Example sentences of "it be [vb pp] [prep] our " in BNC.

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1 It is easy to see beauty in a garden but how can it be seen in our fellow-men ?
2 … To every foreign country , whether it were numbered among our allies or among our rivals , the federalisation of Great Britain would be treated as a proof of the declining power alike of England and of the British Empire .
3 We had a cheese press at Low Birk Hatt but I never recall it being used by our family .
4 ‘ Oh , it was here long before us , sir , although there 's plenty asks if it 's called after our Mary . ’
5 It 's engraved on our souls and hearts .
6 It is related to our mind structure , not that of other creatures .
7 How we see it is affected by our culture and religious faith .
8 It is converted by our digestive tract into amino acids , which in turn are transformed into another form of protein which powers our systems .
9 It is said in our family that the gods made a mistake the day Fei Yen was born ; that they meant Yin Tsu to have another son .
10 We are concerned with disorder as it is seen by our participants and as it is represented in their accounts .
11 It is sent to our secretary , who has the considerable task of arranging the pages into a form suitable for photo-copying , inserting photographs , and if necessary reducing then to the correct size , etc. for insertion into the gaps left in the text .
12 It is absorbed by our bodies and used in a wide range of metabolic processes .
13 Er and B , that surely a lot of it is covered in our training already .
14 As Marx remarked , even when we make our own history , we do not make it in conditions of our own choosing and much of it is made behind our backs .
15 It is followed by our major summer exhibition , ‘ Scotland First Portrayed : Slezer 's views of Scotland in 1693 ’ , which runs from 1 June to 30 October .
16 However , the need for more practice should not prevent us , as it so often does , from listening to that same melody when it is played by our more popular rivals .
17 This is effective from the date it is received at our offices .
18 The cancellation will be effective from the date it is received at our offices .
19 Measles virus , for example , usually follows the cycle of acute infection until it is defeated by our defence mechanisms and the disease disappears .
20 Thus he recognizes that it is built into our nature that self love has authority , and therefore should have control , over particular impulses .
21 Borrowing from the public is more or less finished , perhaps it is finished for our lifetime , but at any rate it has been finished for the last ten years or so ; you may get in a bit one year but you lose it again the next year .
22 It is distributed by our colleagues in Norway .
23 Now whether it 's a h because it 's a er a home name brand erm and it 's not a standard , it is brought to our attention , there may be something there .
24 The distinction between the effect of a deed under seal , and that of an agreement by parol , or by writing not under seal , may seem arbitrary , but it is established in our law ; nor is it really unreasonable or practically inconvenient that the law should require particular solemnities to give a gratuitous contract the force of a binding obligation .
25 Seen at a German camp site : ‘ It is forbidden on our camp site that people of different sex , for instance men and women , live together in one tent , unless they are married with each other for that purpose . ’
26 It is found on our long-sleeve cream T shirt , the short-sleeve version and on our kitchen tea towel .
27 The reason vitamin D was regarded as a vitamin is because it is found in our food , and this is important for those who do not receive adequate exposure to sunlight — for example , the house-bound elderly .
28 It is our only inspired authority , but it is interpreted through our leadership .
29 Unless my recollection is at fault , it seems to be that two generations ago it was accepted in our society that we did not use firearms .
30 ‘ Just a few weeks after I left the ship it was sunk by our own Typhoon fighters with the loss of 56 lives , ’ said Mr Connor , whose son , Paul , saw front-line action as a medic in the Gulf War .
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