Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My police contacts say it 's thought she was the victim of a random attack by a thief . ’ |
| 2 | Ottaviani let it be known , however , that his Theological Commission would regard such votes as guidelines only , not directives . |
| 3 | ( p489 ) Thus , in the Ashington Piggeries case it was held that herring meal , containing the poison DMNA , had not lost its identity as herring meal " fair average quality " of the season , since this was a statement of quality and not description . |
| 4 | He spent a world record £13m on Gianluigi Lentini last year and some observers say it was to stop others having him , not because Milan needed him . |
| 5 | STV propagandists let it be understood that each major party will put up a candidate for every seat . |
| 6 | Officials let it be understood that Turkey would not object to Kurdish autonomy in a federal Iraq , but Özal , interviewed on March 29 , said that the Kurdish leaders " were clearly told they should definitely not consider a separate state " . |
| 7 | All the houses looked like Gloucester in the olden days andf it was snowing in the streets . |
| 8 | If a right to a longer turn is obtained its ending must also be signalled so that the other participants know it is finished and a contribution from them will not be construed as an interruption . |
| 9 | All her opponents know it is coming and , in theory , it is the easiest thing in the world to stop — you just step backwards . |
| 10 | One of the many advantages of a delicensed black cab is that unless the cops know it 's delicensed , the chances of getting pulled for not wearing a seat-belt are fairly remote . |
| 11 | The organisers say it 's to help politicians guage public feeling … but the MP says he does n't want to know . |
| 12 | Council officers say it is targeted at tour operators and coach companies , giving details of top attractions , accommodation , transport facilities and interpreters . |
| 13 | Since then , Sarawak 's logging activity has increased : official figures suggest it is taking at least 18 million cubic metres , with a possible further illegal cut of seven million cubic metres . |
| 14 | The day after that smoke signal was released , the same non-attributable sources let it be known that Heseltine had been rebuked in Cabinet for busting the collective line . |
| 15 | Latest figures show it is attracting only 4.4 million viewers . |
| 16 | The two men just want to brew their traditional beers and make enough money to live on , but as things stand it 's becoming more and more difficult . |
| 17 | However , since Ecstasy is a designer drug , a competent chemist can make it anywhere and underworld sources claim it is produced in the region . |
| 18 | Rivals say it 's costing the Murdoch empire millions , when the Times is already loss making . |
| 19 | Critics say it 's encroaching on the green belt and would devastate local villages . |
| 20 | If its a civil coroners court it 's portrayed as a bumbling court . |
| 21 | But in the Felixstowe Justices case it was held that the applicant journalist was entitled to represent the public interest as a ‘ private Attorney-General ’ . |
| 22 | It 's one of hundreds being put up all over the country and residents say it was put there without planning permission or consultation . |
| 23 | But insiders say it is drawn closely from the book which had the co-operation of intimate friends of the princess . |
| 24 | Right look at you , eating all your crisps look it 's going to rain |
| 25 | Toshiba Corp has been showing off the robotics work it is engaged on at its research centre , where it has a number of projects that are or have grown out of government-sponsored projects : it is developing eyes 2mm to 3mm in diameter for a micromachine for use in inspecting pipes in nuclear power stations , and also a software-controlled self-mobile robot for use in space where not all astronauts can be expected to be robot experts . |