Example sentences of "[adj] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words : " if it looks different it must be of the same age " , and " if it looks the same it must be diachronous " . |
| 2 | And yet he could see how different it must have looked in the summer , how it would have appealed to Alex at the beginning of his supposed new start , and to Lesley-Jane in the throes of her first grown-up affair . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's a gesture of faith ; that one day my life will be so different it will be an appropriate garment . |
| 4 | I mean it could have been different it could have got out of control and then everybody would have turned and pointed a finger and that would have been awful . |
| 5 | In fact if one thing marks out a Christian as being different it should be this thing called ‘ love ’ . |
| 6 | BORIS Yeltsin , the Russian President , suffered two serious blows last night when the country 's highest parliament voted to strip him of direct control of the government by July , and Ukraine made clear it would not ratify a landmark arms treaty between the United States and the former Soviet Union . |
| 7 | In your letter you made it quite clear it would be no love match . ’ |
| 8 | Undaunted , the SMMB made it clear it would not alter its proposals . |
| 9 | But they made clear it would not be a factor in the final decision about where to place the Trident work . |
| 10 | BA had made it clear it would drop the deal if the merger was referred to the commission or bound by conditions . |
| 11 | Yeah , if that was where that garage is and all of this was clear it 'd be great would n't it ! |
| 12 | The Government has made it clear it will — when practical — implement the Law Commission 's proposals for the reform of the law of domicile . |
| 13 | As further factors become clear it will be necessary to review further the Control and Collection Sections and if necessary to present further reports to the Committee during 1993 . |
| 14 | The releases could be part of China 's bid to sway the International Olympic Committee to award the 2000 Olympics to Beijing , which has made clear it will do anything to win the Games . |
| 15 | On Friday night Sir Hector made it clear it must separate its milk selling from its milk buying . |
| 16 | It also became clear it could take two or three days of fierce ministerial talks to sort out the division of the £244.5 billion public spending cake . |
| 17 | I believe in giving pleasure whenever I can , however transitory it might be . |
| 18 | He still does n't know how much more smashing it might have been . |
| 19 | I love to anthropomorphise animals , because however patronising it may be , I think it 's still the best way of getting people to relate to them . |
| 20 | No drain should pass under a building , but where this is unavoidable it must be specially protected by encasing in concrete and supported against settlement where it passes through a wall or foundation . |
| 21 | Since reform was now unavoidable it must be made certain that Ireland would be included under the redistribution clauses and that the House of Lords should be restored to entrench resistance to Labour . |
| 22 | Diana had known she was marrying into a close family , but she was unprepared for how claustrophobic it would be , or how dull she would find long spells in their company , with their passion for dogs and horses . |
| 23 | If the drop is almost perfectly spherical it may magnify too much . |
| 24 | The final point to be made is that the local researcher should trust his instinct , and if something ‘ feels ’ wrong it may well actually be wrong , and with diligence can be so proved . |
| 25 | Another way of expressing the same idea is that logic is like kicking a ball — it may go in a straight line , but if the direction is wrong it will not help the team to win the game . |
| 26 | ‘ Vengeance , ’ said Huy , meaning it , but speaking the word before he realised how theatrical it must sound . |
| 27 | Half an hour on this beach ( so fresh it could be arrested for harassment ) and it 's up to the slotties . |
| 28 | I was thinking how funny it would be if I had switched the smoked salmon for ham . |
| 29 | Then Monks said that he had all Oliver 's money safely now , but how funny it would be if the boy went to prison for stealing , after his father 's unfair will . ’ |
| 30 | I do n't mind Come Up and See Me being released ; God willing it will go high enough for them to invite me on Top Of The Pops ! |