Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One story told against the KGB is that it tried to steal the design secrets of the Anglo-French supersonic aircraft Concorde . |
| 2 | Indeed , the only good thing about their confrontation against Sukova and Novotna is that it took just 50 minutes to complete , with the established Czech combination sweeping to a 6-2 , 6-2 victory and a place in the semi-finals against the United States . |
| 3 | The significance of My Lai is that it threatened the American national myth — that of moral superiority . |
| 4 | The only redeeming feature of a goalless , worthless event at Stamford Bridge was that it did not require a grant . |
| 5 | One of the key determinants of US policy towards Iraq last August was that it believed it has the military forces sufficient to evict Iraq from Kuwait . |
| 6 | For many years the official view of the position of the police in liberal democracies like Britain was that it acted merely as an administrative agent to enforce the law . |
| 7 | The constant complaint of the British Party against the NUWM was that it had failed to use its influence with employed workers and trade unionists . |
| 8 | A second major defect of UDG was that it did not make much difference to cities as a whole . |
| 9 | The only advantage of being dumped by Clive was that it made this a lot simpler . |
| 10 | In fact , one of the things that had pleased her about her daughter staying in London was that it kept her away from Seaton Cramer Hall . |
| 11 | The significance of Rookes v. Barnard was that it made it clear that a threat of a breach of contract was unlawful for this purpose but the criticism has been made ( and this indeed was the opinion of the Court of Appeal ) that if intimidation is extended to threats to break contracts ‘ it would overturn or outflank some elementary principles of contract law , ’ notably the doctrine of privity of contract , which holds that one who is not a party to a contract can not found a claim upon it or sue for breach of it . |