Example sentences of "it be [adv] [verb] [conj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's already known that women who take the contraceptive pill are much less likely to develop it . |
| 2 | I always reckon it 's tremendously flattering that viewers want to talk to you when they meet you in the street . |
| 3 | The hotplate is safe and easy to use — because it 's completely sealed and spills are easily wiped away . |
| 4 | Add to that the dreadfully long hours that doctors and nurses have to work — sometimes 16-18 hour shifts — and it 's little wonder that mistakes are made . |
| 5 | It 's always said that Oppositions rarely win elections , Governments lose them . |
| 6 | It 's scientifically proven that foods can make certain susceptible children very ill , and this can manifest itself in various ways , but one of the most common ways is that children behave badly ; they become aggressive and disturbed . |
| 7 | It 's commonly held that instruments are generally better made these days — even the cheap ones — and one of the prime benefits of this is that the purchaser has a better than even chance of buying a worthwhile instrument , regardless of cost . |
| 8 | These prices are a guideline only and it is strongly advised that prices are checked at the time of booking . |
| 9 | It is optimistically forecast that women will become freer from household burdens as a result of these technological innovations . |
| 10 | Even if they are able to find employment or occupation , it is not felt that families should be forced to provide a home for their handicapped son or daughter until they are too old to do so , or that this is necessarily the best thing for the development of a mentally handicapped adult who could derive considerable stimulation and benefit from living apart from their family . |
| 11 | They begin to appear in the first quarter of the eighteenth century , a remnant of the funerary effigy , though it is not recorded that nobles , apart from those of royal blood , ever had them ( Cromwell and General Monck excepted ) . |
| 12 | ‘ At this stage it is not known if charges will follow as this will depend upon the results these interviews and other inquiries . ’ |
| 13 | For example it is not known if landlords will be prevented from making unfair rent rises to cover what they claim is the cost of the Council Tax . |
| 14 | As the suspension of a unit trust over a pricing error is unprecedented , it is not known when units can be traded again . |
| 15 | It is not considered that rucksacks designed to carry less than 10kg will benefit from the new hipbelt , but even the modest capacity Hot Series will be more comfortable with the new type of shoulder straps . |
| 16 | It is generally assumed that pus-cells in the urethra are synonymous with infection and the pus-cell is treated vigorously from Bath to Bangkok and from Memphis to Madras as if it were an infectious organism itself . |
| 17 | It is generally accepted that aims should be reviewed ( even if this does not result in alteration ) every four years . |
| 18 | It is generally accepted that odours per se do not cause a risk of infection and it is doubtful whether nausea , sleeplessness , mental strain or depression , commonly suffered by people exposed to odours , would be regarded as evidence of prejudice to health , as they affect a person 's general well-being , rather than threaten a clinical disease . |
| 19 | It is generally accepted that managers are motivated to pursue profits , whereas they are not greatly motivated to keep within a cost budget . |
| 20 | Although there is a claim that these vats were introduced by Charles Tennant Dunlop and Heinrich Buff of Giessen , it is generally accepted that Shanks was responsible for their development . |
| 21 | And since it is generally recognised that managers cost their companies at least three times their annual salary , the scope for cost-saving is enormous . |
| 22 | It is generally agreed that students/trainees are observed performing on many occasions over a period of time as a natural part of the learning process . |
| 23 | It is generally agreed that objects appear smaller and heavier as they move upwards . |
| 24 | It is thus argued that relationships between parts of the state apparatus ( especially the bureaucracy and representative institutions ) become a matter of the particular form of the capitalist state — liberal , interventionist , Bonapartist , military dictatorship , fascist — each relating to different stages in the development of capitalism ( competitive , imperialist , state capitalism ) . |
| 25 | The basic two-way branching structure is always there , but it is easily smothered as lines cross and recross one another , making solid masses of colour ( only black and white in the printed pictures ) . |
| 26 | It is surely time that students , as adults in part responsible for their own higher education , were formally accorded the rights and academic respect they deserve , and the social relations between teacher and taught were made more equal . |
| 27 | It is widely assumed that Elders will not bother to hold on to any Scottish shares and its 23.7 per cent stake will be acquired and used as the springboard for a bid . |
| 28 | It is widely observed that patients with food intolerance often have candidiasis as well — and those whose main problem is Candida often turn out to have food sensitivities . |
| 29 | It is widely expected that bondholders will then be asked to convert some of their holdings into a new convertible preference share . |
| 30 | That view — first expressed six years ago — has now been given effect , and it is universally accepted that students are denied housing benefit and , in the majority of cases , housing support . |