Example sentences of "it be [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A " temporary services business " , which specifies that persons working for it are under its " direction , supervision and control " , is not an " employment business " in the terms of the Employment Agencies Act and is not subject to the regulations governing the operation of such businesses which the Act lays down . |
| 2 | Would it be worth your while to consider sending for the chairman not only of the 1922 committee but also of the parliamentary Labour party so that the leaders of the respective parties in Parliament can discuss with you the conduct last night ? |
| 3 | " But — wo n't it be about our Tristram , Harry ? " |
| 4 | How could it be in my head ? |
| 5 | ‘ Would it be against your will , Polly ? |
| 6 | But abruptly it seemed to me that the moment should have meaning , even if it were to my discredit . |
| 7 | Erm , it was not possible to get your views in , as it were , personnel terms rather than financial terms on that er report , but er as it were on your behalf , we supported the Treasurer 's er recommendation for reasons set out in paragraph one four , and if I can er explain that for you a little little more , de-regulation could mean , that each employing authority has it 's own scheme of superannuation , or not , and if not would simply leave employees in a position of taking them off the state scheme S E R P S or going for a personal pension . |
| 8 | In such a case the impression is given that Jesus is , as it were on his own , and with no reference needing to be made to the other persons of the trinity , God . |
| 9 | When the job is over , I then write a brief summary appraisal , as it were on his performance . |
| 10 | Many artists would only wish to portray Windermere in sunny weather and would turn it into a different place , but he managed to evoke any real day in the Lake District as it were in its right clothes . |
| 11 | In the case of a private company , a pre-1982 pre-emptive requirement is to be treated as if it were in its memorandum or articles so long as it remains a private company . |
| 12 | The work of the craftsman is to realise an inner idea in a way that is beautiful , useful and enduring , and as his work is the object of his satisfaction and delight ( " if it were in his power to produce an effect which would know and love him , this he would assuredly do " ) , so man is created for God who alone satisfies his nature . |
| 13 | I should happily give way — if it were in my power to do so — to give them the opportunity to dissociate themselves from that appalling motion . |
| 14 | ‘ I wish it were in my power to give you a faithful picture of this famed city of two years standing . |
| 15 | She wrote to the organisers : ‘ If it were in your mind to approach any B-division celebrities , I should say I shall be taking Jeffrey with me . ’ |
| 16 | The moor was all round the saucer in which Chesney lay but the best views of it were from his house , the last house before the road curved round . |
| 17 | He says he do n't know yet with it being like his first complete week but he says if there 's overtime he says what shall I do ? |
| 18 | ‘ I know if I happen to find a bunch that 's been thrown out 'cause it 's past its best , I can likely get a threepenny piece for it at the railway station . |
| 19 | I would like to think that if Freud were alive today , he would have said the same thing , of course when Freud wrote this book in nineteen twenty one er there was no such thing as group psychotherapy it had n't been invented yet , it was to become very much after World War Two but partly existed before and perhaps it 's past its peak now , but erm it did become very much a after World War Two and the point I made was and this is really wh wh what Heather ha h has just said , that if you take Freud 's book on , on group seriously , how can you do group psychoanalysis ? |
| 20 | I think he favours an intimate setting , but , ’ and Simone laughed , ‘ I told him that engaged women only favour intimate settings when it 's with their fiancé . |
| 21 | I think erm sexuality begins with sensuality and therefore it should begin in the home , and it should be exaggerated at school , I mean , it should helped but fundamentally it 's with your parents or guardians whoever , who should begin it . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's with his things . ’ |
| 23 | It 's with his lower gut . ’ |
| 24 | she 's had her chance and I 'm doing all I can to help her but at the end of the day it 's on her shoulders . |
| 25 | Gwendoline , I think , look it 's on her leg . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's on its way out , I think . |
| 27 | It 's an old established set-up , but I reckon it 's on its last legs now . |
| 28 | ‘ You mean it 's on its way and no one 's driving it ? ’ |
| 29 | It 's on its way ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Have you told security it 's on its way ? ’ |