Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] it [vb mod] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It hurt Emmie less than it would once have done . |
| 2 | But the Protestant Elizabeth , the queen whom he thought he was flattering by likening her to Deborah ( the prophetess who , with the help of the Lord , saved Israel from the Canaanites ) , was never to forgive him , and this ensured that his role in the years of success for the Scottish Protestants after 1560 was less than it might otherwise have been . |
| 3 | Unless you change it So whilst it may well represent , you know , a fair percentage of the client 's salary today , ten years down the line , it 's perhaps not gon na represent anywhere near the same percentage . |
| 4 | Clarity , which anticipated becoming that magical $100m company , has been criticized for putting in a $100m company 's infrastructure complete with six vice presidents long before it could financially justify it . |
| 5 | I asked him whether he felt that this work fed off the troubled times in Belfast , and if so whether it could also have a more universal appeal . |
| 6 | The problem with pen computing , as Nick Eades , IBM 's brand manager for portables , is the first to point out , is that the handwriting recognition software needs to be a whole lot better before it can really appeal to the masses . |
| 7 | For instance , a very good way is to make everything you do take twice as long as it would normally take you . |
| 8 | ‘ All the evidence points to the fact that if people get the right advice at the right time , creditors are more likely to get what is owed to them , even though it may take longer than it would originally have done . |
| 9 | People can plan their affairs with more confidence if they have more guidance about when and how the state will intervene , and the community will therefore be better off if it can reasonably look to past judicial decisions to predict future ones . |
| 10 | I would feel very happy that there was an under , under provision if I , if I refer to the agenda item twelve , where it says if I read it right that there is twenty three point six percent industrial floor space unoccupied at present and I would have thought it was crazy to start er erm coming up and building even more cos it will just put that figure up will it not ? |
| 11 | Some reports suggest that OSF members are reluctant to fund ANDF any further because it will inevitably dim their distinguishing marks . |
| 12 | The system was the last shadow of the original shield in space , pursued partly because it contained exciting high technology , partly because it might possibly offer some worthwhile advantages , and partly because it could be used to show that Mr Bush had not turned his back on Mr Reagan 's dream . |
| 13 | A simple replicator , whether gene or meme , can not be expected to forgo short-term selfish advantage even if it would really pay it , in the long term , to do so . |
| 14 | Uk Brother owners please note — the next time you phone Manchester , be thankful that there is someone to answer your problem , even if it may occasionally take a couple of days when all the staff are at a show . |
| 15 | James Loch , Edinburgh lawyer and Commissioner for Stafford 's Sutherland estates , reassured his master that : ‘ The adoption of the new system , by which the mountainous districts are converted into sheep pastures , even if it should unfortunately occasion the emigration of some individuals , is , upon the whole , advantageous to the nation at large . ’ |
| 16 | If you 've got a per perfectly good answer , do n't start writing a load of waffle as well because it 'll only detract from your mark . |
| 17 | It should be plain that cases such as this require urgent , expert medical attention for which Arnica is no substitute even though it may well help . |
| 18 | My second example of an evolutionary progression that did n't happen because of disadvantageous intermediates , even though it might ultimately have turned out better if it had , concerns the retina of our eyes ( and all other vertebrates ) . |
| 19 | ( Inexplicably , Labour supported this amendment , even though it could only benefit the Tories . ) |
| 20 | It is obscured to some extent by the heavily didactic purpose of Masterman Ready and this may partly account for the fact that young readers have always claimed the adult novel , Mr Midshipman Easy , as their own , even though it must always have made considerable demands on their reading skills and their understanding . |
| 21 | Of course , we know that an income figure for the defence budget could not yield the kind of information that it would yield in a profit-oriented organization , not least because it would simply yield a huge ‘ loss ’ ! |
| 22 | The players have a noisy control over their actions , this means B t is unable to monitor A's actions precisely as it can only observe the realization . |
| 23 | I think we need to , for th this time round because it 'll soon get , you know |
| 24 | In Scotia and in Orkney , the work went on as fast as resources would allow , and more speedily than it might once have done because of the cleared roads and the stations of help that now existed through the newborn network of local churches and local leadership . |