Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb -s] that it [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 The collaborative MIPS Technologies Inc T5 processor development ( CI No 2,165 ) will be aimed at applications requiring high-performance audio , video and networked workgroup computing , and will be a speculative execution superscalar processor — that presumably means that it will execute the next set of instructions that come up before it knows whether the program requires them or does a branch ; it will also include features for multiprocessing , multi-level caches and high-speed uniprocessor systems designs .
2 The T5 will be aimed at applications requiring high-performance audio , video and networked workgroup computing , and will be a speculative execution superscalar processor — that presumably means that it will execute the next set of instructions that come up before it knows whether the program requires them or does a branch ; it will also include features for multiprocessing , multi-level caches and high-speed uniprocessor systems designs .
3 The massive oil slick in the northern Gulf , caused in large part by Iraq 's action in deliberately releasing oil into the sea [ see ED no. 43 ] , continued to cause concern during February , although earlier reports that it would have a devastating effect on marine ecology appeared to be exaggerated .
4 A study conducted by Drs Anita Malhotra and Roger Thorpe , of the University of Aberdeen , not only provides a first-class example of natural selection at work , but also shows that it can occur very much faster than most people obviously imagined ( Nature , vol. 353 , pp 347–8 ) .
5 The bee enters the flower to collect the nectar , pollinating it in the process , but then finds that it can only escape from the flower by crawling along a narrow , tortuous channel .
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