Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [noun] [subord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Britain joined under John Major as Chancellor , the Bundesbank thought the level was too high and was not prepared to support sterling when it came under pressure from speculators , he added . |
| 2 | The mass media should be free to expose torture before it became institutionalised . |
| 3 | But if you only had a small place it 'd be more economical to have labour than it would to buy paying out thousands of pounds for machines and |
| 4 | Bentham was perfectly willing to countenance torture if it would reveal information that would prevent more injury and suffering than was used in obtaining it ( Twining and Twining , 1973 ) . |
| 5 | On the wider issue , it has been made clear , not simply from what I have said but through what I have done over many years — in an earlier ministerial capacity and in my present one — that we are more than willing to take action where it is shown to be necessary , once we are sure that such action would be well-judged . |
| 6 | And in any case I am so angry — I have never been so angry ! — I am prepared to commit suicide if it would mean the end of your career ! |
| 7 | Some have become prepared to forgo promotion if it means too much disruption of home and family and if they personally do not want the commuting life . |
| 8 | The Bank of England , as lender of the last resort , is always prepared to lend cash if it is demanded . |
| 9 | It 's easy to mistake people if it 's half light . ’ |
| 10 | It is as easy to knock Allen as it is to knock the cults he embraced . |
| 11 | He attacks oralism as an additional depriving agent since it insists on having no further stimulation other than speech , when it is the language stimulation which is most important not the modality of stimulation . |
| 12 | It 's less usual to enjambe stanzas than it is to enjambe lines and it creates this continuous flow . |
| 13 | Firstly , Baxter could not see how it was possible to avoid Antinomianism if it was accepted that Christ died for the actual sins of His people . |
| 14 | This is particularly likely to provoke hostility when it is believed that there is an element of wilfulness in the old person 's responses . |
| 15 | The Commission is only likely to open proceedings if it has serious concerns about the impact of the merger on competition in the EC . |
| 16 | By contrast , the Corinthians passage in which Paul speaks of male headship , and in which it is said that women should be silent ( a verse which is probably an interpolation and does not owe to Paul ) , he is concerned with a practical situation which has arisen , a situation in which the church , still insecure in a pagan world , was likely to cause scandal if it departed too far from social convention — and his concern is that it should not unnecessarily put itself in jeopardy . |
| 17 | The rule of course has in many senses a more restricted application than nuisance ; there must be an accumulation , and it must be of a substance likely to cause injury if it escapes , neither of which is essential to liability in nuisance . |
| 18 | ‘ We think that the true rule of law is , that the person who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes , must keep it in at his peril , and , if he does not do so , is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape . ’ |
| 19 | Viscount Simon stated that Rylands v. Fletcher is conditioned by two elements which he called ( a ) ‘ the condition of ‘ escape ’ from the land of something likely to do mischief if it escapes , ’ and ( b ) ‘ the condition of ‘ non-natural ’ use of the land . ’ |
| 20 | The rule as originally formulated refers to a person who for his own purposes brings on to his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes . |
| 21 | Feedback is easier to accept if you can do something constructive once you have got it ; if you know how to develop yourself , you are more likely to welcome feedback when it is offered and also more likely to solicit it actively . |
| 22 | It would not be consistent with the obligation for a national court to be subject to a precondition such as a requirement that it may not look behind the text of a national implementing measure unless it is first found to be ambiguous . |
| 23 | Nigel caught up with me and I was glad to have company as it can get spooky in the half-light . |
| 24 | It might be said that if the police are aware that the procession is likely to take place because it has occurred in the past , the ‘ triggering ’ justification for requiring advance notice is satisfied , and the chief of police could require compliance by indicating to those who have organised such marches on previous occasions that he is prepared to use his powers under section 12 to ensure co-operation if necessary . |
| 25 | ‘ But we do n't fling half bricks into the water because that is as likely to endanger fish as it is anybody else . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ My grandmama says , ’ remarked Emily , ‘ that it 's unlucky to use sage when it 's blooming . |
| 27 | We 're happy to stick pretension where it belongs . |
| 28 | The good librarian is sensitive to individual difference , omnivorously interested in all areas of knowledge and in all problems of access to it , politely at ease with people , able to assert authority when it is required , and to employ systematic thinking in relation to all aspects of his work . |
| 29 | The second point is that , in the Hedley Byrne case , the bank providing the advice was able to escape liability because it had printed a clear disclaimer on the information excluding legal responsibility for the advice . |
| 30 | Since it is just as important to press foliage as it is flowers if you want to create realistic pressed pictures , you should carefully consider what sort of foliage to grow . |