Example sentences of "it be [prep] [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is to be submitted monthly or in accordance with special accounting periods , subject to approval from the local VAT office . |
| 2 | The wider the purported exclusion , the more likely it is to be held unreasonable . |
| 3 | This approach argues that the best way in which to use syntactic knowledge is to formalise the grammar and encode it as a set of rules to which input must conform if it is to be considered acceptable . |
| 4 | And my , how wonderful it was to be proved right once again ! ’ |
| 5 | It was after being cast adrift in a longboat by the mutinous crew of Bounty that Bligh managed to make his monumental open-boat voyage with a handful of faithfuls to safety , and ultimately revenge , on the Indonesian island of Timor . |
| 6 | It was like falling into a black well , where you knew there would never be light , or it was like being cast adrift on a night ocean when you knew no ships would ever pass . |