Example sentences of "[noun prp] it be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the Prudential and Lloyds it was badly hit by the downturn in the market and made big losses . |
| 2 | Discussions after this uneasy first night were typically intense , with Gergiev working a 16-hour day , as he often does , and by Friday it was all beginning to flow . |
| 3 | ( In the United States it is also called Lou Gehrig 's disease . ) |
| 4 | But whereas this in all probability had previously been secret lore imparted through oral tradition , with Evan it was willingly shared and brought into the public domain . |
| 5 | In February it was unanimously agreed that Sir Denys should continue as boss until he reached the retirement age of 62 , making him the longest-serving chairman since Sir Paul Chambers , who ran — and dominated — the company from 1960 to 1968 . |
| 6 | In January it was successfully used in an attack on Clogher RUC station , which caused extensive damage . |
| 7 | For Liz Cooper it was somehow summed up by his big feet , a typical male defect , which she would complain about whenever possible . |
| 8 | I 'm not bothered either erm and he goes he goes , he goes I have n't got the best handwriting and by the looks of things neither has Mr it 's completely changed from the first three weekly you had . |
| 9 | For example , in the UK it is commonly argued that Labour governments give a special role in public policy-making to the trade unions ( with whom the party is closely associated ) , whilst excluding business interest groups from comparable influence . |
| 10 | In the UK it is commonly agreed that this happens at least in part because of the extent to which farming , relative to industrial , interests are " understood " in most Conservative cabinets ( and even some Labour ones ! ) . |
| 11 | Moreover , recent surveys have suggested that not so many members of these societies are ‘ literate ’ by the standards expected than had previously been assumed : in the UK it is now held that over one million people have an acquaintance with literacy that is insufficient for the demands made on them by this kind of society ( DES , 1980 ) . |
| 12 | In the UK it was repeatedly suggested , during the mounting tide of national mergers of the mid 1980s , that any benefits to corporations and shareholders were being exaggerated through creative accounting . |
| 13 | When a directive is implemented in the United Kingdom it is normally done by means of delegated legislation . |
| 14 | Incidentally do n't ever try Femidom it 's like shagging a crisp packet or a freezer bag . |
| 15 | I thought for a while that the information would just go on accumulating from here on in , but thank God it 's already begun dropping off . |
| 16 | In Britain it is well known that the 1968 Donovan Report identified bargaining structures as a major strategic variable in determining the effectiveness of industrial relations . |
| 17 | As they glided around in a wide circle towards the Wyrmberg it was definitely taking on a more solid form , as if the creature 's body was filling with a gold mist . |
| 18 | In Italy it is often found flavoured with crystallised fruits for eating as a dessert cheese , or it can be used plain for cooking , but mainly for desserts . |
| 19 | In all the major states of Europe it was still made not even by the government as a whole but by a small group within it — the chief minister and foreign minister , supplemented according to circumstances and personalities by those for war , colonies or other concerned departments — with the support or at least the acquiescence of the monarch . |
| 20 | In the Ardennes and northern France it is conventionally identified with the Grande Faille du Midi , which has other names further east , but is conveniently referred to collectively as the Midi Overthrust ( Bless el al . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , in 1776 a fire burnt the theatre to the ground , and with the building of La Scala it was never rebuilt . |
| 22 | In former mining areas like the Rhondda it 's bitterly resented . |
| 23 | In New Zealand it is still milked but is mainly used as a suckler for early-maturing calves , or as a terminal sire for easy calving in dairy herds , whereas in Australia it competes successfully in steer competitions , especially for home-frozen beef . |
| 24 | With Paul it 's never going to be simple . |
| 25 | Similarly , a motor car is a system which takes the driver and passengers from point A to point B. It is also made up of a number of sub-systems — the braking system , the heating system , the gearing system and so on . |
| 26 | In Zambia it is widely used to control termites and as a pesticide in maize fields . |
| 27 | In Roslavl' during March and April it was frequently noted that the public believed that ecclesiastical gold was to be handed over to the Jews . |
| 28 | In America it is widely used on the telephone system to inform callers of wrongly dialled numbers , engaged or withdrawn services and all the other announcements that would otherwise need constant human attention . |
| 29 | In America it 's already selling well , but it wo n't be out here for some time . |
| 30 | For Galton it was a gentle predisposition ; For Binet it was strongly influenced by socioeconomic , cultural and educational factors . |