Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] it [is] [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What judgements could the audience be asked to pass when it is played back ? |
| 2 | Milk distribution would work in the same way in that as long as the milk is put into the system at one point , it does not matter where it is taken out . ’ |
| 3 | The transponders can sound an alarm if the animal is killed and can also be implanted in the rhino 's horn , allowing it , and the poachers , to be tracked if it is cut off . |
| 4 | Use that ‘ eye ’ to hold the end of the Spectra line as it is pulled back through the length of the braid until an inch or 25mm emerges . |
| 5 | Sapphire , the Black woman who is light-skinned enough to pass for White is pregnant by her White fiance ’ , but again the child does not appear as it is annihilated along with its mother . |
| 6 | Any programme targeted on an explicit need can be justified if it is followed through with adequate resources . |
| 7 | In the academic world there is a feeling that nothing exists until it is written down . |
| 8 | However , this is easily corrected when it is pointed out that the Bible refers to God , himself , as a helper . |
| 9 | The infinitive 's meaning-capacity in its " bare " use is therefore no different from that observed when it is preceded by to . |
| 10 | The computer , which of course does n't find it at all funny , needs to guess what it is , and needs to rely not just on sentence structure but also on general knowledge about heads , grenades and buckets of sand — general knowledge that computers do n't have unless it is built in to them . |
| 11 | It is not love if it is locked up in the vaults of our dreams for a better world and a happier life . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Local people know the history of their surroundings well enough , but visitors may not recognise land that has been reclaimed unless it is pointed out to them . |
| 14 | But in the Arctic , summer is just past its peak , with the pack ice as far north as it is likely to be , although in a month the first skin of new ice will tinkle and shimmer as it is broken up by the morning breeze . |
| 15 | A pronunciation of a word is said to be assembled when it is built up piecemeal from its component letters . |
| 16 | A simple test is whether you can hear the very high pitched whistle a television makes when it is switched off . |