Example sentences of "[conj] it be [prep] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I think the message that they were communicating last was that it 's about them being appearing to be a good |
| 2 | It is clearly laid down in the Act that it is for them to consider whether or not the nuisance exists , whether or not it has been abated , and whether it still exists , and , if it does , it is for them to consider which of the requirements of the abatement notice are to be carried out or how otherwise the nuisance is to be abated . |
| 3 | But the cost of housing in the city means that it is beyond them , particularly if they 're on their own , young , single people . |
| 4 | We need to remember that it is no more natural for women to live longer than men than it is for them to have lower incomes , to expect to give up work if their men wish it at marriage or in later life , to be the keepers of family memory , the main carers of those in need , the main sufferers from the empty nest as children leave home . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's in their interests to address the issue and it 's for them to decide whether change is cost effective , but it 's in our interests too . ’ |
| 6 | Parliament has placed the primary responsibility for their enforcement on local authorities and it is for them to decide their own course of action . |
| 7 | The hope is to set up groups across Scotland to discuss health issues on a local level and it is for them that the recruitment drive has been started . |
| 8 | The Regulations are presently the responsibility of Building Control Officers within local authorities and it is to them that you should apply if you want to do any work which might be affected by the Regulations . |
| 9 | These two men went directly to the site to place on record the facts of the find and it is from them that we know so much of Hailing Man . |
| 10 | Most of my Eton contemporaries at Oxford were at Christ Church , Trinity , Balliol or New College , and it was with them I spent much of my time . |
| 11 | First there was a vague lightening of the sky ahead , then the drumming of the rain was less persistent , the lesser darkness in the heavens spread until it was over them , they could distinguish the greater irregularities of the ground , the last few drops of rain splashed down and a blissful silence spread around them broken only by the sibillations of the water draining away among the rocks and the splash of their sodden feet . |
| 12 | It is not for teachers to tell them what to believe or value , but it is for them to try to equip pupils in such a way that they can enter into the debate and develop a coherent and perceptive worldview for themselves . |
| 13 | These ways are often referred to as vehicles or methods in public relations practice , because it is through them that messages may be sent to consumers . |
| 14 | this freedom we talk about is worthy of their support because it is for them we fight ; it is for the establishment of a social system that is going to provide them with the opportunity and the means to develop all that is best in them and the Nation . |
| 15 | ‘ … the girls were very excited about it , because it was for them and there was an opportunity to use the equipment ’ |
| 16 | This fine instrument , the deepest of the brass instruments of the orchestra , is usually associated with the trombones , though it is unlike them in every way . |
| 17 | These areas are of vital importance as it is through them that the majority of people experience ‘ the countryside ’ at first hand , whether for formal or informal recreation . |
| 18 | You come and go with your offerings of help and affection , knowing that what they really need is a constant presence , and sometimes this knowledge can be as painful for you as it is for them . |
| 19 | It was as difficult for them to develop a public analysis of rape eight years ago as it is for them today publicly to acknowledge the extent of sexual abuse of girls and young women inside and outside the home . |
| 20 | While aware of Celtic 's recent problems , Miller stressed : ‘ This game is as important for us as it is for them . |
| 21 | Chairman Wayne Calloway tells investors : ‘ Our pink-eyed friends on the cover are the best way we know to symbolise rapid growth — something as natural to us as it is to them . ’ |
| 22 | " It was as hard for me to keep quiet as it was for them , " Brown Owl , Mrs Sheila Scott , told the Southampton and District WWF Group Chairman , Geoffrey Cockrell , when he went along to one of their cheerful , noisy meetings in July to receive a cheque for WWF . |
| 23 | Now we come back to the Alletsons ( or Allatsons ) mentioned in the legend as it was from them the Herberts acquired the property . |
| 24 | The beauty and novelty of the scenery , the luxuriance of the shrubs and above all the originality of the Natives has astonished them beyond description , and so raised their enthusiasm that they seem scarcely to have felt the labour and fatigue of ascending high mountains or traversing deep glens and ravines , in fact so many wonders in the shape of animal creation have sprung up , as it were before them , that their imaginations have been kept in one continued state of delighted excitement . |