Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun sg] [vb -s] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | People do not always observe the principle , of course , but where a speaker flouts it , the hearer will suspect she has a reason . |
| 2 | This states that whatever the forms , organization and functions that a company believes it has , unless these correspond to the norms and expectations of the local culture they will remain purely superficial window dressing . |
| 3 | Enter the fax modem — it has no scanning stage ; instead it generates the fax image electronically from data that an application thinks it is printing . |
| 4 | Once a bacterium has appeared on the screen , it remains there until a protozoon approaches it and eats it . |
| 5 | If a thief steals it , you could be giving him an open invitation to your home ! |
| 6 | If a character picks it up , then all hell is suddenly let loose ( so to speak ) . |
| 7 | If a firm considers it will have to spend too much to comply with the statutory requirements it can appeal to the Secretary of State . |
| 8 | Lying next to it is a Wand of Fear which extracts a special cost for use : if a spellcaster picks it up , it drains one point of T permanently from that spellcaster and is then attuned to him , and will function normally . |
| 9 | ‘ If a girl returns it to you , good and well ; though a jeweller will not give you as much as you paid for it . |
| 10 | If a child has it for the first ten years hardly anything else matters . |
| 11 | And the pressure remained at the top : no access to the old boys ' clubs or men 's rooms for deal-making , and the constant reminder that ‘ if a man fails it 's because he 's inadequate , but if a female does it 's because of her sex . ’ |
| 12 | In actual fact , if a court finds it hard to know whether a particular situation comes within the words of a statute or not , the probability is the situation was not foreseen by the legislature , so that the Lords and Members of Parliament would be just as puzzled by it as the judges are . |
| 13 | The advantage for the butterfly is that if a bird seizes it by the wings , and is reminded of some earlier unpleasant experience with the species and its toxin , it will release the insect unharmed : a bluejay that has never seen a monarch butterfly will readily catch and eat it ; but within 15–30 minutes the toxins in the butterfly 's body cause the bird to vomit , and one such encounter is sufficient to make a bluejay avoid monarchs thereafter . |
| 14 | If a teacher leaves it up to the pupils to work on their own initiative , will they miss out on essential skills while coming to grips with being responsible for their own learning ? |
| 15 | And the pressure remained at the top : no access to the old boys ' clubs or men 's rooms for deal-making , and the constant reminder that ‘ if a man fails it 's because he 's inadequate , but if a female does it 's because of her sex . ’ |
| 16 | Er usually if a baby cries it 's usually trying to tell you something er and if , if by the time three or four weeks is up er you , you find out wh wh you know if there is anything wrong . |
| 17 | If a disaster occurs it will be easy to disinfect the area thoroughly . |
| 18 | If a commander thinks it essential to destroy something right away , he will still send bombers . |
| 19 | Even if an installation finds it convenient to use one of the smaller operating systems for much of its work , it may he possible to switch to an operating system that provides the extra facility to handle variable-length records , just for those files that need it . |
| 20 | I want to use plastic cladding but a friend says it will soon crack . |
| 21 | It 's wrong to assume that just because a cream says it contains plant extracts it 's better for your skin . |
| 22 | Incontinence may be caused by disease or infection , or because a person finds it difficult to reach or use a toilet . |
| 23 | The assertion that a trust is valid because a testator wants it to be is misleading . |
| 24 | In deciding whether a contract exists it was stressed in Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Malaysian Mining Corp [ 1987 ] 1 WLR 799 and Edwards v Skyways Limited [ 1964 ] 1All ER 494 that a court will seek to ascertain what common intentions should be ascribed to the parties from the terms of the documents in question and the surrounding circumstances . |
| 25 | Before a fight begins it is extremely important that the fighters express respect for each other and for the officials judging them . |
| 26 | If we accept the Jefkins definition , then we must also accept its further implication — ‘ that PR exists whether an organisation likes it or not ’ . |
| 27 | If this is the decision , then such a way of life can be specified as Godly and incorporated into the Created God for as long as a consensus desires it . |
| 28 | The new foam , which the government Property Services Agency developed , is impregnated with a high-alumina product which forms water vapour as soon as a flame touches it . |
| 29 | Animals give the appearance of having been designed by a theoretically sophisticated and practically ingenious physicist or engineer , but there is no suggestion that the bats themselves know or understand the theory in the same sense as a physicist understands it . |
| 30 | But education , like medicine , is only useful when a person needs it , and the people here do n't need it . |