Example sentences of "it be [vb pp] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor could it be said that the British welfare system identified , or even defined , let alone assisted , the genuinely needy groups as effectively as did some systems prevailing elsewhere . |
| 2 | In similar vein , dare it be said that the charitable function of Age Concern serves this dual function ? |
| 3 | Never let it be said that the Inspiral Carpets do not like a good breakfast . |
| 4 | On only three out of approximately 180 occasions , therefore , can it be said that the inspectors had been less than absolutely fair in the opinion of those who were criticised . |
| 5 | ‘ Until the consent given at marriage be revoked , how can it be said that the husband in exercising his marital right has assaulted his wife ? |
| 6 | Nor should it be assumed that the young teachers of 30 years ago were all aspiring members of the working class . |
| 7 | It is not necessarily the case that this will have happened , nor can it be assumed that the document in question belongs to a given domain at all ( it may be some sort of hybrid , or simply too ambiguous to fit neatly in one domain ) . |
| 8 | It is not necessarily the case that this will have happened , nor can it be assumed that the data in question fits neatly within a specific domain at all . |
| 9 | To this extent , of course , a synchronically divergent language state requires the same kind of treatment as a historically divergent state : in neither case can it be assumed that the norms of some ‘ standard ’ variety can be successfully projected on to it . |
| 10 | Nor should it be assumed that the division of the language items into lexis , structure and discourse function presents students with problems of equal difficulty or me with identical roles in each case . |
| 11 | Why , then , should it be assumed that the Holy Spirit was particularly active in professors ? |
| 12 | Nor must it be assumed that the whole of the Sahara shared in this climatic amelioration , for , as Gautier says , there are few traces of wadi patterns in the Libyan desert , which , forming the core of the Sahara , was probably less affected . |
| 13 | The Romans were certainly prime movers , but not that quick , and without introducing a pettifogging intimacy with dates , names , and trifling matters of fact , might it be mentioned that the legions were desperately occupied at that time around the Medway and not Melrose ? |
| 14 | As regards the third condition , can it be established that the provision of a company car for the company secretary is the normal commercial practice within that trade ? |
| 15 | Can it be supposed that the Doomsday Book is the only sort of writing in which immortality is achieved ? |
| 16 | And last Monday Dr Harold Varmus let it be known that the thrill of winning the Nobel Prize for Medicine in the morning was as nothing compared with being at Candlestick Park in the evening to see the Giants take the National League pennant for the first time in 27 years . |
| 17 | A hairdresser believes he sees the ghost of a fellow-soldier ; spends some years in a mental hospital ; on his release is rejected by his wife who he believes is ‘ denying him his existence ’ ; begins to think that everyone else is denying him his existence , perhaps because he was once shot at by a German and they all think he is dead ; spends his Sundays looking into the river for the bullet which missed him ; after his death , his wife discovers she is pregnant ; she lets it be known that the hairdresser has spoken to her by night and told her ‘ he was very happy that she had recognized the child as his , because that way she had stopped denying him his existence ’ ; when eventually she moves away from Piacenza , the hairdresser stops speaking to her by night . |
| 18 | Tory party managers are letting it be known that the Commons will rise for the summer recess on 17 July . |
| 19 | The 32 members of the Moores family who still own 100% of Littlewoods , have let it be known that the sale has begun ; the biggest part of the Littlewoods Organisation — mail order catalogues — is on the market , with a reputed price tag in excess ( probably well in excess ) of £350 million . |
| 20 | Let it be agreed that the doctrine is anomalous . |
| 21 | If it were accepted that the parties have no legal rights and duties under a political treaty , then even less could the legal position of third parties be affected by it . |
| 22 | If it were accepted that the language of the Convention demonstrates an intention to establish a permanent regime for freer global communications upon which all States could rely , the United States could claim the benefits of transit passage without having to prove that that concept had itself become customary international law . |
| 23 | We must build and restore and this is possible even now , if only it were understood that the former dependence of museums on the resources of a criminal state was an abomination which there would be no shame in abandoning . |
| 24 | If it were found that the BEF was indeed across the River Marne and moving into the gap between Kluck and Bülow , then Bülow should retreat to the River Aisne . |
| 25 | It would be wrong , in my judgment , to order under subsection ( 2 ) the repayment of the price of shares unless it were known that the investor was willing to give up the shares . |
| 26 | For example , if it were shown that the reduction of through-traffic was the principal reason for the reduction in accidents , then it would be efficacious to dispense with the expensive street furniture and speed-reduction measures . |
| 27 | Well , there could still be a case for investment in such an enterprise if it were shown that the lack of profitability was the result of higher costs than competitors stemming from locational disadvantages . |
| 28 | Dalrymple was blamed and called to account , it being observed that the excessive language of his letters and instructions had encouraged the perpetrators of the crimes . |
| 29 | Moin , nightwatchman , was beaten for pace on the pull-shot , but no declaration came at lunch ( 480 for 5 ) , nor after a rain interruption during which 12 overs were lost , it being believed that the runs were best scored in the first innings , and England would probably have been offered the light soon after their innings commenced . |
| 30 | Until the Uprising even the PLO leadership — albeit with a great deal of hesitation — was ready to accept the formula of a joint Jordanian and Palestinian delegation , it being understood that the Palestinian component , even though not PLO leaders themselves , would be a genuine and equal partner with the Jordanians . |