Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the city has also revealed something about the American voter , something that belies the conventional wisdom that all that counts is the big-buck campaigns with their television adverts and ‘ issues ’ tailored to every fractured constituency . |
| 2 | All that matters is your leg gets better dear . |
| 3 | For a large proportion of our members the activities of both County and National are completely irrelevant and all that matters is how good is the programme that is provided at local level . |
| 4 | If you can tell what you say that 's all that matters is n't it ? |
| 5 | Very little has been said about the boom in modern prints . |
| 6 | In this chapter I shall write only about women in the last group and their position in the British labour market since very little has been written about them . |
| 7 | Until now , efforts to stop the trade have depended on development programmes , but government reports readily concede that little has been achieved to create alternative employment . |
| 8 | But little has been done . |
| 9 | It is nevertheless significant that , however much anti-German growling there has been on Capitol Hill since the invasion of Kuwait , little has been heard within the administration . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , little has been heard from the fragmented pro-hunting campaign . |
| 11 | Little has been heard from Rodney Bickerstaffe of NUPE and Jimmy Knapp of the rail union . |
| 12 | Although we have a clearer picture than we did of long-term changes in demography and household structure , little has been done to fill out the picture in terms of living experience . |
| 13 | The ‘ state of the art ’ of soil conservation is clearly in a sorry mess : ‘ The need for soil conservation was emphasised by Bennett ( 1955 ) , Jacks and Whyte ( 1939 ) and many others … but so little has been achieved that most recent reports … are virtually undistinguishable in factual content and sentiment from the earlier studies . ’ |
| 14 | Surprisingly little has been done on identifying the needs of managers . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , apart from the papers quoted above , little has been done to distinguish immature from adult digestive processes . |
| 16 | Much has been written on the larger species of mammalian predator and their importance as bone accumulators , but little has been done on predators of small mammals . |
| 17 | Too little has been spent on maintaining the system in the past and the industry , faced with signs of accelerating failure rates , does not yet appear to be doing enough to contain the rate of decay . |
| 18 | Little has been done by countries to implement the code and industry 's feathers remain ruffled . |
| 19 | Whilst a number of writers have commented upon his contributions to debates upon current policy problems , little has been said about the theoretical basis of these contributions . |
| 20 | Millions of pounds have been lavished on marketing privatisation issues , but little has been spent to promote the merits , or explain the mechanism , of corporate PEPs et al . |
| 21 | However , little has been done to highlight their attractions for big plcs . |
| 22 | In two decades remarkably little has been done to alleviate the conditions of some of the poorest city citizens , who personified the unacceptable face of the urban crisis , even if the terms of the debate itself have changed dramatically . |
| 23 | IN ALL the ballyhoo over Durham becoming the 18th first-class county , strangely little has been offered in respect of their chances of actually winning something . |
| 24 | In this climate of caution and introspection , little has been achieved in the decade since 1977 . |
| 25 | We have seen in this chapter that little has been achieved in British residential areas in terms of safer and more attractive environments . |
| 26 | Focusing more particularly on forgiveness , Jesus defended the woman who had poured myrrh over his feet by pointing to the same reason : ‘ Her great love proves that her many sins have been forgiven ; where little has been forgiven , little love is shown . ’ |
| 27 | Gay energy has been taken up with service provision and public education : little has been left for meaningful activism , and our anger , fear and grief has been kept strictly privatised , so as not to exacerbate the hostility we face in the outside world , and so as not to risk funding . |
| 28 | ‘ In reasoning or inventiveness , little has been gained or lost in the build-up of the human species during the last five millennia . |
| 29 | Over the past few years I have read a great deal of specifically Christian literature in the field of economics and I have been impressed by one thing : while much has been said about the immorality of the modern corporation and the injustice of the structures of international trade and while a little has been said , especially in North America , about the role of government and the need for proper control of money and credit , very little has been written about trade unions . |
| 30 | … where little has been forgiven , little love is shown ( Luke 7:47 ) . |