Example sentences of "which it be [v-ing] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no record of its occupying caves at any time , but it must always be remembered that a woodland species in cave country could drop its pellets from the tree in which it is roosting to fall into or near cave openings , so that even without entering a cave the pellets of such a predator could accumulate inside the cave ( see p. 96 ) . |
| 2 | There is , however , one famous case in which it is beginning to look as if the molecular estimate is better than one based on fossils . |
| 3 | The horse could have two or four shoes depending on the amount of work which it is going to do . |
| 4 | I also believe that the size of it and the rate at which it is growing indicates the use of the central organising function of the state ( which is one characteristic of a social service ) . |
| 5 | If we look to the future , then it 's going to be absolutely essential that food be produced artificially , because the planet is n't going to be able to support the population which it 's going to have on it . |
| 6 | My tired brain is trying to work out a response which it 's failing to do at the moment . |
| 7 | One reaction against fascism , and the threat of warfare which it was beginning to present , was a revival of the pacifist movement . |
| 8 | The annual report for 1862–3 , by the Secretary Phoebe Blyth , lists the following occupations as those in which it was trying to place women : Teachers … female missionaries and Bible women , sick nurses , book-keepers , colourists and printers of photographs , hairdressers , shop girls , waitresses , copyists , amanuenses , dressmakers , upholsterers , sewers … from finest embroidery to sewing machines , knitters and daily workers [ i.e. charwomen ] . |
| 9 | ‘ We urgently appeal to anybody who may have seen it during the 48 hours in which it was missing to contact us . ’ |