Example sentences of "it be [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For whatever reason , his concert appearances from then on revealed only occasional glimpses of his mettle , and of the recordings which followed , only the Rachmaninov Third Concerto with Abbado added lustre to the legend — it would have done so a sight more effectively had it been decently recorded by CBS ( 10/88 ) . |
| 2 | The manager of the package being processed and all packages at the next level in the structure which reference it are temporarily changed to the specified user . |
| 3 | The definition of a problem , its source and the ‘ needs , that arise from it are frequently established by professionals at an early stage and as we see here the parents , because they lack information and power , may find it very difficult to challenge such assumptions . |
| 4 | The ideas behind it are partly derived from Hartley 's chapter on The Pleasures and Pains of the Imagination , which explained that — ‘ the grandeur of some [ natural ] scenes , and the novelty of others , by exciting surprise and wonder [ makes ] a great difference in the preceding and subsequent states of mind ’ ; he also contrasted ‘ the offensiveness , dangers , and corruption of populous cities , and the health , tranquillity and innocence which the actual view , or mental contemplation , of rural scenes introduces ’ . |
| 5 | Arguments over the validity of the notice and justification of the motives of the partners serving it are better left to an appropriate tribunal ( judge , arbitrator or mediator ) than carried on in acrimonious correspondence . |
| 6 | Sometimes we find things like the Moan Lisa , which have been denigrated and used in lots of different ways , but some people when they see it are still overpowered by the beauty of the object . |
| 7 | We may say that a criterion of legal validity or source of law is supreme if rules identified by reference to it are still recognized as rules of the system , even if they conflict with rules identified by reference to the other criteria , whereas rules identified by reference to the latter are not so recognized if they conflict with the rules identified by reference to the supreme criterion . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The railway and the many stories about it are usually mentioned in guidebooks as being one of the local points of interest . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And would it be just kept for funerals especially . |
| 12 | Wilson knew that some visiting Americans had let it be widely known in Florence that they considered Mrs Browning little more than a ghost and though she had laughed such gossip to scorn she now saw there was perhaps real cause for alarm . |
| 13 | Nor can it be wholly explained by the employment changes which were pushing greater numbers of people into the market irrespective of wage trends . |
| 14 | Will it be quietly forgotten in the next boom period ( whenever that might be ) ? |
| 15 | Further , Childeric 's grave was apparently forgotten about ; the horse burials which surrounded it were already cut into in the sixth century by secondary inhumations . |
| 16 | If it were again put to him that he could n't conceivably experience the Sun in the sky on the Sun , he might , even more implausibly , say : ‘ That is why I said ‘ suppose ’ . |
| 17 | If it were again put to him that he could n't conceivably experience other people 's pain , he might say , ‘ That is why I said ‘ suppose ’ . |
| 18 | Faulty learning occurs because the first instances of it were inappropriately reinforced by the parents or other caretakers of the child . |
| 19 | is not generally known to those persons who are accustomed or would be likely to deal in those securities but which would if it were generally known to them be likely to materially affect the price of those securities . |
| 20 | ‘ Unpublished price sensitive information ’ is information which relates to specific matters relating to or of concern ( directly or indirectly ) to that company , that is to say it is not of a general nature relating to or of concern to that company and is not generally known to those persons who are accustomed or would be likely to deal in those securities but which if it were generally known to them would be likely to affect the price of those securities . |
| 21 | Both the practice and the tensions associated with it were meticulously described by the American anthropologists Arensberg and Kimball . |
| 22 | The Alexander technique would be invaluable if it were properly included in all drama training programmes . |
| 23 | And copies of it were also served on Winchester by fax on 31 October 1990 . |
| 24 | The curious thing about Dr Dunstaple 's death was that although the harrowing circumstances which had attended it were well known throughout the camp , it was not generally considered that , by dying , the Doctor had lost his argument with McNab . |
| 25 | For John Simon , it was ‘ so puny a play that if it were not extended in all directions by Dustin Hoffman 's life-giving performance , it would barely be discernible to the naked eye . |
| 26 | Parts of it were not raised with me before today 's debate . |
| 27 | With that came a warning that if it were not paid within six months , he would serve three years extra . |
| 28 | Second , sealing the border with Serbia would be unlikely to work if it were not accompanied by the simultaneous sealing of the border with Croatia : the Bosnian Serbs , already talking to the Croats about a confederal division of the spoils ( see page 46 ) , would get their supplies from Croatia , and the Croats — never mind their signatures on the Vance-Owen plan — would anyway continue their military campaign for territory . |
| 29 | ( Incidentally , I suspect the risks of abuse would be considerably less if the ‘ pay ’ were fought for and won by a united feminist campaign on the grounds that housewives work and deserve money for that reason , than if it were graciously granted by government in a mood of pronatalist , pro-family , antifeminist zeal to cut the costs of the social services . ) |
| 30 | The Bettiscombe skull , preserved in the house at that time , was said to be that of a negro slave , so devoted to John Frederick that it emitted the most ghastly screams if it were ever parted from him . |