Example sentences of "[noun sg] it be [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the letter was in braille it was never broadcast . |
| 2 | As a contest it was neither designed to set the pulses racing nor win converts . |
| 3 | In soil geography it is generally suggested that the systems approach was formally applied by Nikiforoff ( 1959 ) although earlier he had distinguished accumulative and non-accumulative soils and so implicitly involved an open system attitude ( Nikiforoff , 1949 ) . |
| 4 | The distance that had to be covered can be seen in the case of the Primitive Methodists : they had no theological college until 1881 and when the new college in Manchester faced collapse it was only saved by the generosity of Sir William Hartley . |
| 5 | ‘ As a result it is better protected against cold winds than it used to be . ’ |
| 6 | Kersey said : ‘ So Matthew married Alfred ’ girlfriend after getting her pregnant ; not exactly fraternal conduct , but as a motive for murder it 's surely worn a bit thin after thirty years . ’ |
| 7 | Frinton and Walton Floral club : In yesterday 's report of the 41st annual meeting of the Frinton and District Floral Club it was inadvertently left out that Mrs Dorothy Archer was elected as the new president . |
| 8 | Since with rare exceptions gold was so much more valuable than silver it was generally preferred for fine jewellery ( Plate D ) . |
| 9 | 1 patient proved positive but because the patient was an injection drug user undergoing lymph-node biopsy it was reasonably assumed that this was not an occupational exposure . |
| 10 | To give the settlement greater weight it was also agreed that Henry should take to wife Catherine , Charles 's daughter , whose hand he had sought in negotiation some years earlier . |
| 11 | Jean Revers was horrified at the sight of huge bonfires in the fields at Carno ; there was so much unusable fabric it was just burned . |
| 12 | He still hoped for a settlement , but each time he sent a communication to Bidault it was unaccountably held up by d'Argenlieu . |
| 13 | In our speaking and listening programmes of study it is therefore recommended specifically as a learning medium . |
| 14 | In this study it was also confirmed that the fast eye movements were associated with passages of vivid dreaming involving tracking of moving images , but the measured direction of movement of the eyes did not correspond very well with reports of direction of movement of objects in the dream . |
| 15 | While there is no regulation that specifically excludes due diligence work on a listed company , in practice it is rarely undertaken due to the rules on equality of information to be given not only to all shareholders but also to offerors or bona fide potential offerors . |
| 16 | Deceptively , because in practice it is rarely accomplished and only in a few cases have polymer blends or mixtures achieved industrial importance . |
| 17 | The distinction , though in practice it is often blurred , in theory is clear . |
| 18 | The most important ingredient in the construction stage is time but , although this is sometimes a source of worry at the beginning , in practice it is often found that this stage is less time-consuming than the planning stages . |
| 19 | The term ‘ further education ’ ( FE ) is used sometimes in a general sense to cover all post-school education , but in practice it is usually differentiated from higher education ( study at universities , polytechnics and colleges of higher education ) , and divided into the categories of non-advanced further education ( NAFE ) , which means A-level standard or below , and advanced further education ( AFE ) which is above A level or its equivalent . |
| 20 | The analysis of required skills ought in principle to have an ergonomics input but in practice it is usually done on the basis of experience of similar system designs in the past . |
| 21 | In theory this process had already been widely applied in the first half of the century ( see The Age of Revolution , chapter 8 ) but in practice it was enormously reinforced after 1850 by the triumph of liberalism . |
| 22 | This fitted perfectly well into the public service world , but in practice it was considerably diluted for viewers by the networking arrangements of the four ( later five ) larger companies . |
| 23 | ( b ) Counternotices Where the initiator of the review is required to specify the proposed new rent it is sometimes provided that the figure so specified shall be the new rent unless the other party serves a counternotice within a given period . |
| 24 | In a commercial or industrial setting it is often assumed that organisations try to maximise profits as their main goal . |
| 25 | A formal pool often serves a different function from an informal one , for in an appropriate setting it is often used to mirror the garden around it . |
| 26 | In the field of cancer therapy it is well known that irradiation can cause tumours and yet they can also be treated by radiation and many of the drugs used in chemotherapy for tumours can also cause tumours . |
| 27 | The original edition in 1960 , ended the story in 1880 ; the new edition , revised and rewritten by Dr Leslie Hunt , brings the story up to date in all senses , relying on original historical research by Hunt himself and by many contributors to Johnson Matthey 's journal Platinum Metals Review ( founded 1957 ) , and on Hunt 's knowledge of modern industry It is lavishly illustrated , partly in colour . |
| 28 | In industry it is usually done with portable meters which measure the electrical resistance between two needles pressed into the wood and thus give the answer much more quickly . |
| 29 | PS. it 's great served with cream ( watch those hips ) or yoghurt . |
| 30 | Gilat et al studied 68 cases of systemic amyloidosis affecting the gastrointestinal tract , and showed that parenchymal deposition predominated in the muscularis propria in primary or myeloma associated amyloidosis , while in secondary amyloidosis it was mainly distributed in the lamina propria mucosa . |