Example sentences of "[subord] it be [pron] " in BNC.

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1 So in any one point in time the movement is going to depend on identifying exactly where you are at the moment in terms of any of the cycles and where it is you want to get to in relation to , to a particular situation facing you .
2 I 've definitely got one cos I remember her sheet now as I was looking at it , but where it is I 'm buggered if I know .
3 Certainly it is well established that a man is not guilty of rape of a woman who is too drunk to consent even where it is he who has coaxed her to drink .
4 On one occasion , the RUC stopped a bus containing members of a Protestant apprentice boys band , 30 miles from the largely Catholic town where it was their intention to march .
5 What would I say if : her Dad died ; his parents could n't attend ; her parents did n't attend ; the best man did n't arrive because his plane from India was delayed ; it turned out to be the groom 's second wedding , although it is her first ; the Matron of Honour did n't turn up because she was ill ; the groom dried up and forgot to compliment the bridesmaids so I could n't thank him ?
6 Platt said : ‘ It has been niggling me for some time and , although it is nothing serious , it has been decided to sort it out sooner rather than later . ’
7 We organise reviews and evaluations to ensure compliance with statutory obligations and group and local policies , although it is our aim to work to higher standards .
8 Right it 's usually only a small quantity needed , because although it is it 's used it 's continually sort of restored .
9 Lord Burlington was an outstanding and resplendent figure , not only was he a Knight of the Garter , but also Lord High Treasurer of Ireland ; Captain of the Yeomen of the Guards and Governor of Greenwich Hospital , and he made a serious contribution to that age , although it is his contribution to the arts and architecture for which he is most remembered .
10 ( Restaurants , page 278 ) began writing as soon as he could form the letters and was first published as a poet , although it is his novels that have made him a household name .
11 Although it is his statutory duty to protect the Welsh environment , he simply referred the matter to the Department of Trade and Industry .
12 yes whereas Martin although it is his job but he does tend to be a little bit more difficult than he needs to be .
13 Examples of pay-as-you-go include the National Health Service , the Armed Forces , the Civil Service and teachers , although it is somewhat of an anomaly that the pension schemes of Nationalised Industries , e.g. British Coal , British Rail , are in fact externally funded , when there is no clear rationale as to why they should be .
14 Although it is my heritage , I barely possess it .
15 But in actual fact , although it 's something multiplied by something , it gives you the answer .
16 They call it survival of the fittest , although it 's their own survival they are now worried about .
17 They call it survival of the fittest , although it 's their own survival they are now worried about .
18 twisted , warped , it 's in a sense it 's exactly the same as the circle , you know you draw the circle it 's a line that starts there and goes perfectly round and comes back to the starting point , it 's exactly the same as that , but it 's been pushed out at the edges , it 's been dented in here , it 's not recognisable now as that same circle , although it 's what it is , and you see what , what has happened is although we 've sinned , although we 've come short of God 's plan , God has n't destroyed the whole thing , he could so easily just taken up the human life and crumple it up and thrown it on the heap , said finished with them , ca n't be bothered , I 'll start all over again with new people , I 'll have a new creation , well he did have a new creation , but he kept that same creation , he said I 'm gon na work on it , I 'm gon na do something with it , I 'm gon na restore it , I 'm gon na ransom it , I 'm gon na redeem it , I 'm gon na make it again , not just like it was , but I 'm gon na make it even more wonderful and more beautiful .
19 Although it 's it 's slightly unclear to me you know because if you take article two it 's land ownership rights of all landlords are abolished , but then you 're distributing land back for their ownership so it 's not quite clear what 's happening with that .
20 So the Council are saying although it 's yours , the hut 's yours , the land is ours
21 ‘ David obviously wrote the songs and everything but I felt a lot of responsibility came on to me at that time , although it was nothing like David 's , ’ he says .
22 But , although it was something to tell the others at school , secretly I thought he was important enough already .
23 Eager to see Bella , she had got up as soon as she was awake , although it was her usual habit to lie , for twenty minutes or so , drowsy , cocooned in her warm bed , entertaining herself with fantasies .
24 Although it was her first furlough she was using it to study for her Master 's Degree at Sidney University .
25 Although it was their wood , a place where they often came , Libby felt herself to be an intruder , she did not want to disturb the figure by the water , who was now breaking pieces of stick and dropping them at his feet .
26 ALTHOUGH MANY former RAF Chedburgh , Suffolk , personnel have had cause to return to their old Station , at least 398 have had that choice denied them — although it was their sacrifice that made their colleague 's choice possible .
27 We then voted on a lengthy Liberal resolution er , it was amended by Labour we voted on all of the separate points in the resolution , all were agreed and then Professor decided that he wanted to move a further amendment which after some consultation , some discussion with the legal people about it 's validity , he did which wiped out all of the things that we 'd just agreed and we turned to the original Conservative motion minus the beginning phrase and with a couple of things stuck on at the end and we thought well that 's it the Conservatives will vote for that , but no although it was their own motion in all but name , the Conservatives would n't vote for that unless Mr was allowed to move it .
28 Well no not really because erm it , it was a private company as you can understand er , I can I ca n't really explain it everyone seemed to be pulling together you know that was the last thing you thought of , fifth columnists , things like that although it was they used to er , every now and again they used to send government national service officers round to look at the personnel and the structure of the working and if they thought anybody was superfluous to requirements they 'd get the papers soon after to go into the army or the services yeah , yeah , that is true and that happened , used to happen in factories all round the area , it was called the Essential Works Order .
29 Although it was my health I was considering , and no one else 's , it was still difficult to step out on my own and leap the bounds of convention .
30 Henry III died in November 1272 , when Edward was campaigning in Sicily but he returned and , at the age of 33 , became King Edward I , and although it was his wish to finally liberate Jerusalem from the Moslem Saracens , he became involved in England , Wales and Scotland .
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