Example sentences of "it be [vb pp] that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Until the consent given at marriage be revoked , how can it be said that the husband in exercising his marital right has assaulted his wife ? |
| 2 | Nor must it be assumed that the whole of the Sahara shared in this climatic amelioration , for , as Gautier says , there are few traces of wadi patterns in the Libyan desert , which , forming the core of the Sahara , was probably less affected . |
| 3 | Nor should it be assumed that the division of the language items into lexis , structure and discourse function presents students with problems of equal difficulty or me with identical roles in each case . |
| 4 | It is not necessarily the case that this will have happened , nor can it be assumed that the document in question belongs to a given domain at all ( it may be some sort of hybrid , or simply too ambiguous to fit neatly in one domain ) . |
| 5 | As regards the third condition , can it be established that the provision of a company car for the company secretary is the normal commercial practice within that trade ? |
| 6 | And last Monday Dr Harold Varmus let it be known that the thrill of winning the Nobel Prize for Medicine in the morning was as nothing compared with being at Candlestick Park in the evening to see the Giants take the National League pennant for the first time in 27 years . |
| 7 | A hairdresser believes he sees the ghost of a fellow-soldier ; spends some years in a mental hospital ; on his release is rejected by his wife who he believes is ‘ denying him his existence ’ ; begins to think that everyone else is denying him his existence , perhaps because he was once shot at by a German and they all think he is dead ; spends his Sundays looking into the river for the bullet which missed him ; after his death , his wife discovers she is pregnant ; she lets it be known that the hairdresser has spoken to her by night and told her ‘ he was very happy that she had recognized the child as his , because that way she had stopped denying him his existence ’ ; when eventually she moves away from Piacenza , the hairdresser stops speaking to her by night . |
| 8 | The 32 members of the Moores family who still own 100% of Littlewoods , have let it be known that the sale has begun ; the biggest part of the Littlewoods Organisation — mail order catalogues — is on the market , with a reputed price tag in excess ( probably well in excess ) of £350 million . |
| 9 | Let it be agreed that the doctrine is anomalous . |
| 10 | If it were accepted that the language of the Convention demonstrates an intention to establish a permanent regime for freer global communications upon which all States could rely , the United States could claim the benefits of transit passage without having to prove that that concept had itself become customary international law . |
| 11 | It would be wrong , in my judgment , to order under subsection ( 2 ) the repayment of the price of shares unless it were known that the investor was willing to give up the shares . |
| 12 | Well , there could still be a case for investment in such an enterprise if it were shown that the lack of profitability was the result of higher costs than competitors stemming from locational disadvantages . |
| 13 | For example , if it were shown that the reduction of through-traffic was the principal reason for the reduction in accidents , then it would be efficacious to dispense with the expensive street furniture and speed-reduction measures . |
| 14 | The decision has been criticised , it being said that the section of the public to whom publication is in fact made is not a matter of concern . |
| 15 | The first issue is whether , it being accepted that the signature on the transfer is that of Mrs. Steed , the defendant can repudiate the transfer under the doctrine of non est factum . |
| 16 | The low conductivity of lithosphere contributes to this effect , it being calculated that the centre of a descending lithospheric slab may be 1000 C cooler than the surrounding mantle at a depth of 400 km . |
| 17 | If the petition is presented in respect of a debt payable at some future time , it being claimed that the debtor appears to have no reasonable prospect of being able to pay it , the court may , on the debtor 's application , order that security for the debtor 's costs be given , and no hearing of the petition can take place until the security has been given . |
| 18 | It 's believed that the life force , energy and soul of a plant is to be found within its essential oils . |
| 19 | It 's hoped that the event will have raised around £1000 for the Ballycotton lifeboat . |
| 20 | It 's hoped that the trial will resume tomorrow . |
| 21 | It 's hoped that the album will be completed by the end of this month and will be out early next year . ’ |
| 22 | But it 's hoped that the tighetning of the rules on availability for work will deter significant numbers from raves and festivals this year . |
| 23 | But it 's hoped that the tighetning of the rules on availability for work will deter significant numbers from raves and festivals this year . |
| 24 | It 's reported that the price of CD players will shortly tumble as Matsushita market a machine that retails for the low price of £280 — about half the price of the company 's launch model . |
| 25 | It 's estimated that the earthquake in India has claimed twenty thousand lives . |
| 26 | It 's estimated that the trade is worth up to £1.5 million a year , with huntsmen collecting , on average , around £5,000 a year and in some cases as much as £20,000 . |
| 27 | It 's expected that the Government will off-load most of its 1.35 billion BT shares in late June or early July . |
| 28 | Booth says there is ‘ real interest ’ in the team 's work from established staff and it 's expected that the programme will prove useful to many people within the business . |
| 29 | It 's expected that the flotation will take place in early June . |
| 30 | It 's alleged that the body was hidden there by the younger brother . |