Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But first there are further instructions about how the Passover is to be celebrated , who may join in , and where it is to take place . |
| 2 | After a detailed survey a large area of stone was removed to the Dorset County Museum where it is given pride of place . |
| 3 | There is a print by Thomas Fawcett dated 1817 , showing the Stocking Market and the Square , where it is said bulls were baited . |
| 4 | Lowthorpe is mentioned four times in the Domesday Book , where it is spelt Logetorp , and in King Edward the Confessor 's time it was valued at the princely sum of eight shillings . |
| 5 | Gerard said that " all kinds of Hyssope do grow in my Garden " and disdained to describe it , any more than Dioscorides did : " as being a plant so well known that it needed none " ( description ) , and it was illustrated in an Italian Herbal published in 1744 , where it was called H. vulgaris . |
| 6 | An ambulance took him to Leeds General Infirmary where it was found John , 72 , was suffering from a vicious flu bug . |
| 7 | Standard Chartered in London , understood to have around £300million on loan to Mr Bond , declined to comment , although it is understood executives are confident of the asset backing for most of the exposure . |
| 8 | Now , if we are going to , for instance , allow I mean there 's one organisation , number five , which says it 's a national , although it 's called Cherwell Round Table , which says it 's just a national body raising funds for numerous charities . |
| 9 | Although it was getting dusk , he was certain that he had seen someone or something fall from the bridge . |
| 10 | In his annual report to the Supreme Soviet Matiukhin said that he had resigned because ( i ) the government had taken no effective steps to solve the cash shortage ; ( ii ) inter-enterprise debt stood at 2,000,000 million roubles for which the Bank was criticized although it was following government policy ; and ( iii ) the Supreme Soviet was demanding a reduction of the 80 per cent interest rate to 50 per cent . |
| 11 | He says that it 's using plane 's controls in a different way , and flying close to the ground which creates excitement . |
| 12 | The NRA says that it 's monitoring procedures are thorough . |
| 13 | Well leaning on it like that it 's putting pressure on it . |
| 14 | This week UK , Cambridge-based IXI Ltd is going to confirm our months-old story that it 's signed HaL Computer Systems to license and bundle IXI 's Motif-compliant desktop manager X.desktop on its anticipated 64-bit Sparc machines ( UX No 388 ) . |
| 15 | Presumably that er , that noise i indicates that it 's crossing cylinder boundaries a lot . |
| 16 | BT say that it 's offered Mr Lihou a one off payment of £5,000 , but does n't admit any liability for what happened . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , the company is bragging that it 's having trouble dumbing down the Alpha chip to make it slow enough to sell against the 80486 . |
| 18 | Associates , now that it 's bought Glockenspiel , |
| 19 | This entry , entitled Gravesend Quotes , has appeared since I installed Quote For The Day , so it 's a safe bet that it 's storing information for that program . |
| 20 | So , while the Government claims that it is targeting help on those in greatest need , it is simultaneously increasing the numbers caught , in the Government 's terminology , in a ‘ dependency culture ’ . |
| 21 | She pointed out how to deal with a child , for example , who has run away near a busy road : ‘ You should explain to a child that it is creating danger , or is in a dangerous situation . |
| 22 | Following the announcement in January that it had suspended production of the Cambridge and Linx brands , Wharfedale has announced that it is to discontinue Linx , though it will undertake to maintain warranty and spare parts support . |
| 23 | If you are stuck in a boring job , concentrate on the fact that it is providing money for your needs and your pleasures and that it gives you a measure of independence . |
| 24 | Mr Kinnock 's own union , the 1.1 million-strong Transport and General Workers ' Union , yesterday confirmed that it is to sue Mr Paddy Ashdown and six other Liberal Democrat leaders over a claim in a party newspaper that the T&G had advised members in 29 key marginals to vote Liberal Democrat rather than Labour . |
| 25 | Multilateral standardization can also give a party confidence when entering a market , since it knows that it is getting terms no worse than others already operating there . |
| 26 | The department says that it is seeking advice from the Committee on safety of Medicines on B17 . |
| 27 | The Kingfisher group , whose name was changed from Woolworths earlier this year , includes about 720 high street shops under the Woolworths name , electrical retailer Comet with 307 outlets , Britain 's leading DIY group , B&Q , and Superdrug , the high street chain which last week announced that it is buying Medicare from the Gateway supermarket chain 's new owners Isosceles . |
| 28 | Some observers have attributed the Soviet Union 's apparent willingness to carry a high trade deficit with almost all of its trading partners in Latin America to the fact that it is using trade primarily as a political instrument in order to increase its influence within the region . |
| 29 | That is ‘ No comment ’ , but it 's ‘ No comment ’ done in such a way that it is implying intelligence on the part of the audience , saying , ‘ Well , you realize , of course , that if I were to comment on this , you know , it would prejudice either the chances of the prisoner if we catch him or , you know , any possible clues and so on . ’ |
| 30 | MCVITIE 'S , part of the United Biscuits Group , announced today that it is to invest £4m in its Hungarian operation Gyori Keksz to build a crisp factory . |