Example sentences of "of [noun] it be [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the presence of malignancy it is known that different tissues can respond in different ways . |
| 2 | At the beginning of March it was reported that seven FARC guerrillas and three Brazilian soldiers had been killed in border clashes near the Brazilian town of Tabatinga in the Amazon region . |
| 3 | At the beginning of March it was reported that the epidemic had spread to Ecuador where 20 cases were registered , including one death , that of a woman living near the border . |
| 4 | Of course it is believed that some will give way to others . |
| 5 | Thinking is essentially an internal activity although of course it is stimulated and aided by interaction with the external world including other people . |
| 6 | This reluctance could be seen as part of the general strict interpretation of exclusion clauses , but in a line of cases it was suggested that there was a rule of law that an exclusion clause could never cover a fundamental breach . |
| 7 | In one study of a small group of wrist-slashers it was found that more than half were well , or had shown improvement , 5–6 years later ( Nelson and Grunebaum 1971 ) . |
| 8 | As it happens , in the early days of computers it was thought that it would be only a few years before computers would be able to understand natural language . |
| 9 | At low levels of arousal it is assumed that attention is divided among many cues so there will potentially be some memory for all cues . |
| 10 | When considering a whole range of variables it is found that those social characteristics indicative of a low position of wealth or status do not appear among persons treated as criminal more often than one would expect from their proportion among the general population . |
| 11 | In a comparison between blocking and non-blocking strains of mice it was shown that the potential of embryos to arrest at the 2-cell stage is determined solely by the genotype of the egg and occurs irrespective of the paternal or embryonic contribution ( 18 ) . |
| 12 | Since most versions of legal theory are at least partial visions of law it is unsurprising that the criminal law will throw up both confirmations and refutations of most legal theories . |
| 13 | In the special theory of relativity it is assumed that a single inertial frame can be applied to the whole Universe , but at the cost of neglecting acceleration ! |
| 14 | In place of the attempt to produce a synthetic totalising definition of classes it was argued that an analysis which respects the specificity of economic class relations ( defined at the level of property-holding ) , social collectivities and political forces is likely to be more fruitful . |
| 15 | At this meeting it was decided by the Committee to approve the Constitution of the European Federation of Funeral Services on behalf of the N.A.F.D. As we hold the Presidency of E.F.E.S. it was decided that we would not vote in favour of any one particular city for the location of the registered office for E.F.F.S. , but would endorse the decision of the majority over this matter . |
| 16 | There were times — notably in the immediate postwar years and during the early 1970s — when it seemed that the gap between the two halves of the country was beginning to narrow ( Damesick and Wood , 1987 ) , but with the benefit of hindsight it is seen that these were periods when special factors were operating ( McCrone , 1969 ; Massey , 1979 ) . |
| 17 | At the end of October it was confirmed that the A-IADMK would be supporting Congress ( I ) in the elections to the Lok Sabha . |
| 18 | At the beginning of Surrealism it was argued that there was no Surrealist painting , but this dogma was soon reversed . |
| 19 | Building on the recognition that families have repetitive patterns of behaviour it is suggested that a social worker joins a family group , by listening to each individual in turn . |
| 20 | In the two companies with the greatest number of businesses it was felt that the individual business units have a better knowledge of the specific economic factors which directly affect their own markets . |
| 21 | At a committee meeting of Standing Committee of Convocation it was resolved that the Chairman of Standing Committee should write to the Chairperson of Hong Kong ‘ Branch ’ with the proposal that the ‘ Branch ’ should become a properly constituted Branch of Convocation , enclosing a model constitution for information . |
| 22 | In a recent report by Friends of the Earth ( FoE ) to the House of Lords it was stated that Britain could reduce electricity demand by 70 per cent , just through energy efficiency . |
| 23 | On appeal to the House of Lords it was held that the objection was well-founded . |
| 24 | Owing to the provisions of the Trade Disputes Act 1906 C could not rely upon a simple conspiracy to injure but in the House of Lords it was held that he was entitled to succeed on the ground of intimidation . |
| 25 | From one class of variation it was concluded that ‘ each brooch was made from its individual model ’ ( ibid. , p. 30 ) . |
| 26 | In the case of Mercury it is estimated that , just as is the case today ( Figure 8.2 ) , the slightly higher cratering rate than on the Moon has been a feature of the last few 1000 Ma . |
| 27 | Within the cone of vision it is assumed that all lines and planes parallel to the picture plane are true to scale . |
| 28 | As with the rest of Whitbread it is seen as natural for people to want top develop their careers within TGI Friday 's and they are encouraged to do so . |
| 29 | For example in Errington v. Minister of Health it was argued that the Minister was in breach of natural justice by conferring with the local authority and receiving further evidence from it after the dose of a public inquiry . |
| 30 | In a series of tests it was discovered that large predatory fish from the Pacific avoided sea snakes when they were offered as food , but that fish from the Atlantic lacked this caution and attacked them . |