Example sentences of "[verb] be [conj] it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for keeping women and men separated is that it is felt that a man can not concentrate on prayer when women are in close proximity . |
| 2 | What is being said is that it 's intended to keep what 's regarded as a highly successful regime going on existing lines . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ The picture we are getting is that it is spreading nationally . |
| 4 | The third feature of English discovery to be noted is that it is limited to the discovery of documents . |
| 5 | If your original application was rejected by some or all of the institutions you listed , this might have been because it was delayed and did not reach the admissions tutor until after the course was full . |
| 6 | There has been some confusion — I do not know why there should have been because it was made clear last night by the Secretary of State for Wales — about the position of students . |
| 7 | All I knew was that it was buried somewhere in the middle of that sea of bricks ’ ( Orwell , 1939 ; 1962 edn , p. 117 ) . |
| 8 | I think all I think most of the other things I the only er one I I would like to raise is that it was agreed that the new committee should be recommended to appoint a press secretary . |
| 9 | In April , I did point out that if English Heritage ( the body responsible for the preservation of England 's built heritage ) were transferred to the new Department of National Heritage ( which is now the case ) , very careful consideration would need to be given to how planning is coped with , because one of the strengths of English Heritage had been that it was placed within the Department of the Environment where government planning takes place . |
| 10 | She had not realised how heavy the " burden had been till it was lifted . |
| 11 | What I 'm trying to say is that it 's providing for people already here that I think should be a major item of population policy , and doing it not in a massive world sense , or even a country , but in particular areas as well . |
| 12 | All I can say is that it was edited by two women , it 's being promoted by a third , it 's being marketed by a fourth , the rights were sold by a fifth , and in Britain the serial rights were bought by a sixth . |