Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be of interest , so taking a piece of cotton waste out of my pocket , I cleaned the accumulated filth off it , only to discover that on it was stamped ON-OFF . |
| 2 | If you just flick it on and off it 's going to use very little . |
| 3 | It could be criticized for both dealing with the suffering of black South Africa through the eyes of a white liberal , and for it 's ending , which is the worst example of the movie 's creeping sentimentality . |
| 4 | ‘ A small cromlech was discovered by some miners about the year 1837 near the Cheesewring in a barrow or cairn and under it was found a bell-shaped gold cup with a sphere or sceptre . |
| 5 | At the base of the idol , a gold-lined vessel known as a Rasakumbha is installed , and in it is placed potassium nitrate , sulphur , copper-sulphate , nine herbs , nine cereals and nine gems . |
| 6 | Love of God is one of the aims of many religions and in it is found a rare joy : |
| 7 | Classification of functions fell into disrepute because the classifications were often applied mechanically and without it being asked whether judicial review ought to be available , or whether the rules of natural justice ought to apply as a matter of fairness or policy . |
| 8 | The screen replaces the car windscreen , and on it is shown a road scene that has been recorded on video tape , and transferred to disk . |
| 9 | It had been presented to him by the City of Paris and on it were traced the lines of the new streets and boulevards which Napoleon III had worked out in conjunction with Baron Haussmann . |
| 10 | The Company already had powers to provide electric lighting throughout the Sutton and Cheam districts and to it were made available the powers conferred by the Mitcham Light Railway Order and the Croydon & District Tramways Acts of 1902 and 1903 . |
| 11 | It looks ordinary enough … but inside it 's packed with high tech electronics … it 's the work of local man Richard Marshall , who just happens to head of electronics for the Benetton Formula Grand One Prix team , putting some ideas into practice . |
| 12 | The branch committee favourably entertained Miss Black 's assistance , but on it being remitted to a general meeting of the Society , it was rejected on the grounds that if the females were organised , their position would be improved as an industry for females , which would result in great accession to their numbers in the printing trade in Edinburgh . " |
| 13 | The Severn could not be considered a complete failure , however , for from it was developed the very successful Saro A.27 London flying-boat . |