Example sentences of "it [conj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Changing the technology in an organisation may have no impact unless there is a willingness on the part of staff to adapt to it or unless the operating processes take account of the increased speed of communications that new technology can allow . |
| 2 | They may chug along believing that structure is all there is to it or that a combination of structure and roles is the answer . |
| 3 | But he added : ‘ Why is it that while the means for achieving happiness have never been greater , the incidence of stress and depression also seems to be greater than ever before ? ’ |
| 4 | Tradition had it that if the corn-dolly reached the following year 's harvest intact , it augured well for the farm in the year to come . |
| 5 | ‘ We call it that because the body only produces it at night , ’ says pioneering researcher Dr Alfred Lewy of the Oregon Health Sciences Uni-versity in America . |
| 6 | Or is it that When the vile or appalling ‘ lies quite close , but can not be assimilated … at the border of my condition as a living being ’ ( Julia Kristeva ) , what is produced is a momentarily heightened sense of one 's own aliveness , teetering on the brink of extinction ? |
| 7 | Why is it that when the time comes to refit the kitchen or bathroom , replace the lounge suite , plan the family holiday , or an irresistible opportunity arises to indulge in one of your hobbies , you invariably find yourself short of money ? |
| 8 | It was the very symbol of wealth , and yet tradition had it that when the fish swam up-river in great numbers it was a harbinger of social unrest . |
| 9 | ‘ You can see from it that as the market has changed , so we have changed our services to meet the market needs . |
| 10 | The mirror image of a helix is a precise replica of it except that no amount of turning will allow you to superimpose one on the other . |
| 11 | Mrs Leather gave a similar instance of jading a horse from Herefordshire but without deducing anything from it except that the old woman concerned was thought to be a witch . |
| 12 | The hut seemed to be as he had last seen it except that the settee had been pulled out from the wall to the centre of the room . |
| 13 | You should gybe well in front of it and once the turn is completed look behind for your wave . |
| 14 | My view was that we should examine whether the money was reaching those that most needed it and whether the priorities of the system laid down in 1945 were still the same . |
| 15 | He should make it known within the company that this is one of his priorities , that the whole board supports it and that a percentage of the profits should be devoted to it . |
| 16 | She was quite mature in her answers , and as you will see from Document A , sir , the Visitor got the impression — we have to rely on their experience in this sort of judgement — ; that she was more or less in command of the situation and had gained poise and experience from it and that a second traumatic removal from what in fact was a secure home for her would at this stage do more harm than good , especially as the relationship between the girl and her father was not good . |
| 17 | It shows that they must have it and that an exception is not improbable but impossible . |
| 18 | Perhaps it will make dealing with such a situation a little easier if we realise that there really is a reason for it and that the way in which we handle it may well go a long way towards aiding our spiritual development . |
| 19 | ‘ But now I 'm glad I went through with it and that the jury believed me , ’ she said . |
| 20 | He said he was not satisfied that the fire had been started deliberately , let alone who might have started it and that the scientific evidence was ‘ underlined by a number of assumptions which have been shown to be totally false ’ . |
| 21 | Darlington argues persuasively that Marx believed the process of evolution to be by direct Lamarkian and not by indirect Darwinian , or selective means : that is to say , that the environment in which individuals found themselves operated directly upon them to adjust them to it and that the adjustments were transmitted by them to the next generation ; and not that , fortuitous mutations having occurred in the genetic package , they would when favourable equip the mutant for greater success in the given environment than the unmutated form could achieve . |
| 22 | It would be nice to think that this presentation is the end of it and that the client says " Go ahead " , and the agency produces the campaign . |
| 23 | On 29 October representatives of Norwich were informed at a meeting of Mr. Wells ' opinion and grounds for it and that the board of Lautro would meet on the following day to consider a written report by Mr. Wells upon the business undertaken by Winchester . |
| 24 | On 29 October representatives of Norwich were informed at a meeting of Mr. Wells ' opinion and grounds for it and that the board of Lautro would meet on the following day to consider a written report by Mr. Wells upon the business undertaken by Winchester . |
| 25 | France prepared one , hoping that Russia would reject it and that the Habsburg Empire would join the western powers . |
| 26 | ‘ Everyone is talking about it and before the pictures come out you can bet all the top designers will be using rope . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Is a trial judge entitled to refuse to permit the Crown to discontinue a prosecution after the Crown has called evidence which in his judgment could properly sustain a conviction if the jury believed it and before the case for the Crown has been closed , provided he has first ascertained in the absence of the jury that the Crown were not in possession of facts of which the judge is unaware , which would justify discontinuance ; and when counsel for the Crown decides to take no further part in the case , to call himself the one remaining prosecution witness whose evidence was merely to produce signed and initialled notes of an interview the police had with the defendant ? |
| 28 | In the morning we had difficulty getting the camels down to the lake ; we then followed the stream that flowed out of it and after a short march camped not far from an Adoimara village . |
| 29 | I do not write to you because you do not know the truth but because you do know that it and because no lie comes from that truth . |
| 30 | Papers with substantial circulation in ILR areas were guaranteed a shareholding if they wanted it and if the IBA felt their advertising revenue might be hit . |