Example sentences of "it be [verb] that it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could it be said that it benefits the land ( i.e. it seeks to keep the residential character of the area ) ? |
| 2 | Could it be supposed that it would be more impossible for God to raise up a body at Resurrection , if needs be , out of elementary particles , which had been liberated by burning , than it would be to raise up a body from dust ? ’ |
| 3 | would it help for my Lord and the jury who 's business would it be to ensure that it was withdrawn , who 's business ? |
| 4 | Much more important , the interior ministry has let it be known that it is dropping its draconian controls on the use of photocopying machines . |
| 5 | In Washington , the administration has now let it be known that it will work for the softening of the amendment 's consequences , provided — and forgetting Kosovo for the moment — that Stipe Mesic , a Croat , is no longer obstructed by the Serbs from taking up the post of chairman ( for one year ) of Yugoslavia 's eight-member presidency . |
| 6 | She was working with a variety group and we laughed together when Sir Henry , who had still a lot of influence , let it be known that it was his wish that Miss Anne Zeigler married Mr Webster Booth . |
| 7 | Although the name of the sponsor has not yet officially been announced , it is assumed to be Olivetti who , when the restoration of the Brancacci Chapel was first mooted , let it be known that it was willing to underwrite the restoration of the ‘ Trinity ’ , Masaccio 's other great fresco painting . |
| 8 | The USA let it be known that it was prepared to upgrade the status of these talks if North Korea submitted to nuclear inspection . |
| 9 | Except , as we have seen , for confident bourgeois like James Mill and Edward Miall , both those who campaigned for universal suffrage , like the Chartists in the 1830s and '40s , and those who dreaded and opposed it were agreed that it would lead to the political domination of the working class . |
| 10 | Bins should be sited as conveniently as possible to the main source of material , it being assumed that it will be carried by wheelbarrow . |
| 11 | For all that the Government is making a bit of er er idiot of itself by not embracing the things that it needs to embrace the things it needs to do , at least it 's saying that it wo n't do them . |
| 12 | Your Board is confident that the plan for restructuring the Group will result in a more streamlined , flexible and dynamic organisation and it is intended that it be carried through as fast as possible . |
| 13 | It is intended that it will draw in towns , villages , fields and woods and , according to the commission , 20 million visitors from an 80 mile radius . |
| 14 | Henry Fairlie wrote : ‘ The exercise of power in Britain ( more specifically , in England ) can not be understood unless it is recognised that it is exercised socially . ’ |
| 15 | The rules for the cameras in committees are essentially the same as in the House , except that it is recognised that it is not possible to exclude shots showing the public , especially those sitting behind the witnesses in a select committee . |
| 16 | It is recognised that it is almost impossible to correctly identify the characteristics of fast growers at a start-up stage but once a track record of two or three years data exists selection may be possible . |
| 17 | If it is said that it is the use to which such information may be put that can be objectionable , the libertarian might well reply that gossip is an age-old way of passing the time and one of the cements of society . |
| 18 | It is said that it will be able to recognise cursive handwriting and gestures entered with the pen . |
| 19 | Furthermore , it is said that it would upset the constitutional balance between the courts and the executive if the Crown could be held in contempt of court for disobeying a prerogative order of prohibition or mandamus . |
| 20 | What is now being sought is , in a sense , a reversal of that development , in a particular type of case ; and it is said that it is too late to take that step . |
| 21 | It is said that it would be pointless for the justices to make an order that there should be no contact when that order can be overridden and departed from by the local authority with the agreement of the parent . |
| 22 | It is said that it would be wrong that the justices should be put in a position of making an order on the merits of the case that there should be no contact , when the next day the local authority and the parent could depart from that order . |
| 23 | It is said that it must ‘ appear ’ to the minister that there are ‘ reasons ’ for doubting whether the workers are behind their leaders : and that the minister has given no reasons . |
| 24 | One of the popular books at the very outbreak of war captured the mood , Mrs Miniver ( 1939 ) ; an American best seller and subsequently a most successful film , it is said that it hastened America 's entry into the war . |
| 25 | It is said that it could not have been used for any other purpose … |
| 26 | 7.1 Once it is acknowledged that it has to respond to the problem of its employees experiencing violence and aggressive behaviour in the course of their work , it is of vital importance to initiate a formal reporting process . |
| 27 | While Stormont has not been specifically targeted by the IRA in the past , it is acknowledged that it is vulnerable because of the relatively open nature of its layout . |
| 28 | One very small point of procedure is worth noting : at a first glance at this example there appears to be a redundancy of the indication pp , but on closer examination it is seen that it has never been used unnecessarily , for where it appears on the same line of the score in two successive bars the first of the pair of instruments whose parts are written on that line enters alone , and the second joins him in the next bar . |
| 29 | He said that there were two situations in which the court would not enforce a clause : ( a ) if at the time of making the contract it is seen that it may in the future operate unfairly or unreasonably ; or ( b ) if after the time of making the contract it is found to operate unreasonably or unfairly even if those circumstances were not envisaged beforehand . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , the pilot study is to be expanded to areas outside the north east and it is hoped that it will eventually be used to help with funding applications , and provide statistical data for the press . |