Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However its influence to date has been limited as it covers perhaps too broad an area . |
| 2 | We can not say what the outcome of a meeting of the Defence Committee might have been , or whether the course of events would have been altered if it had met in September 1981 ; but , in our view , it could have been advantageous , and fully in line with Whitehall practice , for Ministers to have reviewed collectively at that time , or in the months immediately ahead , the current negotiating position ; the implications of the conflict between the attitudes of the Islanders and the aims of the Junta ; and the longer-term policy options in relation to the dispute . |
| 3 | I should have been consulted because it affected me too , she thought , and wrote a terse letter to him . |
| 4 | There had been a tremendous hash made of one contract by her predecessor , it was true , but that had all but been completed when it had landed on her desk , so there was no way she could be held to account for it . |
| 5 | The mosaic from Roxby , Lincs. , ( Fowler 1818 , no. 3 ) , has not been included as it shows more certain affinities with pavements in southern Lincolnshire and the area around Water Newton , Cambs. , ( Smith 1969 , 108 ) . |
| 6 | Traditional teaching of English literature has been attacked because it creates in the pupil a mood of passivity , an instinctive submission to authority . |
| 7 | Speaking to the European Parliament ( EP ) after the summit Ruud Lubbers , Prime Minister of the Netherlands , said that the word federal had been dropped because it meant different things to different people . |
| 8 | So it is possible that , in the course of evolution , the preening activity of the male has been accentuated because it signals to a female that he is in a state of conflict . |
| 9 | For if a garage habitually does half the service its costs are very much lower than if it has done the full service ; and since it can charge the full price , because of the ignorance of the consumer , its pro fits are maximised when it does as little of the service as it can get away with . |
| 10 | It is very important that the water remains in traps — and , in fact , the Building Regulations are contravened if it does n't . |
| 11 | Some of the manuscript has been saved because it had been printed off for a friend to proof-read . |
| 12 | Southport 's rally in support of the miners has been postponed because it clashed with the regional rally at St Helens . |
| 13 | She would have been soaked if it had been water . |
| 14 | Returning to the record established at the head of this chapter , the Modular Course has obviously been transformed as it has grown . |
| 15 | Then , round a corner , you find yourself in the famous archaeological dig , which has been reconstructed where it took place , with the preserved tenth century buildings re-erected where they were found . |
| 16 | The referendums had been called after it became clear during the campaign leading up to the June Maastricht referendum that the Irish Constitution 's restrictive abortion provisions could clash with EC rights to freedom of movement and information [ see p. 38942 ] . |
| 17 | Towards the end of the same century estufas ( heated chambers ) came into use to reproduce the improvements in the wine which had been noted when it crossed the equator in the holds of ships , the changes being caused by the heat and not by the motion of the ship . |
| 18 | The anti-fur trade campaign , Lynx , has effectively been reformed after it went into liquidation following the loss of a libel case brought by a fur farm [ see ED 67 ] . |
| 19 | The show has failed to appear in any TV popularity charts and eight of the original cast of virtual unknowns have been axed since it began last summer . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , splits in the Cabinet are rumoured as it meets to discuss next year 's Government spending programme . |
| 21 | That has been provided because it does not require planning permission . |
| 22 | A rare German Shepherd dog has been stolen as it stood guard at a pub . |
| 23 | I think it 's very undesirable that it should be seen as an issue of women versus men , because the chances of getting anywhere are reduced if it 's set up in that way . |
| 24 | There was some confusion in court as to whether a private prosecution can be withdrawn once it has been decided that there is a case to answer . |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't want to be healed because it means you do n't have to justify running away . ’ |
| 26 | Fundamentalism is a belief system that can not be refuted because it comes from a supreme being . |
| 27 | No political action may be undertaken if it makes a difference to the likelihood that a person will endorse one conception of the good or another , or to his chances of realizing his conception of the good , unless other actions are undertaken which cancel out such effects . |
| 28 | However , it has to be oxidised before it becomes a problem . |
| 29 | However , the naturalistic account should not be rejected on the grounds that it is inadequate , as though it could be polished up a bit and made more acceptable : rather , it should be dismissed because it presents an entirely distorted picture of social reality . |
| 30 | However , the theory developed by Freud can not be dismissed because it assumes an innate mutual hostility among people . |