Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as a political shibboleth it was raised to all-powerful heights and was used as a battering-ram to silence any suggestion by anybody that one might ever spend more on anything even if the aim of spending more immediately was to spend less later . |
| 2 | Some declare it is caused by diet ; others are convinced it is a motility disorder or due to altered perception , a psychological disorder , a psychophysiological phenomenon , or even abnormal illness behaviour . |
| 3 | Soon she was completely absorbed , and when she finally straightened and looked at her watch she was staggered to find it was getting on for six o'clock . |
| 4 | WHITBREAD yesterday denied that the 12 deals it is finalising to lease more than 1,000 pubs to regional brewers and pub chains go against government orders , aimed at loosening the big brewers ' tie . |
| 5 | The underlying purpose of recording new information must be made clear to avoid it being regarded as just a bureaucratic exercise . |
| 6 | The February 1974 election turned out to be close , but few thought it was going to be close at the time . |
| 7 | This means it is committed to doing exactly the right thing . |
| 8 | The best form of government , he maintained , is one that is dying , because this means it 's giving way to something else . |
| 9 | At the same time , I can not help but wonder whether his performance would have sounded very different had it been recorded somewhat earlier in his career ? |
| 10 | Although there was no direct copying it was held that the copyright in the plaintiff 's packs had been infringed through the medium of the New Zealand kiwifruit Authority 's specification for packs and the court also seemed to accept the possibility that copyright can be infringed through a verbal description . |
| 11 | Another suggested it was produced by special nerve cells in the brain ; a third that it came in units called psychonic impulses , generated when two nerves were in communication . |
| 12 | It is sad to discover it is happening again . ’ |
| 13 | Napoleon III let it be known to both men that a simple withdrawal of the candidature would suffice and that France would then be glad to consider the whole affair closed . |
| 14 | As a result of these meeting it is hoped that Catholics around the regions can link with each other , and with other Christians , to support the enormous amount of work already taking place . |
| 15 | Energy efficiency may be the quickest way to abate emissions of carbon dioxide but it is hard to imagine it being applied effectively in Third World countries , whose output of the gas is likely to overtake the developed world 's in the second or third decade of the next century . |
| 16 | For the 1984 exercise it was decided to involve course organisers in the collection of information , so that they would have an improved awareness of what their own students were doing after course completion . |
| 17 | Why , ai n't I supposed to mention it 's recording or anything ? |
| 18 | Being practical people they all realise it 's going to be a while before DCE becomes reality . |
| 19 | Their importance to the level of employment at the port was recognised by the journeymen carpenters who in 1792 let it be known that if the slave trade were abolished they would riot and pull down the houses of leading abolitionists . |
| 20 | Group 4 says it 's providing a badly needed service . |
| 21 | We all think it 's going to stay there for a long time and , and there are varieties now , bred specially to be immune from er T M V and er , we use things like Counter or Curabell , or one of my favourites of course Shirley . |
| 22 | Consequently , there was some shock but no great surprise when on 11 March it was announced that Taurus — after more than a decade of planning and more than £400m in development costs — was to be scrapped . |
| 23 | By the time the polo was due to start it was teeming with rain ! |
| 24 | This narrow Restoration orthodoxy remained the doctrinal and liturgical basis of the Anglican church for the next half-century , and the many hundreds of men and women who were unable to accept it were forced to leave the established church and join the ranks of the nonconformists . |
| 25 | Convex says it is enhancing the Mach 3.0 microkernel with faster input-output capabilities and parallel processing extensions in a scalable architecture . |
| 26 | Meanwhile Hitachi Ltd says it is to join Kalieda Labs Inc , the joint venture between IBM Corp and Apple Computer Inc to exploit multimedia technology . |
| 27 | Caldaire North-East Ltd says it is owed almost £800,000 by Stockton , Middlesbrough and Langbaurgh councils . |
| 28 | Orbitel Mobile Communications Ltd says it is to launch its latest series of Groupe Speciale Mobile phones at CeBit ‘ 93 , in Hannover : improvements to come in with the new 901 series include improved battery life , speedier battery charging , and ‘ added functionality ’ , although Orbitel is not saying yet exactly what it means by this ; the series is to include a combined mobile and transportable phone , providing both in-car and portable functionality , the company says . |
| 29 | Alcatel Network Systems UK Ltd says it is launching a mobile communications system for UK freight services to link vehicles via satellite to their home base using its Euteltracs mobile system which provides two-way text communications between a mobile unit and its base , and position tracking and group messaging ; the service is similar to electronic mail and airtime costs are similar to cellular phone costs ; a mobile kit comprising antenna , the communications unit and keyboard should sell for £4,000 ; the system uses Qualcomm Inc 's technology . |
| 30 | A foreman who became disenchanted with this system and reluctant to apply it was fired ; predictably , his unfair dismissal claim succeeded . |