Example sentences of "[verb] be [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The consensus of modern liberal thinking has been that it does not ; it has preferred to stress the " inherently pluralistic and diverse " nature of modern societies , and the consequent need to reach a consensus or compromise among the various competing interests and groups within society . |
| 2 | But the most important flaw in the instruction has been that it has been too often divorced from the classroom itself and from the active involvement of the teacher . |
| 3 | According to Carl Chilley , principal business services consultant , the problem with distributed computing has been that it has encouraged the development of technology for technology 's sake , without real thought as to how to implement it effectively in a business environment . |
| 4 | This proved to be a fateful oversight since one of the most devastating criticisms to be levelled at Keynesian macroeconomics in recent years has been that it has such shaky foundations in microeconomics . |
| 5 | For the Governor , though , the main benefit has been that it gives prison officers ‘ permission to be concerned ’ in a structured and consistent way . |
| 6 | A disadvantage of team teaching , of course , has been that it required the teacher , normally an individualistic person accustomed to complete authority within the four walls of his classroom , to sink his authority and his subject speciality within a group . |
| 7 | One of the criticisms levelled at the board has been that it fails to consult properly or listen to objections to proposals . |
| 8 | CONSIDERING the vast worldwide market that exists for sexual material of all kinds , it is remarkable just how bad mainstream cinema has been when it comes to portraying sexual passion . |
| 9 | An interesting additional finding which is stressed is that it appears that such people are more rather than less likely to exhibit qualities of psychological balance and social responsibility . |
| 10 | All I do know is that it seems someone here does believe that they still have an influence . ’ |
| 11 | What you do know is that it has caused you considerable hurt and pain . |
| 12 | A good application form can be helpful but what has to be considered is whether it stops the candidate from expressing him/herself . |
| 13 | One reason why chalcedony has been so highly esteemed is that it lends itself to a variety of decorative treatments . |
| 14 | What happens is that it falls apart , its rib-cage falling away and the limbs dropping from their sockets . |
| 15 | Alright , logging the data does n't change the nature of the data , what it does do is that it re-scales the data , okay so the only thing that 's , that 's , that 's changed by logging , right , is the scale of the cr is the vertical scale on the graph , right , but essentially we are still trying to model the same series and N T C is essentially the same series as T C. |
| 16 | let me , the o the other thing we can do is if it 's broken the shop can send it back but the man , the other person pays . |
| 17 | The only sense in which the legislature can be properly said to have authorised these things to be done is that it has enabled the Poor Law Board to order , and the managers to do them , if , and when , and where , they can obtain by free bargain and contract the means of doing so . |
| 18 | The most likely explanation of anting is that it helps birds like the European jay to keep their feathers in good condition . |
| 19 | The reason as we have seen is that it succeeds in employing more information than any alternative system . |
| 20 | The main advantage of forfaiting is that it offers 100% finance . |
| 21 | The important thing to remember is that it does n't matter in the slightest what this garment looks like , as long as it boasts practicality and water-resistant qualitites . |
| 22 | Then Arthur Miller added : ‘ The thing to remember is that it has not gone away for ever . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Well , the first thing I noticed is that it omits the date of birth . |
| 24 | So , it was in the ordinary conduct of party politics by men in pursuit of power that expectations , aspirations and objectives were reduced to an apparent simplicity , to a crudity of choice for which all that could be said was that it represented the national will . |
| 25 | Erm in t the second most important criterion I would have thought is that it needs to be on a public transport corridor . |
| 26 | All I can remember is that it had nothing to do with his feet . |
| 27 | ‘ The thing about directing is that it depends on how you read a play . |
| 28 | But what the tār does n't realize is that it makes a perfect target for a gun , stuck up there with its pale fur as clearly visible against the dark rock as the moon is in the sky at night . ’ |
| 29 | The second reason why playing the numbers game with female and male psychologists does not work is that it involves equating women with feminists . |
| 30 | ‘ And if you pick one of these creatures up and place it a little distance away on the surface of the water , all its fellows will see is that it vanished , and reappeared elsewhere . |