Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When asked to clarify his intended future playing policy , he said : ‘ Have a look and see what the team does in Spain , see how it plays and then we 'll talk about it . ’ |
| 2 | Of course , in theory , the mirror image rule makes printed forms matter since it encourages or even forces parties receiving documents to read them carefully . |
| 3 | goes into this other resistor here , where it goes and then it flows round again . |
| 4 | If the rest of it goes as well then there 's every chance I 'll be forming a permanent group . |
| 5 | If it goes as well as expected , decisions will have to be made this year on how best to scale up the operation and where to site the next expansion , he said . |
| 6 | The group is still looking for possible partners for its optronics operations , though it insists that so far there have only been talks , not negotiations . |
| 7 | The group is still looking for possible partners for its optronics operations , though it insists that so far there have only been talks , not negotiations . |
| 8 | The distance from the Earth to the spacecraft can be determined very accurately from the time interval between sending a radio signal to the spacecraft , which it receives and immediately acknowledges by sending a signal to the Earth with its own radio , and the receipt on the Earth of the acknowledgement . |
| 9 | It thinks that even the IFC , particularly in the area of privatisation , is not adventurous enough . |
| 10 | They use instinct and spontaneity and when they practise something , they do so for the enjoyment it produces and thus it becomes more of a game than a practice . |
| 11 | Firstly , on how far it flies and secondly on its aesthetic value . |
| 12 | For example an R & ID department can specify " the resources it needs and even the direction of its work . |
| 13 | ‘ Anti-statist ’ ideas of consumerism and individual citizen responsibility may be respectable enough , but government seems to have not much further to say — beyond a vaguely humanitarian appeal to the ‘ social market ’ : it develops as yet publicly no vision of coherent aims , no serious analysis of pressing social and economic issues , their territories and their boundaries , no perception of the system flexibility that could satisfy both ideology and the real national need for effective progress . |
| 14 | I would n't disagree with Mr in what he said about the more cuts we have the better it looks and so it stands to reason it 's a question of cost . |
| 15 | Er they were very fair er if I may bring in er this has nothing to do with my er well no it has as well . |
| 16 | It noted that most headteachers feel that IT has as yet made little impact on formal education . |
| 17 | To find out what is distinctive about the style of a certain corpus or text we work out the frequencies of the features it contains and then measure these figures against equivalent figures which are " normal " for the language in question.The style is then to be measured in terms of deviations — either higher frequencies or lower frequencies — from the norm . |
| 18 | However , I do n't think it blends that well with the body shape : maybe a reverse idea would have suited better — or even , dare I say it , a rounded-off affair . |
| 19 | This cadaver will call for more extensive ‘ treatment ’ by the embalmer , due partly to the delay it causes and partly because what is perceived by him to be often unwarranted mutilation . |
| 20 | It warns that over 40 species of native flowers may be at risk , including such common examples as daffodils , bluebells and snowdrops . |
| 21 | It warns that ever more land will be needed for crop production , while the land surface is shrinking as a result of rising sea levels caused by global warming . |
| 22 | And right just there it hurts as well . |
| 23 | Okay now she 's off really quickly on a reach but she 's oversheeted , she 's got too much power there , she 's sheeting the sail in instead of easing it out until it flaps and then just pulling it in a little . |
| 24 | It happens that only the last of these verb phrases is standard English . |
| 25 | Erm it 's a difficult balance , change is very rarely popular and quite often it 's only ever talked about but sometimes it happens and even then it 's not popular but a balanced and open mind is required to approach change but perhaps more important , and this is n't always mentioned , suggestions about change tend to come from rather specific areas and there are rather specific interest groups which may start the process of change |
| 26 | If we are to find the answer to the problem of what gives stretches of language unity and meaning , we must look beyond the formal rules operating within sentences , and consider the people who use language , and the world in which it happens as well . |
| 27 | Erm one wonders whether that 's erm wise in the long term because once you 've closed down a coal mine of course you ca n't er re-open it very easily because the roof falls in and it floods and effectively you have to start again from er from scratch . |
| 28 | In regard to the 5th ( 349 yards ) , it quotes that twice in one day the Sonning Professional , Abe Mitchell , carried the bushes ‘ a clear carry of 305 yards over an obstacle at the end of the carry averaging 5ft. in height . |
| 29 | Even DEC may find that it may need to hang on to its V.3.2-level Ultrix rather longer than it intended : it says that so far about 500 of the 3,000 Ultrix applications are being converted for OSF/1 , which does n't sound like unbounded enthusiasm on the part of the industry . |
| 30 | It says that about 98,000 young people go missing annually , sometimes only for a short period . |