Example sentences of "it be [vb pp] [adv] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old saying points both to the great latent — and often unrealized — fertility stored in the root system of an old permanent sward , and to the difficulty of rebuilding this treasure should it be dug up and spent . |
| 2 | Only if it is contained as LATEST will it be approved again and its issue number increased . |
| 3 | Only if it is contained as Latest will it be approved again and its issue number increased . |
| 4 | They stopped it being watered down and prevented the part about combating discrimination from being taken out . |
| 5 | There was indeed money coming into the area , but was it being used effectively and in the best manner ? |
| 6 | She talked to Susan about it being flushed away and that Susan could flush the lavatory when she had finished . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's become harder and harder to smile or laugh out there during an international match . |
| 8 | Again , it 's made ahead and chilled or frozen . |
| 9 | But since then , it 's expanded massively and now contains subjects as diverse as the Cook collection , relics from Captain Cook 's voyage to the South Pacific in 1772 , to totem poles donated by a North American Indian tribe . |
| 10 | Indeed , these firms can not operate without it , because knowledge is developing too fast — by the time it 's written down and formalized , it 's obsolete . |
| 11 | We hope it 's sunk in and they 'll know what they 're doing by the time they get to Bosnia . |
| 12 | Then there was a heavy pause , like the moment a ball must feel between the time it 's thrown up and the time it starts to come down , and something picked up all three of them and slid them into a struggling heap . |
| 13 | It 's sung slowly and sweetly , just like a ballad . |
| 14 | We have no standard conventions for representing the paralinguistic features of the utterance which are summarised as ‘ voice quality ’ , yet the effect of an utterance being said kindly and sympathetically is clearly very different from the effect if it is said brutally and harshly . |
| 15 | When given orally , it is absorbed rapidly and has excellent tissue penetration . |
| 16 | The latter will get a stock exchange quote after it is spun off and this could trigger further price rises similar to those seen in electricity , gas and water . |
| 17 | Sufficient time to do the statistical work so that it is completed accurately and can be properly checked |
| 18 | Thus undergraduate physics is always being decapitated — once an aspect grows to be important , it is lopped off and becomes an engineering subject ( electronics , semiconductor devices , fibre optics , acoustics , quantum electronics , electron microscopy , etc. , etc. , etc . ) . |
| 19 | Push the connector firmly into the boss shoulder making sure it is aligned properly and remove surplus cement |
| 20 | It is turned over and mixed in its dry state until a uniform greyish colour . |
| 21 | Instead it is turned forwards and hooks over the opponent 's leading guard hand . |
| 22 | On one side of the vehicle ( unspecified ) , suspended on a silver chain , was a ‘ Time Piece by which the watches of the Army are regulated ; in form it resembles a huge hunting watch and weighs four pounds ; it is jewelled throughout and is of the finest workmanship : it was made by Mugmer , horloger de l'Empereur et Roi . ’ |
| 23 | At first the language helper repeats each phrase for you as it is played back and you write it down , but your aim should be that when you have worked out a phonemic script for the language you teach the language helper to transcribe texts for you . |
| 24 | Faithful , reliable dog provided it is treated properly and trained with firm kindness . |
| 25 | Alternatively , it is treated pleasantly and gently if the magician wishes to secure a person 's cooperation . |
| 26 | A company will be considered resident in one of these territories if it is incorporated there and has its head office and place of management there . |
| 27 | The concept of honour , artificial as it can often seem , can be an abiding emotional force in fiction , but only when it is demonstrated fully and specifically through believable characters as well as believable action . |
| 28 | Is my hon. Friend aware that without fresh primary legislation it is possible to require owners of green belt land to ensure that it is maintained properly and not just left undeveloped ? |
| 29 | ‘ Fole and Rattletrap go to the Crypticole Market — it is held infrequently and its location must of necessity change often , owing to its nature . |
| 30 | It is held there and is permitted ( or forced ) to move only very slightly to and fro — though in very complicated ways — by the influences , sometimes combined , sometimes separate , of that variety of proximate gravities exerted by the sun , the moon and the nearer planets . |