Example sentences of "then it [be] [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the word is not found then it is said to be misspelled , so either correction is attempted , or it is returned to the user for verification . |
| 2 | There is a tendency to look upon literature , particularly capital L ‘ Literature ’ , as something separate from life , but once literature is thought of in terms of story-telling and story-making , then it is seen to be part of a common and seemingly-essential human activity . |
| 3 | If perception has to be triggered off by what is actually there , then it is constrained to be true . |
| 4 | If the plant does not grow above the water surface , then it is known to be in the ‘ submerse ’ condition . |
| 5 | If Kenny Shields is n't allowed to buy players soon , instead of being expected to rely on free transfers etc , then it is going to be a very , very long season for all at Carrick when everyone has been looking forward to so much . |
| 6 | Maybe , but then it 's allowed to be . |
| 7 | Swedish chief Tommy Svensson declared : ‘ If Anders does n't play for his club for some time then it 's going to be very difficult for me to pick him . |
| 8 | If Bremer the torturer finds a character in chains , of course , then it 's going to be fairly grim for that character . |
| 9 | I ca n't hang around with anyone , if I hang around with anyone that 's a smackhead for more than a couple of days , then it 's going to be tempting , so I 've got to keep meself away from them . |
| 10 | If we look to the future , then it 's going to be absolutely essential that food be produced artificially , because the planet is n't going to be able to support the population which it 's going to have on it . |
| 11 | Then it was meant to be Detroit , Chicago , St Louis and work its way west and end in Los Angeles but word of mouth , the cover story in Rolling Stone which Tony coerced out of them , and various other things created such a sensation that they lengthened it . |