Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] it [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can assert of the oldest tree in the park ( if there is such a tree ) that it is an oak , but I can also say of the sentence " The oldest tree in the park is an oak " that it means the same , or that it expresses same thought as , say , its French or Chinese translation , irrespective of whether it says anything true . |
| 2 | Secondly , there is nothing to suggest that using two languages detracts from either one of them or that it produces continued interference . |
| 3 | I am , I regret , unable to agree that the judgment of the court beyond this or that , in so far as it was obiter in the context in which it was delivered , can be supported or that it binds this court . |
| 4 | When you act for a buyer , always go through the answers you receive to your preliminary enquiries , search and additional enquiries made of the local authority , marking each of these with a tick if it is satisfactory , or with a cross if it is not , or if it requires further elucidation . |
| 5 | The rule in Adam v Ward offers consolation to victims of attacks made under the " coward 's cloak " of Parliamentary privilege : they may reply in kind , through newspapers which will only be liable for the defamatory content of their reply if it is irrelevant to the subject-matter of the attack , or if it defames other persons who bear no responsibility for the attack . |
| 6 | Severe actions may be sanctioned against Ireland because it is naturally cursed , or because it needs extreme measures to bring it the fruits of reformation ( desired by God ) , or because it holds some particular horror for England which the English will deserve unless they do something about it . |
| 7 | One is whether a form is morphologically basic , or whether it needs extra material added by way of an additional rule . |
| 8 | With these five factors examined and the results of preliminary thinking kept in mind , the teacher or the planning team will be able to settle down to detailed planning of the specific learning sequence in question , whether it is a short piece of structured work with a work-sheet , tape-slide sequence or programmed unit , or whether it occupies several weeks of varied work . |
| 9 | A stream ends either when it reaches the edge of the grid or when it joins another stream . |
| 10 | Remorseful Prober is like Naive Prober , except that it takes active steps to break out of runs of alternating recrimination . |
| 11 | What we now call Euclidean space-time is very similar except that it has four dimensions instead of two . |
| 12 | The main feature of the bureaucratic-technical class is that although it lacks effective control over the means of production its members do have control over the labour of others in their subordinate position in bureaucratic structures . |
| 13 | ( If you use a broadcast conversation — for example a TV chat show — remember that although it shares many features with private conversation it will also have an important difference : that the participants are speaking for an audience as well as for themselves . ) |
| 14 | When at times she is feeling particularly low and bereft , you might also remind her gently that although it seems that love has departed from her life altogether with the loss of her husband , this is not so . |
| 15 | Supporters say that although it provides vital support for millions , Oxfam has hardly any effect on the real causes of poverty and illness . |
| 16 | The council has warned that unless it gets more funding from Central Government , further job losses can be expected next year . |
| 17 | He has warned the council that unless it rectifies this situation it should expect strong opposition against the bill . |
| 18 | The disadvantages , however , are that it would be much more expensive to construct , requiring the construction of several bridges , and the fact that while it straddles two council areas , there will be no possibility of support from Ards Borough Council as their Tourist Officer has an agreement with Down District Council not to support a tourist railway in the Ards area as there is already one under way in the Down District area at Downpatrick . |
| 19 | Iceland says that when it resumes commercial whaling , as it intends to do , it will withdraw its objections to the cull grenade ban . |
| 20 | The news and feature material is heavily locally oriented , little in the way of national news except as it affects local area . |
| 21 | Go on I tell you what why do n't you flip it over and start on the other side , even though it says this side done , this is an old tape from a seismograph and er we were afraid to use it in our work but I think the sound 's alright on it , you flip it over and where it says this side down , put that side up and use the other half of the tape and let me hear your comments back . |
| 22 | Perhaps this a characteristic to be expected of a country where it is said that one person in every three is a civil servant and that it requires 72 government permits to open a mild bar . |
| 23 | In her foreword , Ruth Richardson , the Minister of Finance ( and not the most popular Kiwi politician ) , expresses it thus : ‘ The special advantages of accrual accounting are that it distinguishes between capital and current spending , and that it takes better account of the cost of current policies for future generations … |
| 24 | She points out that there are five thousand people on the waiting list wanting to take up a Body Shop franchise and that it takes three years before any of them succeed . |
| 25 | The guide-books say little : Samuel Wallis visited it and named it Boscawen Island , perhaps after the great admiral of Finisterre ; the best vanilla in the Pacific is grown there ; and it is rumoured that the finest kavo — that faintly narcotic drink prepared from the powdered root of a local pepper plant , and an important part of rituals and celebrations in the South Pacific — is Tafahi kava , and that it renders all Tafahians perpetually slightly dopey . |
| 26 | Make sure your contract is in writing and that it gives full details of prices , cancellation rights , guarantees — how long they last and when the work will be finished . |
| 27 | It is said that there is a spell within the music , and that they always spin it for the true heir , and that it protects that heir throughout his life . |
| 28 | Another indicator for the future of the book is a growing commitment across all age groups to lifelong self-improvement and a recognition in influential groups such as government and the media that the role of the book is not purely commercial , and that it conveys other advantages to society and must be regarded accordingly . |
| 29 | The UK government 's strategy for reducing carbon emissions has been attacked by environmentalists , who argue that it places too much reliance on voluntary action by industry and the presumed effect of market forces , and that it pays scant attention to the need for research into energy efficiency . |
| 30 | We have also made it absolutely clear that we will ensure that our deterrent is effective and absolutely credible , and that it puts real fear into any potential aggressor about the damage that he could suffer if he were to attack this country . |