Example sentences of "it [verb] be [vb pp] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more the study of BSL has progressed , the more it has been seen to fit general language principles . |
| 2 | By investigating the ways in which it has been used to explain particular phenomena , I shall aim to provide a more detailed account of absolute holism , as I shall call it , and of the mode of explanation it embodies . |
| 3 | One consequence of the breadth of this definition is that it has been held to cover psychological harm — where D causes V to become hysterical or to suffer substantial fear or fright , for example . |
| 4 | One of the main reasons that the display looks so good is that it has been configured to use typographic faces as opposed to conventional typewriter-like text and this advantage has been further heightened by using typographic measurements throughout , each dot on the screen corresponds to 1 point . |
| 5 | The move was announced as the Soviet Union came under increasing pressure to hold a summit meeting , at which it had been planned to initiate major changes in the organization , as agreed in principle at the June 1990 summit of the Pact [ see p. 37550 ] . |
| 6 | It had been made to become unreal . |
| 7 | On Oct. 17 sources in Saudi Arabia said that it had been decided to renew economic relations with Jordan which had been suspended since the Gulf War . |
| 8 | It had been asked to do strange one-off affairs and its reports had been leaked and bandied about in Parliament and any role it was originally supposed to have , as a systematic , regular bringing-together of reports of programme analysis throughout Whitehall to present an overall strategic picture to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet , had long since disappeared . |
| 9 | Angolan radio announced on April 18 that agreement had been reached on unification of the two military forces , and Portuguese media reported on April 19 that it had been agreed to hold free elections 18 months after a ceasefire was signed . |
| 10 | Although it had been designed to help living artists , the scheme , being difficult or even impossible to control , was open to doubtful practices . |