Example sentences of "it be [vb pp] are " in BNC.
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| 1 | Changes in the way it 's run are to be discussed at a meeting tonight , but details are n't being revealed until then . |
| 2 | The effect of the Transfer Regulations is that the contracts of employment of the persons working in the business immediately before it is transferred are novated automatically to the purchaser on completion of the transfer . |
| 3 | Such a theory is , according to Ives ( 1987 ) , too simplistic not least because much of the data on deforestation and fuelwood consumption on which it is based are unsound . |
| 4 | The ‘ facts ’ on which it is based are those of the unconscious emotional life of groups , and as such it can be entertained as an important contribution to the understanding of such feelings and actions in human groups . |
| 5 | The difficulty is that the assumptions on which it is based are to say the least shaky : the assumptions , namely , that only one vote suffices although more than one candidate is to be elected ; that preferential voting is reliable , even when used in ignorance of all the relevant information and inhibited by the arbitrary exclusion of candidates who might otherwise be successful ; that it is reasonable to grant to some votes the privilege of being transferred , and to lower-preference votes the possibility of exercising greater influence than is warranted by their very definition ; that it is reasonable also to give to all transferred votes the same weighting as to original votes ; and that election by quota is sensible even if the quotas are manifestly make-believe . |
| 6 | The model of monopolistic competition presented here incorporates only certain features of imperfect competition , and the assumptions on which it is based are very special . |
| 7 | On a more positive note we have supported the efforts to rationalise and sustain the Free Representation Unit which it is hoped are coming to fruition and we have been able to help in a small way with the organisation of the national schools Mock Trial Competition . |
| 8 | The difference is that his compound is a nanocomposite — the crystals from which it is made are between two nanometres ( two millionths of a millimetre ) and ten nanometres across . |
| 9 | So long as the techniques that determine both how software is used and how it is made are only in the hands of technical experts , computer systems will never find the universal application which is certainly within their grasp . |
| 10 | If , however , as we have already suggested , and shall be arguing at greater length below , choices about technology and how it is applied are the subject of a conflict of interests , and thus result in bargaining , then predictions about the outcome are more uncertain . |
| 11 | The sermons in which it is presented are arguably the finest contribution to moral philosophy in English . |
| 12 | It may be that the weathered materials from which it is built are particularly attractive and there is something about the building that is pleasing to the eye — soft red brick or golden stone , patterned brickwork or decorative ironwork . |
| 13 | People who get in a car when it is stolen are associated with that act and can be convicted of exactly the same offence . |
| 14 | Its expenses of production when any given amount of it is produced are thus the supply prices of the corresponding quantities of its factors of production . |
| 15 | Currently the main cases for which it is used are : |
| 16 | Further , LCH has in recent years agreed with most , if not all , of the London markets that it will only accept contracts for registration from clearing members who are members of the relevant market.3 A financial futures contract will be registered only if the clearing members in whose names it is submitted are members of the financial futures market . |
| 17 | At the same time , the details of the product and client with which it is associated are entered , together with the order , despatch and maintenance contract dates . |
| 18 | The details of the product and client with which it is associated are entered , together with the order , despatch and maintenance contract dates . |
| 19 | If , in accordance with the foregoing , a company is eligible as a small or medium-sized company , the concessions to which it is entitled are : |
| 20 | The enigmatic three dots to which it is impelled are those of a romantic orphan , as well as those of his reticent doctor . |
| 21 | It was called Are We Nearly There ? and it was about a little boy who was on a journey with his father . |
| 22 | Changes in social status ; changes in the technology of war ; changes in the geographical and temporal scale on which it was fought are seen as having led to a decline in noble influence upon its conduct . |
| 23 | Quite who it was built for , how long it was occupied and why it was abandoned are matters for archaeological speculation . |