Example sentences of "it [prep] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Besides , ’ said Garvin , ‘ all he wants it for is to go to Monte Carlo again . |
| 2 | The Alliance to Save Energy , a coalition of US environmental groups , has called the plan " woefully inadequate " , criticising it for being geared solely to the needs of the power industries . |
| 3 | But it was not so long ago that many leading Tories faulted it for being mismanaged , diffused , uncertain , failing to set the agenda ; in a word , bad . |
| 4 | I not only feel it to be the most relevant magazine to the industry I work in — the consumer finance sector — but have also found the appointments section excellent , especially as I secured new employment through it after being made redundant . |
| 5 | Her letter asked : ‘ Do you personally know the origin of your surname and what is it like being called ‘ Dudley Fishburn ’ ? ’ . |
| 6 | What was it like being proposed to by a New York City Planner with a voice to melt molasses by ? ’ |
| 7 | Well , will , put it , put it into be washed tonight and then you can use it if you like . |
| 8 | To get her into a routine , I started leaving food out at the same time and place every day , always whistling the same tune , so that she would associate it with being fed . |
| 9 | We can conclude that so far the law 's quest to subject the power conferred on corporate managers to controls to prevent it from being exercised arbitrarily has not been successful . |
| 10 | The structure of the developing national authority has been both diffuse enough to prevent it from being destroyed by any one single sweep of arrests ( there have been more than 50,000 arrests since the Intifada 's outbreak ) , and coherent enough to allow for the existence of a unified resistance strategy . |
| 11 | Although Kennedy increased the size of US forces in Germany there was nothing he could do to bring the Berlin Wall down , or to stop those who tried to cross it from being shot . |
| 12 | If the changes in connectivity which form the memory are localized to a particular small set of cells and their connections within the brain , rather than being widely diffused , then removal of the set of cells should also remove the memory — or prevent it from being formed . |
| 13 | A man representing the Cape Town Censor Board arrived at the theatre bearing an order to stop it from being given because Chrimes , as the Scarlet Woman , was ‘ improperly dressed ’ . |
| 14 | Wall-mount your phone to save it from being kicked or left off the hook . |
| 15 | Sue : The programme has obvious benefits for our long term unemployed clients , but what safeguards are there to protect it from being exploited by unscrupulous employers ? |
| 16 | Your notebook should be small enough to fit in your bag or pocket and have covers which are firm enough to prevent it from being damaged easily . |
| 17 | Its exclusively perceptual meaning also bars it from being construed with a that-clause , whereas this construction is a close equivalent of the to infinitive with verbs of perception in their conceptual use : ( 46 ) * I watched that they were obnoxious . |
| 18 | Furthermore , although it may sincerely believe it is a new party , the very fact that it has often changed its mind should debar it from being taken seriously . |
| 19 | They say that aside from getting a few noses out of joint at Microsoft Corp , enough people felt BillyGram was a silly name and would prevent it from being taken seriously . |
| 20 | The opera was La finta semplice , but growing opposition to the project within the musical establishment ultimately prevented it from being performed . |
| 21 | We are concerned , firstly , to provide a justification for power being vested in the state ; and then , secondly , we seek to demonstrate that there are constraints upon the exercise of that power which prevent it from being used to infringe the liberty or equality of individuals . |
| 22 | As we have seen , the power vested in the state is justified by a system of democratic government ; and the assurance that the state 's power is subject to constraints which prevent it from being used arbitrarily is found in the adherence to the ideal of the Rule of Law . |
| 23 | I have argued that company law in its attempt to establish the legitimacy of corporate managerial power has been concerned also to show that the power conferred on managers is subject to controls which prevent it from being used arbitrarily . |
| 24 | Soon the bodies began to pile up here , too , and yet again the Collector and his men had to put their shoulders to the carnal barricade to prevent it from being ejected into the hall ; and yet again , as if in a dream , the Collector found his face an inch from that of an amused sepoy and thought : " It surely ca n't be the same man ! " for from this corpse 's moustache there was also a scent of patchouli . |
| 25 | It could bind to the viral RNA ( Figure 21 ) , preventing it from being copied into the double-stranded DNA which later integrates into the host chromosomes . |
| 26 | The radical elite theorists emphasized that popular participation is perfectly feasible , but collusion between elite groups prevents it from being established . |
| 27 | These battery-operated devices fit tightly between the door or window and its frame , preventing it from being forced open . |
| 28 | Not all of it could be joined together prior to delivery as size precluded it from being transported in one piece . |
| 29 | A 40-FOOT Blue Cedar tree in Liss is enjoying a change of scenery after it was moved to save it from being felled to make way for a new garage . |
| 30 | One or two of his colleagues may know something of his patch if they have covered for him when he was unavailable , or if they have previously worked it before being transferred elsewhere . |