Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it [vb -s] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has made it quite clear that it believes that the existing legislation can deal with such matters . |
| 2 | But the Committee do not have to agree to this if it thinks that the new information is not important . |
| 3 | They were originally intending to work in Zaire , but the situation is still somewhat unstable and it seems that the time is not quite right for them to go there . |
| 4 | I found that interesting because it appears that the Minister does not know how many doctors made a claim that was above the amount of the reimbursement schedule or , if he did know , he was unwilling to tell me , so I must presume that he did not know . |
| 5 | This shows that the actualization of the infinitive 's event is not what such sentences express , an analysis supported by Coates ( 1983 : 100 ) , who gives a similar argument for the meaning of can in her discussion of She can swim , and Palmer ( 1977 : 5 ) , who has pointed out that a sentence such as ( 12 ) is impossible because can " is not used to imply actuality in the past " : ( 12 ) * I ran fast and could catch the bus , Example ( 13 ) however is quite acceptable because it implies that the event did not take place , being seen merely as a possibility in the past ( i.e. a potentiality ) . |
| 6 | This complex of elements and activities should be managed such that it ensures that the right product is available at the right price in the right place at the appropriate time to satisfy the needs of target customers in the chosen market segments . |
| 7 | But comparing depression to a cold is misleading in so much as it implies that the condition is not only common , but mild . |
| 8 | ‘ The reduction is more than it looks because the decibel scale is a logarythmic one , ’ says Dr Greg Watts , of the Transport and Road Research laboratory at Craythorn . |
| 9 | Whether they had been worked at some preceding date is a matter of no little conjecture but is unlikely and it seems that the miners from Keswick started there in 1599 . |
| 10 | This is important because it suggests that the courts themselves may well be largely responsible for the dramatic increase in the number ( and proportion ) of triable either way cases coming before the Crown Court in recent years . |
| 11 | The fee , called Sisa , has little value in strict legal sense but not all ambulantes have one and it helps if the cops decide to pull a raid . |
| 12 | This last point is critical since it means that the number of common elements will be reduced and accordingly that discrimination between A and B will be enhanced . |
| 13 | Each year it is the same and it starts when the black swifts begin to flock and sweep over the Zoo . |
| 14 | This really is not as difficult as it sounds as the strong lights black out the background and the cameras are surprisingly easy to ignore . |
| 15 | Christians claim that what happened on Good Friday was decisive for humankind — it was of such a definitive , absolute nature that it split world history in two and it declares that the many strands of human experience ( hope , joy , peace , human fulfilment ) run through the crossroads of the cross . |
| 16 | The little insert in the middle of the article , which I take it is not down to Sir Nicholas , is even more misleading because it suggests that the income eligibility limit on civil cases would be reduced from £3,060 to £2,293 . |
| 17 | A priori this latter feature might be thought somewhat undesirable as it implies that the higher the rate of growth of wealth the lower the share of the total portfolio held within the UK . |
| 18 | Negotiations have been going on since October 1990 and it seems that the Treasury was querying its £4 million valuation . |
| 19 | Our clients understand it ceased trading on December 24 and it follows that the reference NatWest gave was worthless . ’ |
| 20 | But er , oh that 's alright if it does but the B U is , is , you know , a really good one . |
| 21 | Therefore the structures seen in ( 1a ) are acceptable ( where boldened material = expanded dip ) : whereas the structures seen in ( 1b ) are debarred : The treatment of these expanded dips is very plausible since it shows that the distribution of elements within the verse-line can be derived from phonological behaviour : verbal prefixes , for example , are exempted from the constraint on expanded dips , just as they are labelled as extra-metrical in word-stress derivations . |
| 22 | However it is n't quite as bad as it looks because the amount that you will have paid in will only feel like £4,520 . |