Example sentences of "[noun] it be [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Univel Inc has outgrown the offices it was leasing from its parent Novell and has moved to new premises in the neighbourhood also belonging to Novell . |
| 2 | The central character , Fonda 's part , is a writer of television commercials who can not stand the pressure of the effect it is having on his wife Sally ( played by Susan Strasberg ) and their marriage . |
| 3 | Charles worried about the effect it was having on her ; and grew angry and frustrated on his own behalf , that no one seemed interested in the ills of the world . |
| 4 | Here , in the gymnasia and exercise studios , they are now worrying not so much about the effects of heavy-duty exercise on their bodily contours , but with the havoc it is wreaking on their faces . |
| 5 | MCI Communications Corp 's annual report sheds a little more light on the company 's plans for alliances to deliver new services ( CI No 2,139 ) , saying that the company will use its high-speed digital telephone network as the base for multimedia services in alliance with other companies — ‘ With one intelligent , multimedia device — part telephone , part television and part computer — consumers will call up distant relatives and see them while they speak , ’ the annual report says , and the company is not elaborating further ; the report says ‘ a number of trends are emerging , including multimedia wireless communications and distributed processing , ’ and MCI plans to be a player in these trends ; it says the range of companies it is contacting regarding its consortium idea spans several industries under the broad definition of communications , but it is awaiting a response from the Federal Communications Commission to its proposal that consortia rather than individual companies be permitted to run Personal Communications Network before putting any discussions onto a formal basis . |
| 6 | Otherwise this is an excellent warm jacket , it 's just a pity it 's limited by its design . |
| 7 | But what a delight it was to come across your adventure , particularly so as Sept saw me doing 6 days canoeing the Zam with Shearwater , rafting Vic Falls 4–19 and a flip at 18 , and I spent 2 days at Kariba lake on a houseboat . |
| 8 | Living at home it was arranged for her . |
| 9 | I ca n't remember which teacher it was referred to anything Orcadian we used as Orkneyisms . |
| 10 | her questions had been more curious than tender and even when she had touched his cheek it was to prove for herself that no bruising remained . |
| 11 | This is the person with the suit — the one you will see most of and who will be present at nearly every meeting you have with the agency , the one whose job it is to look after your interests within the agency , and to look after the agency 's interests in dealing with you . |
| 12 | All the pain and anguish it 's done to my family . |
| 13 | What period it is depends on its ‘ accounting reference period ’ as determined in accordance with section 223 , which in turn depends on its ‘ accounting reference date ’ as determined in accordance with sections 224 and 225 . |
| 14 | When he used to chase his tail and I remember I was walking I was walking round the shops with him and there 's this big alsatian and Roly was giving it cos you know how scared he was of dogs it was barking at him ! |
| 15 | This requires that when a record is added to the file it is stored in its home bucket if any record that is a synonym is at present in the home bucket , and that if space becomes available in a bucket , any synonym that randomizes to the bucket in which space is now available is moved into the home bucket . |
| 16 | This however is not oak it 's sit on it somebody . |
| 17 | Even as this problem forms itself in my head it is superseded by its very simple and obvious solution . |
| 18 | Now when there is excess flood water it is held between them and let out slowly later . |
| 19 | Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA , DEC 's European Alpha partner , will port Unix System Labs Inc 's operating system to the DEC Alpha machines it is to resell under its own name from next May . |
| 20 | The LDP group was dissatisfied with the service and quality it was receiving from its Warwick factory . |
| 21 | I thought , if he had any passion it was directed to her , not I do n't think he had it and Jane . |
| 22 | In practical terms it is distinguished by its location — in the seven northern counties of Scotland , on the periphery of an industrial society ; often on the poorest land in the vicinity ; and generally , but not necessarily , combining an element of communal with individual occupation and use of land . |
| 23 | To write a feature story on the Inaugural First Flight it was arranged for me to join the westbound plane at Moose Jaw and telegraph back the story from Calgary . |
| 24 | But the , the reason why that 's true maybe , might n't it , that if you look at it from the child 's point of view , the crying is a , is a signal it 's sending to its parent . |
| 25 | But even Fujitsu is said to be more interested in Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and the new Unix axis it is forging with its affiliates — see opposite . |
| 26 | In part that reflects the promotion it 's received from its UK distributor . |
| 27 | Like the donkey it is despised by its enemies and mistreated by its friends , but only because it is bound to be treated unfairly when it is seen unrealistically . |
| 28 | ‘ I see now what a mistake it was to listen to her , but she planted the seed quite naturally , in her own devious little way , and I thought about it , torturing myself with the knowledge that it was a possibility . |
| 29 | Mr Carter , who is business development manager at ICI Billingham , says he knew the instant it was described to him over the phone that the property was just what they were looking for . |
| 30 | Orkney had a number of young part-time farmers who saw this as a potential constraint but in their cases it was linked to their desire to become full-time farmers as soon as possible . |