Example sentences of "it have just [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Any unit of information may of course change status as the discourse proceeds , and what was new in one sentence becomes given in the next , precisely because it has just been said . |
2 | It has just been argued that detailed financial and managerial controls need to be based on specific product and/or SBU categories . |
3 | It has just been argued that a thorough analysis of the market attractiveness and competitive strengths of an SBU ( possibly based upon a Porter analysis ) , should provide more insight into the future covariability of the SBU and total market returns . |
4 | The cost of adapting the air-conditioning systems to these members ' whims , it has just been calculated , is a mere $1m — or 200,000 child immunisations in the third world . |
5 | If it has just been created using option 2.1.1 — Create DC , it should now be updated using option 2.1.2 — Update DC and then submitted for assessment using option 2.1.3 , whereupon no further changes will be possible . |
6 | It has just been agreed that they will talk about the young scientist 's work , the tape-recorder is switched on and he says : |
7 | It would er but as I 've already said the bed looked made er totally un-slept in it looked as though it had just been made up from new and un-slept in which is why I took that course of action . |
8 | She was glad to get away for a change of scene , as it had just been confirmed that Steve had been killed , and her place was taken by Nancy , a tall , dark Scots girl , who fitted into the Met team very well . |
9 | It had just been decided that it was not possible that the coffin in a horizontal position could be manoeuvred around the many angles of doors and walls between there and the front door . |
10 | Our next port of call would be Constantinople — or , as it had just been renamed , Istanbul . |
11 | Unfortunately it had just been earmarked for housing . |
12 | That was what happened in 1984 when Renault 's Formula 1 programme fell into disarray the season after it had just been pipped at the final post by the Brabham-BMW team . |
13 | So you do n't know whether it had just been built and |
14 | Far from having run its course , the struggle for the emancipation of the serfs was about to enter an even more heated phase than the one it had just been going through . |
15 | It looked as if it had just been brought home by Susan from Blackpool . |
16 | I stared stupidly at the bag in my hand as if it had just been dropped there from a helicopter . |
17 | Her whole world felt as though it had just been rocked on its axis by the announcement , so that for long silent seconds she could only stare at him with pain in her eyes . |
18 | Jenjin told Rostov that Burun had broken Nogai 's wrist during an argument five days earlier , and that it had just been suggested that if his plan went ahead he might get the other one broken as well . |
19 | The Z88 's line editor may then be used to edit the line as if it had just been typed in . |
20 | The line to be edited is now in the input buffer and may be edited as if it had just been typed in . |
21 | But his agent , Mr Tony Gordon , told us the visit was n't off — it had just been postponed . |
22 | It had just been wiped by a sullen black woman in a nylon overall , from whom the sergeant tried in vain to extract a smile , and the police officers sat back to allow it to dry before resting their elbows on the surface . |
23 | Her first book Lamb , Leeks and Laverbread explored the delights of Welsh food , and it had just been published when her husband , a British army officer , was offered a two-year posting in Cyprus . |
24 | ‘ Otherwise , it had just been parked in the garden . ’ |
25 | The comedian Spike Milligan held forth about God , Diana gave a priceless diamond and pearl necklace to a friend to look after while she danced ; while the Queen was observed looking through the programme and saying in bemused tones : ‘ It says here they have live music ’ , as though it had just been invented . |
26 | And despite the fact that it 's just been patched , |
27 | It 's just been moved backwards and forwards ! |
28 | This is where the swans have been spending the regatta — at Egham just off the M25 in Surrey — it 's just been made the national swan sanctuary and has around 100 birds at any one time . |
29 | I know , it 's just been made up for her is it not ? |
30 | ‘ It 's just been filled up with petrol so you 've no worry there . ’ |