Example sentences of "[coord] [vb pp] [subord] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Yet in Britain , ‘ race ’ can not be under stood if it is falsely divorced from other political processes or grasped if it is reduced to the effect of these other relations .
2 The must is heated in a cauldron and boiled until it is reduced to one third of its volume to make the Arrobo .
3 I for one will be happy to be stopped and searched if it is going to help protect us from terrorist bombs .
4 Even prominent members of the Labour Party — traditionally timid on this front — have started to argue openly that the Royal Family 's role must be streamlined and modernised if it is to survive for very much longer .
5 Given that planners are cautious in the face of uncertainty , limited budgets and a lack of experience , new ideas rarely flourish and spread until it is seen that ‘ they work ’ .
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