Example sentences of "[verb] it [be] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only in the last ten or so years has it been realized that infection can be spread quite easily by these practices and may pose problems as far as treatment is concerned . |
| 2 | If so , has it been confirmed that they will pay full compensation for this privilege ? |
| 3 | D'Indy may be excused for missing the point of Rameau 's ‘ tied ’ and slurred crotchets : only in our own time has it been realised that these denote the kind of tremolo recently studied by Stewart Carter . |
| 4 | However , while there is extensive evidence of assortative mating ( O'Donald , 1980 ) , of the importance of plumage characteristics in courtship ( Williams , 1982 ) and of female preference for males who can defend superior breeding territories ( Pleszczynska , 1978 ) only very recently has it been demonstrated that consistent female choice for any continuous morphological character in males is an important source of variation in male reproductive success . |
| 5 | Rarely , though , has it been demonstrated that only one species is associated with dispersal , in contrast to several examples known of one-to-one pollinator-pollinated relationships . |
| 6 | Has it been said that they hope to repeat the experience or ? |
| 7 | Only recently has it been discovered that they come to these special places to gather specific minerals such as kaolin which neutralise the poison they have absorbed from the seeds they eat at this season of the year . |
| 8 | Has it been opened cos we 're going to need one for the |
| 9 | Has it been rewired and is the plumbing new ? |
| 10 | In many of the societies described it is found that the collective is emphasized rather than the individual . |
| 11 | In order to avoid the hitches of the last trip , they had carried it in its bag , but when unpacked it was discovered that one of the parts was damaged . |
| 12 | She let it be known that this was a cause she would wish to be supported and therefore we intend to open a Fund for a period of six months from 1st March — 1st September at the end of which time the Society will donate the money to the hospital in Molly 's name . |
| 13 | Hoping that you say it was raining and er |
| 14 | so let's go back to home for a moment you say it was updated or should of been updated twenty one months later , as the first update |
| 15 | As the Centre develops it is hoped that the staff of social work agencies will undertake research projects in conjunction with it . |
| 16 | As the intention in this study was to have subjects make estimates while they were driving it was decided that this would be unnecessarily difficult . |
| 17 | Sandra Melhuish found it was teaching that really made her happy |
| 18 | In the first place it is argued that this growing equality has been a ‘ relational ’ equality between men and women in the home . |
| 19 | In the first place it is argued that the real motive which underlay her ostentatious partisanship of enlightenment , especially in the 1760s , was not a concern for the well-being of her subjects or even a deep belief in ideas of enlightened government , but mere vanity . |
| 20 | In the first place it is proposed that the calculation of earnings-related pension is now based on 20 per cent of a lifetime 's average earnings ( forty years ) rather than 25 per cent of the best twenty years . |
| 21 | When she surfaced it was to find that they were back at Piazzale Roma , the big square thronging as usual . |
| 22 | That new Brian Deane song is getting sung again , but I still do n't know it cos you never realise it 's started till they get to the ‘ fuck Cantona ’ bit . |
| 23 | Much more important , the interior ministry has let it be known that it is dropping its draconian controls on the use of photocopying machines . |
| 24 | The Bolsheviks had let it be known that they wished to end their war with Germany , and after The Revolution in October 1917 , in Russia , the Bolsheviks were able to seize power and , in December 1917 , they signed an alliance with Germany . |
| 25 | ‘ Prof. Francis ’ was tolerated because he was so amiable ; he had let it be known that he had taught piano in an unnamed music conservatory somewhere , hence the professorship . |
| 26 | He would also have known that Palmerston , having let it be known that he had asked Scott to submit a new design , was very unlikely to change his mind , and it was perhaps to give the appearance of some purpose to the delegation that he and Tite made their request for another competition . |
| 27 | By a chance remark in passing in the Sierra hotel bar where the foreigners were billeted , a remark in the hearing of a senior Iraqi scientist , the Swede had let it be known that he found the missile programme tedious , that he really needed more challenging work . |
| 28 | The 32 members of the Moores family who still own 100% of Littlewoods , have let it be known that the sale has begun ; the biggest part of the Littlewoods Organisation — mail order catalogues — is on the market , with a reputed price tag in excess ( probably well in excess ) of £350 million . |
| 29 | In fact , said Mr Liley , some companies in the field had tried this , but the customers had let it be known that this was not what was wanted . |
| 30 | Alia had also let it be known that Albania intended to take part in the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) , from which it alone had stood aside until now . |