Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] it [verb] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , these major faults tend to be discontinuous and curved in plan and it seems that main boundary listric faults alternate along rift valleys and are separated by transfer faults ( Fig. 4.10 ) . |
| 2 | The official compilation was of moment because it ensured that certain general claims of the papacy , and the specific reasons for these claims , were not lost sight of in the later history of the papacy . |
| 3 | Conceptually it was tempting to argue that greater flexibility would allow the sentencing court more discretion if it concluded that full suspension could not be justified , but that a brief experience of imprisonment might have some deterrent effect without first offenders remaining long enough in prison to become acclimatized . |
| 4 | The decision marks a significant development because it shows that national copyright law can not be used to justify conduct which is incompatible with the objectives of Article 86 . |
| 5 | Yet paradoxically in 1956 it was the British government which chose to embark upon a high-risk and impulsive policy once it believed that fundamental national interests were at stake . |
| 6 | This regulation of registration often causes bad feeling because it means that Chinese people friendly with foreigners are easily recognised and traced . |
| 7 | In general , such an injunction will be granted only when offences have been committed in the past and it appears that mere prosecution will not deter further breaches of the law in the future . |
| 8 | There was no time for him to get up the steps and past the door before it opened and deadly talons reached for him in the darkness . |
| 9 | Although Tramways Nos. 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 of the 1902 Act , the Mitcham Sutton line , were accepted , there was much objection from frontagers , particularly at the Sutton end and it appeared that single track would be necessary at Rose Hill , where the road was in a cutting . |
| 10 | Some firms that make TV sets like the idea of the tree and branch system because it means that profitable electronics must be built into the receivers which they sell . |
| 11 | The importance of the decision lies in the fact that it indicated that natural justice applied to all decisions affecting a person 's rights irrespective of the form of the decision-making process or the nature of the body entrusted with the decision . |