Example sentences of "it be [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though his list and its implications have been largely ignored by writers on the Muftilik , apart from a passing nod from Mustakimzade , his view was adopted directly , indirectly or independently by Hezarfen , d'Ohsson and Hammer , and echoes of it are occasionally found in other authors . |
| 2 | Typical of these is the Invective against France which survives in several manuscripts : it depicts the French as effeminate , combining the characteristics of the lynx , viper and wolf ; King Philip 's fraudulent claims to the French throne and his unworthiness for it are elaborately exposed with biblical and legal references ; by contrast Edward 's victories , secured by his virtuousness , serve only to prove that God was on his side . |
| 3 | But it seems it 's already fallen into other hands . ’ |
| 4 | Yeah well I mean t it 's probably based on real stuff because there ha there had been some very blarey results where people taken on trust and then these guys all the access and all the money coming in these vulnerable people . |
| 5 | Written by , directed by and starring the young black American film-maker Charles Lane , Sidewalk Stories is not only almost completely without dialogue , it 's also shot in crisp black and white rather than the now-regulation colour . |
| 6 | It 's also hired to new supervisors to increase training and ease managerial stress . |
| 7 | Not surprisingly , they told us it 's best left to professional fund-raisers . |
| 8 | Maybe it 's best left in military hands until we have a generation of truly environmentally friendly humans . |
| 9 | It 's often associated with large-scale traditional patterns used in Victorian times , but there 's a wide range of smaller-scale geometrics , as well as textures , some of which imitate natural materials like grasscloth , tree bark , woven material , etc . |
| 10 | HomeShield 50 is already a low-cost policy because it 's specially designed for mature , responsible householders who take care of their home and their possessions . |
| 11 | And it would have shown on the certificate , the time of birth — it 's only done for multiple births . |
| 12 | Barbara thank you , and the number of that line is O three four five O one O two O three , that 's O three four five O one O two O three and it 's , and it 's only charged at local prices I understand . |
| 13 | Both holes and pockets can be cut in wood or plasterboard without having to drill a starting hole : but it 's only advised for experienced users . |
| 14 | just do n't take offence that 's all , it 's all meant in good part . ’ |
| 15 | It is physically housed in vertical files which are of non-standard size , and which are no longer in manufacture . |
| 16 | However , as far as churches and some other faith communities are concerned , City Challenge and the new Urban Partnership Fund are of limited significance ; the former because it is geographically limited to small areas of Bradford and Kirklees , and the latter because it is so meagre ; its national total of £20 million equals only twice the annual Urban Programme receipts in our three districts ( £10.8 million in 1992/3 ) . |
| 17 | It is strongly made from galvanised steel with a torsionally rigid frame . |
| 18 | This is at its most extreme for lung cancer , which is an almost entirely avoidable cause of death ( i.e. it is strongly associated with smoking ) . |
| 19 | Although in theory Postscript could be viewed as a general purpose programming language , it is strongly biassed towards visual representation . |
| 20 | It is simply squandered as unused heat . |
| 21 | As it occurs only in the males it has been suggested that it is somehow employed in male-to-male rivalry . |
| 22 | The X-ray-emitting gas is so hot that it must be rushing out of the bulge as a galactic ‘ wind ’ , unless it is somehow confined by magnetic fields . |
| 23 | It is rarely granted in commercial disputes . |
| 24 | Birch is a sustainable and fast-growing timber from northern Europe , but it is rarely used for fine furniture because of the skill required to convert the logs . |
| 25 | Amos Lake lies 10 m above sea level , adjacent to the shore on the windward side of the island ; like many others in this situation , it is vastly enriched by marine influences . |
| 26 | Likewise , if anthropologists used the word religion in the sense in which it is ordinarily used by ordinary speakers of English , where it is tied in with such compartmentalized matters as church membership and a professional priesthood , then it would have no application at all to most of the societies which anthropologists usually study . |
| 27 | To put it another way , a noun , as an item from the lexicon of the language , has descriptive content and may be considered as a property concept just as much as any verb or adjective , with only the exception that it is habitually used in individual acts of communication in order to identify an entity , by means of that descriptive content . |
| 28 | It is otherwise known as delegated legislation . |
| 29 | It is commercially extracted by open pit in the form of celestite nodules from the basal Triassic Mercia Mudstone Formation near Bristol ( Nickless and others , 1976 ) . |
| 30 | Although empirical research ( for example , Boaden , 1971 ) suggests ‘ that the financial relationship has [ not ] decreased the decision-making autonomy of individual authorities , it is generally believed in local government that it has led to increased , and increasing control over local government as a whole ’ ( Alexander 1982a , p. 148 ) . |