Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] and it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Having just completed long negotiations with the various provider units in the area , the authority is now keen to ensure contracts are honoured and it gets the best value healthcare available .
2 Brownlow felt he 'd been rebuked and it irritated him .
3 Both share and asset purchases are included and it makes no difference whether the merger is agreed or hostile .
4 One previous case of bilateral ureteric obstruction after pancreatitis has been reported and it has also been described in an alcoholic patient with a large pseudocyst .
5 The meaning of " written standard terms of business 's has already been considered and it seems clear that s3 will always apply to terms in standard terms of trading .
6 During the rituals for initiation into each successive age-set the ‘ true ’ meanings of certain sacred objects are revealed and it transpires that the interpretations given at the previous stage were false or partial .
7 It has a small head , its arms are upraised and it appears to wear trunks supported by a thick twisted cable round the waist .
8 It has been argued that it covers not only fairness , in the sense of fairness to the accused , but also in the sense of ensuring that , in the eyes of the public , the highest standards of justice are upheld and it appears to the world at large that the accused is getting a fair trial .
9 ‘ You only stay where you 're wanted and it does n't seem as though I 'm in Sunderland 's long-term plans . ’
10 Can you just explain how that would work though 'cos we 're now erm , auditing by job , are n't we , and given I do n't know the audit timetable I ca n't visualise the effect this would have but it seems that one could be making a change 'cos a particular , a job 's been audited and it effects Q P1 , or something one month , and therefore you make changes to it and another job 's audited the second , another month , the second month and Q P1 needs changing again , and it , in terms of keeping our staff with us , it will be quite conf , I think it 's not terribly practical to keep having constant change .
11 No solution to this difficulty has been found and it remains a fundamental problem of ‘ do-it-yourself ’ data analysis .
12 Nothing conclusive has been found and it seems only time will tell if the trouble re-emerges .
13 It provides a general framework within which theories of cognitive abilities can be formulated and it suggests the form that specific theories of those abilities should take .
14 ‘ The National Grid does not own the land on which the pylons are to be built and it has to negotiate some form of agreement with the landowner , ’ he said .
15 If you are sitting in a very large house on your own , which is draining away your resources because it still has mortgage payments to be met and it takes a lot of money to heat and light every year , you must seriously consider cashing in on your assets by moving to a smaller house that eliminates your mortgage and cuts down on running costs , or by taking out an annuity on your house .
16 In May it was announced that the fleet name ‘ London TransporT ’ would be used and it began to appear on the waist panels of cars as repainted .
17 The study is re- examining the national accounts measurement of government services ; it argues that most public servants in fact do things which can be measured and it provides some alternative estimates for real output growth in education , health and public administration ( which compares well with broadly analogous private financial services ) .
18 In other areas Parliament has specifically provided that tax paid which was not lawfully due to be paid may be recovered and it has laid down the machinery and the conditions for repayment , including the payment of interest .
19 This is a yearning which mankind insists shall be fulfilled and it has a specialised organ for doing this .
20 These forecasts are an extremely useful tool for management ; sales revenue can be estimated and it provides a means of control by the measurement of actual results against the forecast .
21 This simple fact can not be overstressed and it accounts , in part , for the continuing lack of precise data on the numbers of physically handicapped in Britain : we do not know exactly how many people are physically disabled because they are not a clear homogeneous group that can be counted .
22 If the behaviour can not be ignored and it makes you cross , say so .
23 Because the mistakes have to be rectified and it puts us under even more pressure because you 've got even less time .
24 He explained his predicament to the librarian but was told that the book was due to be pulped and it did not matter that he was the author .
25 When the details of a DC have been finalised and it has been submitted using option 2.1.3 , its state changes from CREATED to PROPOSED .
26 It makes no sense for them to stay here ; that 's been tried and it did n't do them any good in the long run .
27 If the barriers to trade in the EEC are removed and it makes sound economic sense to do so , well and good .
28 Half the decision has already been taken and it seems that the link will come to Stratford .
29 The idea is that he 's using them as , as a way of communicating the idea of the forest being er landscaped ; the whole environment of being polluted and it has an ecological background to it .
30 This brought the West Indian 's aggregate for the two matches to 181 without being dismissed and it enabled his side to seal their second impressive nine-wicket win .
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