Example sentences of "[to-vb] [subord] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If a child ca n't see how it 's performing , ’ demanded Mr Stannard , ‘ how 's it to know if it 's doing well or not ? |
| 2 | We 've never admitted involvement , neither has he , I want to know if it 's going to stay that way . |
| 3 | look 's like that an all , I want to know if it 's going in weekly or monthly |
| 4 | Critical consents are those which it is essential for the purchaser to obtain if it is to conduct the business after completion . |
| 5 | Controversial figures in public life , such as Winston Churchill , Richard Nixon , Indira Gandhi , Martin Luther King , T. S. Eliot and many others , will probably attract biographers for years to come because it is felt that there are still new things to be said about them , new perspectives from which their work can be seen , and new interpretations of politics or the arts in which their contributions should be judged . |
| 6 | Well we know how to , how to work when it 's add . |
| 7 | What judgements could the audience be asked to pass when it is played back ? |
| 8 | This will make it easier to clean once it is soiled . |
| 9 | While none of these may suffer from ‘ absolute deprivation ’ ( a term that is anyway difficult to define unless it is meant to refer to circumstances in which people literally have no food , shelter and clothing ) , clearly many are unlikely to be enjoying an ‘ average ’ or ‘ normal ’ standard of living . |
| 10 | That is the bit to destroy as it is stopping the development of the picture . |
| 11 | It then starts off on another ‘ rodent-run ’ , watching to see if it is followed . |
| 12 | Let's say the next letter is e ( i.e. candidate string be ) — look down the 5th of the 26 pointers from the ‘ b ’ node to see if it is set , and so on , until the end of the candidate string is reached . |
| 13 | Every time it rains you look out the window to see if it 's going to happen again . |
| 14 | The modem has no on/off switch and relies on detecting the state of the DTR line ( pin 20 ) to see if it 's required . |
| 15 | In case they do n't want to handle because it 's going to , yeah and it 's gon na get it 's just a backup for Works |
| 16 | COATS Viyella , the textile group which expects to hear whether it is allowed to take over rival Tootal in the next few days , has sold its medical businesses to Pharma-Plast Holdings for £12m . |
| 17 | Men of science want to know everything there is to know , do everything there is to do whether it 's turning a cow into beef burgers in 10 minutes flat or creating the ‘ ultimate ’ erotic experience ; men do it all in the name of progress . |
| 18 | The DPP will face one of 4 choices , not to proceed because of lack of evidence , not to proceed because it 's deemed not to be in the public interest , to issue a caution , or to sanction a prosecution . |
| 19 | But the process is not so hard to understand once it is remembered that nationalism is a political emotion that was not often felt before the old feudal leaders of countries outside Europe had been conquered and replaced by Europeans . |
| 20 | ‘ It would be impossible to consider moving with the clause in place and there are other factors to consider if it is removed . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Purposive sampling ’ occurs when a researcher chooses a particular group or place to study because it is known to be of the type that is wanted . |
| 22 | Once it is determined that a particular exclusion clause is not invalidated under fiduciary law , it is then necessary to consider whether it is affected by the common law and statutory restrictions on exclusion clauses generally . |
| 23 | According to the Post , the government watchdog took the step because it is battling with the two companies over discount and marketing data , which it reckons it needs in order to determine whether it is paying fair prices for computer products . |
| 24 | AS COST EFFECTIVE TO RUN AS IT IS TO INSTALL . |
| 25 | Little things left to build up cause long-term resentment , and this is very difficult to disperse once it is established . |
| 26 | The assets and debts belong to the company which continues to exist until it is dissolved . |
| 27 | The church has had to decide whether it 's going to be on the side of the rich , the landowners , the establishment , who are a very small minority , or the poor , and generally speaking over the last fifteen or twenty years in Latin America it 's opted to be on the side of the poor and underprivileged , and theology has grown out of that terribly real situation , not something you learn from books , but something you do because you do n't have enough food in your belly , you ca n't provide for your family , the father 's been locked up , and that kind of theology , that kind of understanding of God , is really rather alien , I think , still to the kind of concerns most Europeans will have because they do n't face those very extreme conditions . |
| 28 | Alameda has worked with the navy for a long time , and 8,000 jobs would go if it closed ; Everett expects 6,000 sailors and their families to arrive when it is finished , and has built most of the infrastructure . |
| 29 | A second principle is that a difficult task ( and nobody doubts that dieting can be very difficult ) is far easier to accomplish if it is broken down into small , manageable pieces . |
| 30 | The chaffinch must have opportunity to learn if it is to sing the normal song rather than the crude version . |