Example sentences of "the [noun] [subord] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 He had initially been charged with assault and the rape indictment was added during the trial as it emerged that such a charge was appropriate .
2 Or in the case whether it changes or not , are not printed .
3 This was especially the case if it appeared that government legislation was being flouted .
4 There is more of a case for liberating animals from the wild when it seems that they will not meet the pitiless test of nature .
5 And I 'm scared of the light when it comes because I see things that are , like my face getting old .
6 Oh , no ; whatever it was wanted to introduce itself at some stage , because one night she was lying staring at the dark when it seemed as though her head simply filled out into a large horizon .
7 I stood staring at the jeep as it bumped and swayed over the uneven ground of the orchard until it reached the road and then disappeared in a cloud of dust .
8 Erm , I think probably I would support the recommendation as it stands because I do think that we need to have a trial to see if the end performance , and I very very much support the idea of the end performance , er in district .
9 ‘ No , this he threw back into the bushes when it snapped and turned in his hand .
10 An opportunity to discuss the difficulty over the telephone when it arises and to look for a means of reducing the effects of the crisis is the starting point .
11 The frisson that he caused was still sweeping through the gallery when it paused and then redoubled .
12 Although the wording of the Act suggests that it could be used in cases of abuse , it seems that there is such a general sense of unease about the law as it stands that some new and especially designed statute will be necessary for effective provision .
13 ( c ) Presumption of no order The court can not make an order under the Act unless it considers that this would be better for the child than making no order at all ( s1(5) ) .
14 Believing in her heart of hearts that Nancy would soften towards her and the child once it arrived and made a niche in her heart .
15 The judicial or administrative authority may also refuse to order the return of the child if it finds that the child objects to being returned and has attained the age and degree of maturity at which it is appropriate to take account of its views .
16 Re-assessment of the product choices confirms the requirement although it emerges that the surface material of the machine washed items is frequently aluminium so a non caustic machine detergent is specified .
17 She was prepared for the move when it came and followed Claudia Hamilton and the other ladies upstairs .
18 Thus if the goods are damaged or stolen this loss falls on the seller if it occurs before property has passed ; otherwise it falls on the buyer .
19 Zimerman 's , in particular , provides a memorably crystalline and trenchant communication of the score as it stands and his recording is surely among the most nobly austere , powerful and unadorned .
20 The loss of equilibrium is seen as being both a root cause of the crisis when it occurs and its manifestation .
21 What I intend to deal with is the record as it stands because anybody who 's going to argue a case against the decline of of any kind of system has to put the facts as they are , not as they would wish them to be , and I would argue that the legacy , before we can do that , the legacy which we inherited as a controlling group back in 1990 , is now a matter of record I would accept .
22 IF DODGE City and Tombstone had to wait for movie star-type heroes to save them from the outlaws who were over-running the communities , would they stand by the lawmen if it looked like the bad guys were n't going to stay beat ?
23 They grabbed the plank and shoved it out of the back of the cab until it tilted and swung down towards the floor .
24 In 1986 the Norwegian government had demanded the return of the water because it suspected that , contrary to the original agreement , it was not being used for peaceful purposes but for the manufacture of plutonium for nuclear weapons [ see p. 36942 ] .
25 No sooner had I thrown it into the toilet than it exploded and I was spattered with the pan 's contents .
26 They are , in fact , the beaches of ice-drained lakes left behind by successive falls in the glacier as it melted and was released from the valley at the end of the Ice Age .
27 They are strays , having been carried here by the glacier that once occupied Crummackdale as it retreated at the end of the Ice Age , scouring the ground as it departed and bringing down the boulders from their place of origin higher in the valley .
28 A running and ringing in the darkening afternoon , urgent voices on the phone and the grind and clang of the lift as it came and went .
29 Now whisk the mixture until it thickens and will hold a soft peak on the whisk .
30 and the moon starts coming across the sky as it does and it gets in the way of the sun .
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