Example sentences of "[adv] it [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Suddenly it 's become official again , has it ? ’ |
| 2 | This minimum is the optimum ; expenditure above or below it is deemed wasteful for society as a whole ( de Nevers , 1981 ) . |
| 3 | Perhaps it was considered possible , though doubtless unjustifiably , that some sharp practice might result , such as admixing rich ore from other parts of the mine with that at the reduced Royalty ! |
| 4 | Initially , an attempt was made to fill the labour shortages by allowing over 100,000 Poles to stay on in Britain and by encouraging immigration from other European countries , but soon it was felt necessary to look to other sources of cheap labour , and immigration from the Caribbean and the Indian sub-continent was encouraged . |
| 5 | Thus it was considered inappropriate to overrule a previous decision if : |
| 6 | Now it 's hoped future generations will leave statistics like that behind . |
| 7 | It was hardship in this , that er , perhaps the hardest time came after it when er , well it was called public assistance then , social security payments had to be payed back . |
| 8 | I have remarked on its dominance in Oxford English , and a generation ago it was given magisterial expression in Northrop Frye 's Anatomy of Criticism , which aspired to a ‘ scientific ’ criticism where there would be no place for evaluation , since it is not nobler to study stars than earthworms . |
| 9 | Here it is thought proper to preserve a respectful distance on both sides . |
| 10 | Here it was made explicit that " for the final phase of economic and monetary union 11 member states consider that the work on the amendment of the Treaty will be directed to the following points … |
| 11 | I 'd rather it were kept quiet if any more do . |
| 12 | Sometimes it is made explicit . |
| 13 | Sometimes it is made plain that the Israelites were not directly affected by these disasters , but we have to say that this particular Egypt hardly sounds the sort of place to romanticize about ! |
| 14 | If p contains the connective ’ v ’ as well as ’ ∘ ’ then it is called disjunctive . |
| 15 | Even then it was found impossible to make more than rough estimates of overseas investment despite regulations concerning disclosure and the remittance of profits . |
| 16 | But as she was passing the Misses Cardings ' shop she heard a loud tapping on the upper part of the door ; then it was pulled open and Miss Belle Carding beckoned Agnes towards her , saying , ‘ Come in a minute , dear . |
| 17 | I ask that at this stage at least it be kept confidential among us , as it could be understood in the wrong way . |
| 18 | There it is made clear that Urban Development Corporations , the spearhead of the development thrust , ‘ are the most important attack ever made on urban decay ’ ( ibid . |
| 19 | It 's in there because you ca n't have executive style cabinet government in local government unless you pay executive councillors executive salaries , it 's got nothing to do with the idea of you getting thirty five pounds rather than thirty three if we stay here all day erm I would just , I 'm really wisely advised to make one point er Mr er was c wondering why this did n't have majority support actually most of it did I think Mr will confirm that he and his colleagues were happy to support all of the proposed responses from A to J on page thirty and thirty one but were not happy with response B and I would like to er that erm that er when our responses do go forward it is made clear that apart from little paragraph B there was all party support because I really feel that our local authority associates need to know that and erm I hope that will be little B was er a piece that erm certainly I and my colleagues supported er , rather . |
| 20 | Time and time again it is made clear that many of Dan 's great exploits are only possible because of the application of science . |
| 21 | Again it was done live and so , from the cast 's point-of-view , they were expected to learn their lines and movements as if they were doing a conventional four act stage play . |
| 22 | ‘ It was too close to the ship 's munitions and therefore it was deemed necessary to abandon ship . |