Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] it be make " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question of whether a decision was ‘ legal or not ’ is sometimes put in terms of whether it was made ‘ within or without jurisdiction ’ or whether it is ‘ intra vires or ultra vires ’ ( that is , literally , ‘ within or beyond power ’ ) . |
| 2 | So either you say there 's no general will or there is something like a general will , but it is not easily recognizable and for either reason you would want to be much more tolerant of the role minorities , either as a way of getting to the truth , or erm as a way of as it were making up the truth as you 're going along . |
| 3 | Not only is the creature convincingly modelled and animated , but ray tracing and lighting effects are used to give accurate refraction and reflection so that it really does look as if it is made of water . |
| 4 | The American film-maker Maya Deren says somewhere that ‘ response should always precede analysis ’ , a remark which sounds as if it was made as an artist 's challenge to academic dryness and formalism . |
| 5 | In fact Claude Bernard , in 1856 , described mucus as ‘ enclosing the gastric juice as in a vase so impermeable as if it was made of porcelain ’ . |
| 6 | But in this case the enlightened engineer was concerned to do precisely the opposite , and as the digger pulled back the rubble , he exposed an area of wall which looked for a moment as if it was made entirely of shiny cream bones . |
| 7 | Its light flickered on and off for a moment , as if it was making itself comfortable in a mechanical kind of way . |
| 8 | He stroked her face , and then ran his fingers through her hair , looking at it as if it were made of some delicate , finely spun silk . |
| 9 | He tossed it aside as if it were made of straw and she knew she would be lost if he touched her . |
| 10 | An assertion made on a stage in the context of a play will be judged by different standards from those it would be judged by if it is made in daily life . |