirable consumer trade practices and in practice it turned out not to be very quick at all .
5	It was not known yesterday what the exact number of redundancies would be but it is hoped that they can be achieved voluntarily .
6	‘ Or it would be if it was rendered habitable once more . ’
7	‘ Only he did n't leave his wife , so Marie O'Donnell returned to Ireland , and because she knew how it would be if it was known she had an illegitimate child she told everyone she was a widow .
8	In a real sense , our mind or at least , our mind as it truly is , our mind as it would be if it were purged of all individuality , partiality , incompleteness , confusion , emotion and what not , is identical with the total absolute which the business of philosophy is to study .
9	We are also very strongly influenced by our expectations ; if we have heard and understood half a sentence , it seems that our brain is already guessing at what the rest of it will be before it is heard , and is certainly not acting in a passive way like a simple machine .
10	Purely from a financial perspective , have you any idea how much more valuable the cottage will be when it 's known to be one of Piers 's creations ? ’
11	It is too often assumed that if a law is not designed to protect one man from another its only rationale can be that it is designed to punish moral wickedness , or in Lord Devlin 's words ‘ to enforce a moral principle ’ .

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