Example sentences of "it be [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | to examine to what extent the generation of such travel and the mode used for it are associated with particular household , personal or locational characteristics , and |
| 2 | Leaflets giving details of the Alumni Foundation 's work and how to support it are enclosed with this magazine or can be obtained from the Alumni Foundation Office in Senate House . |
| 3 | Nor can it be compared with the ballerina 's dance in Rhapsodie where she wafts to and fro as if in a dream before breaking into her solo . |
| 4 | In recent years Conservative administrations have faced greater opposition from the House of Lords than have Labour Governments , partly because there is probably a greater fear of a Labour Government curtailing still further the powers of the Lords should it be faced with opposition from that quarter . |
| 5 | She thinks the Board has done a good job and what would it be replaced with ? |
| 6 | And , even if it had to be done by a department , could it be done with fewer people in a different and more managerially efficient way ? |
| 7 | It appears to me that the arguments which I have heard involve the consideration of three separate questions , namely : ( 1 ) does the ex turpi causa maxim and its related rules ( which I will refer to as ‘ the ex turpi causa defence ’ ) afford a defence to a claim for contribution under the Act of 1978 ? ( 2 ) If the ex turpi causa defence is capable of so applying , can it be said , with the degree of certainty necessary for a striking out order to be made , that the defence will exclude any contribution from the third party in the circumstances of this case ? ( 3 ) Leaving aside the ex turpi causa defence , can it be said with the necessary degree of certainty that the court will , under section 2(1) and ( 2 ) of the Act of 1978 , exempt the third party from liability to make contribution even if he has been negligent in the performance of some duty of care owed to the plaintiffs ? |
| 8 | ( 3 ) Can it be said with certainty that the court will , under section 2(2) , exempt the third party from liability to make a contribution ? |
| 9 | Is it a coldwater fish , and can it be kept with Goldfish ? |
| 10 | Can it be mixed with half peat so that it goes to er |
| 11 | Can it be combined with another activity ? |
| 12 | Could it be linked with any other incident ? |
| 13 | There are also purist considerations : should the integrity of the original object be maintained , or may it be tampered with to display it to its best advantage ? |
| 14 | The group and the men associated with it were honoured with two unit citations , a thousand of individual medals and many decorations from allied countries . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , the first Gazette had been completed but Carrie and Willie were the only two with any staying power which meant that two-thirds of it were filled with Carrie 's words and Willie 's pictures . |
| 16 | As soon as the offices and shops closed at noon , the square and all the streets leading off it were filled with bicycles , then as now the best way of getting about in Parma . |
| 17 | Claudia , waking with a head that felt as if it were filled with lead , almost fell out of bed as her alarm rang . |
| 18 | Day after day the German heavies pounded the corpses in this gully , until they were quartered , and re-quartered ; to one eye-witness it seemed as if it were filled with dismembered limbs that no one could or would bury . |
| 19 | The rudder felt as if it were covered with barnacles , and the engine sounded old and tired , but there was no reason for grounding the plane . |
| 20 | If it were joined with the Legislative Power , the power over the life and liberty of citizens would be arbitrary , because the Judge would be Legislator . |
| 21 | This was an outstanding achievement , since we began the dinner ( with Avocado aux Crevettes de Blackpool ) unsettlingly divided : the organisers ( Central Office again ) had expanded the Top Table so ridiculously , in an attempt to flatter those who care about such things , that all of us who were n't on it were consumed with envy . |
| 22 | The magnification tells you how much larger an object looks that if it were viewed with the naked eye . |
| 23 | We would then give them a consent to discharge into the river and we would make sure that that consent if it were complied with , did not deteriorate river conditions , river quality conditions . |
| 24 | She pulled off her clothes frantically , tearing her blouse , ripping off her skirt as if it were slimed with something dark and evil-smelling . |
| 25 | Does the Minister agree that agriculture would be given higher priority and better consideration if it were dealt with by a Minister in this House ? |
| 26 | Some think it looks a bit '70s but I disagree ; if it were sandwiched with mahogany , maybe , but for me the maple just adds a nice touch of detail . |
| 27 | He opened the safe door and took out the fish as though it were stuffed with rubies . |
| 28 | Julia set off towards the Dorsoduro , beginning to feel really ill with a headache pounding behind her left eyebrow , smarting eyes , a rasped throat and a nose that felt as though it were stuffed with hot , wet flannel with a few pins in it , but even so she decided to give her lesson . |
| 29 | Carl Sagan , the distinguished astrophysicist , suggested in 1961 that Venus could be made habitable to earthlings if it were seeded with blue-green algae , which would split up the carbon and oxygen molecules to glean the carbon necessary for the glucose and carbohydrate diets they would need . |
| 30 | Strict rules on the make-up of a British Standard tab would stop it being cut with more harmful drugs , and only the best form of the drug would be traded . |