Example sentences of "and [conj] it [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Tell yourself that this is a habit which is going to change your life forever , and that it is going to bring you the health , fitness and slimness that you deserve . |
| 32 | Training Services in my constituency last week and that its programme is already providing an environmental study centre at Basildon zoo , a garden for St. Luke 's hospice at Basildon hospital and recreational facilities for the Charitable Printers Trust and that it is restoring old churches in my constituency ? |
| 33 | Kappeller argues that pornography should be analysed as representation , and that it is degrading to women . |
| 34 | Digital Equipment Corp says that its Alpha second source agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Corp is not an exclusive pact and that it is talking with other firms that may become second sources of the chip ; ‘ We are not looking for a large number of semiconductor partners , however we are having discussions with other semiconductor companies ; those relationships could happen at various levels , ’ — DEC may still seek other firms to design versions without the marketing that Mitsubishi is providing . |
| 35 | Is the Secretary of State aware that the United States still appears to be at war with Vietnam and that it is blocking all aid and trade in the International Monetary Fund and World bank and through misuse of the COCOM regulations ? |
| 36 | It seems clear that the Crown had greater powers of nomination in the more newly established institutions , that within all departments it was more likely to nominate to the most recently created offices , and that it was trying , with some measure of success , to extend its powers . |
| 37 | US intelligence had estimated that North Korea could have nuclear weapons ready by 1993 and that it was taking action to hide the existence of components from possible international inspection . |
| 38 | Boris Becker recently expressed the view that there was too much money in tennis and that it was ruining the game — a view of course that it is much easier to make objectively once you have £5m in the bank . |
| 39 | Only the walls heard this delirious talk , but I was suddenly seized by a guilty fear , and became convinced that the two children were taking it in and that it was ringing in Aisha 's ears at work , and I rushed to pack my suitcase before she came back . |
| 40 | THE shares of Quicks Group raced ahead 22 to 90p yesterday after the Manchester-based car distributor announced a return to the black in 1991 and that it was maintaining its dividend total at 3p , with a 2p final on July 10 . |
| 41 | Opponents claimed that HDZ policies were reminiscent of the fascist ustasha government which had ruled Croatia during the Second World War , and that it was receiving funds from ustasha emigré organizations . |
| 42 | and used steel cans and that it was costing them less to use that than it was to use |
| 43 | One punter refers to a typically fateful day : 1 August 1988 - " … the day I returned from a holiday abroad , Harvard telephoned me out of the blue ( 8th April 1986 ) , and a chap who sounded like an enthusiastic young cockney told me how wonderful Towerbell was and that it was going places with top stars in tow ! " |
| 44 | I thought — it was silly I know , but I thought perhaps seeing Aubrey had reminded you of Madeleine and that it was going to be as awful as it was when you came back from England after that holiday . |
| 45 | In hospital they told me they were going to do a routine examination and that it was going to be a twist in the scrotum or it was going to be a tumour ; and it might be benign or it might be malignant . |
| 46 | I felt very positive about it and that it was coming out the way we hoped it would . |
| 47 | He had no doubt it was one of the verderers ' horses and that it was dying ; indeed , even as he watched it the spasmodic movements seemed weaker and less purposeful . |
| 48 | The Body Shop had brought a complaint against the Board , claiming that it was prejudging the Commission 's view , and that it was paying too much attention to industrial lobby groups and not enough to the concerns of consumers and environmental organisations . |
| 49 | Mr Mallory perceived that his ice was warm and half melted inside its chocolate coating , and that it was dripping on to his new suit . |
| 50 | My horror at the fact that it was not unpleasant , that I was almost enjoying it , and that it was killing me . |
| 51 | Mary felt that it was too much of an intervention , operators and technicians floating around trying to get mikes here and that it was distracting … she decided it might be more useful to try and fix the camera . |
| 52 | In the end I saw that there was no way he would accept this treatment , and that it was doing both of us more harm than good . |
| 53 | The press notice showed different things — that output was growing , that it was standing still and that it was falling . |
| 54 | So central government gets drawn in willy-nilly ; and once it is handing out money , it will want to have some say over how it is spent . |
| 55 | If it 's sunny , fine , and if it 's raining , it 's a chore to walk the dogs . |
| 56 | And if it 's costing too much how about offering some of those giveaway subsidies ? |
| 57 | And if it 's freestanding then you ca n't have coalescence , acceptable or otherwise surely , can you . |
| 58 | And if it 's coming from the farthest reaches of space — where the tide of expansion flows really fast-it will still not have reached us — even though it started out on its journey at the beginning of the Universe , thousands of millions of years ago . ’ |
| 59 | It 's a lonely spot , and if it 's walking you want , Moila is such a small island , and once you have been round it , you have seen it all . |
| 60 | And if it 's going to be relevant , from July onwards if Paul 's talking about moving into different premises , |