Example sentences of "and [verb] it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To flush some out it is occasionally necessary to put a copy of the authority in a sealed envelope and insist it be conveyed at once to the chief executive . |
| 2 | Alfred Rosmer gave an amusing but enlightening insight into Bukharin 's character and role in 1920 , and let it be recalled that he was only 32 years old in that year . |
| 3 | " And let it be said , " Harry went on , " now we 're talking straight , that Miss Jennifer here can forget all the Romish ideas she was fed on down at Roscarrock Hall and start eating Protestant pie , which she 'll find suits a Cornish stomach a sight better than all that hocus-pocus-nomminy-domminy rubbish they peddle down at Holy Joe 's . |
| 4 | Let it be supposed that according to the usual methods of borrowing and funding , the Public Debts , during the present war , should encrease to no greater degree than they did in the last war ; which was about 30 millions : And let it be supposed , according to past experience , that in ten or twelve years after a peace ; we should be plunged into a fresh war ; which might encrease the debts of the nation 30 millions more , and that afterwards we should have another breathing time of ten or twelve years , and that according to custom a third war should ensue , no less expensive than each of the former two ; these three wars will swell the national debts to the amount of 170 millions , and that in little more than fifty years . |
| 5 | If so , then why not take it along to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum next Tuesday and let it be admired . |
| 6 | I also wore my own garments with pride and let it be known that I would knit for others if they wished . |
| 7 | " Take Tristram along as a younker , and let it be known in the village you 're doing so . |
| 8 | He ate food that cost little and let it be known that he underwent severe penances and fasting . |
| 9 | Earlier her plan had been to go down to the village a little before the gala on the pretext of shopping and finding out the times of the events and perhaps look in at the antique shop ( for Mrs Price was on the Gala committee ) and let it be known she would join the young people , but now that her mother was ill that was out of the question , she pushed it on one side , the urgent thing was to get to the chemist 's and get the stuff up to her mother . |
| 10 | Valuev foresaw this possibility and let it be known that , in so far as preliminary censorship continued to be available , it would be harsh . |
| 11 | Parents need to listen as well as to talk and to let it be seen that they recognize the teenager 's viewpoint , even when they take an opposite view . |
| 12 | ( A man 's reaction about small type would have been to point to the scale and demand it be paid extra ! ) |
| 13 | ‘ It 's vital that the people making those decisions are in touch with the grass roots of the sport — that they are out there on the ground talking to athletes and coaches , attending races and letting it be known what they are doing . |
| 14 | Baldwin encouraged it to do so — by inviting an unacceptable resolution , by promoting a secret ballot , and letting it be known that he would resign if defeated . |
| 15 | With this scenario , assume next that the company decides to set its price initially at 56,700 and lets it be known generally that it will hold price at that level until the average cost per unit of cumulative output falls below that figure , whereupon the company will set its price at 20 per cent above the falling average cost per cumulative unit . |
| 16 | Chairman , I ask that you receive erm , the petition of eight hundred and sixty four signatures requesting a pelican crossing on and ask it be referred to the environment committee , please . |