Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [adj] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is therefore in the artist 's interest to avoid using fixative on a finished drawing where possible because it tends to flatten the surface of the pastels . |
| 2 | This , however , can not be correct since section 36A , inserted by the 1989 Act , provides that a company need not have a common seal and that whether it has or not ‘ a document signed by a director and the secretary of the company or by two directors and expressed ( in whatever form of words ) to be executed by the company has the same effect as if executed under the common seal of the company . ’ |
| 3 | She had taken after her father , Astrid said , that dogginess — always going after a stick , leaping high to please the thrower , waggingly racing back with it and repeating the action as long as it pleased . |
| 4 | Beyond that was a stable , with the horse standing there indifferently , uncaring what passed before its eyes as long as it had food . |
| 5 | It was a second or two before it opened and when it did her lips parted silently . |
| 6 | I am still 100 per cent behind Credit Management and all that it stands for . |
| 7 | One planning officer commented that ‘ probably no planning circular and all that it implies has ever been so popular with the public . |
| 8 | This was not primarily due to some old-fashioned desire to pile up reserves , however comforting that might be for central bankers and useful when it came to securing influence by making loans to weaker countries . |
| 9 | Given the flexibility of concepts such as ‘ asking the wrong question ’ a court can always categorise an error as jurisdictional if it wishes to intervene . |
| 10 | It will continue all through marriage as long as it has a good foundation of friendship . |
| 11 | Oh well , I do n't know then , but I know she used to live in Spotter 's Wood cos erm they showed that , you see , she showed her this thing , a dog license and that and it said like , the dog and it had the dog 's history on it . |
| 12 | They 'd just been told the George Hotel was n't important enough to be listed , but the protestors vowed to physically stop the demolition team if necessary and it looked as if they had the backing of the Planning Authority . |
| 13 | Plenty of clever , talented children seem to make slow progress at learning skills which they know their parents care about — like reading — while showing remarkable confidence and daring when it comes to the things their parents ignore , like swinging upside down , or building complicated models out of Lego . |
| 14 | Advertising is a one-way hard-sell in a political campaign and can be a good motivator as long as it does n't try to sell the voter something his guts tell him is n't true . |
| 15 | Therefore , in principle , it is quite acceptable to write a novel about a secret agent in the style of Ian Fleming as long as it does not contain copies of parts of James Bond novels . |
| 16 | From July 22 , EC Directive 2092/91 comes into force , making it an offence to describe a wine as organic unless it has been approved by a governing body , itself approved by the EC . |
| 17 | Cook for a minute or two until it begins to set , then stir gently to lightly scramble . |
| 18 | The coat colour can be all white , blue , blue roan or pied and it owes this variety to the Shorthorn ; the ‘ blue ’ is the equivalent of the Shorthorn 's roan . |
| 19 | There were some attempts at consultation , notably with Commonwealth finance ministers in 1947 and 1949 , but the relationship is perhaps symbolized by the fact that the RSA countries were not consulted on devaluation in 1949 , simply informed of the decision a day or two before it took place . |
| 20 | Water the plant well and keep warm and shaded for a day or two while it settles down . |
| 21 | And if it was just exhausted , it was simply a question of postponing his own ploughing and resting it up for a day or two until it had regained its appetite and its strength . |
| 22 | The judgment was the first major decision on the issue since the Supreme Court 's June 29 decision , in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey , upholding the constitutional right to abortion but accepting a state 's right to restrict access to abortion as long as it did not place an " undue burden " on those seeking a termination [ see pp. 38954-55 ] . |
| 23 | The question of the uniqueness of the initial conditions is closely related to that of the arbitrariness of the local physical laws : One would not regard a theory as complete if it contained a number of adjustable parameters such as masses or coupling constants that could be given any values one liked . |
| 24 | This contains nuclear weapons , but is believed by Norway not to present a threat to the environment as long as it remains on the seabed and does not break up . |
| 25 | This is something more than a mere disturbance of the public calm or quiet but it appears that in the context of public order , the element of violence deemed essential in R. v. Howell ( C.A. , 1982 ) , in relation to powers of summary arrest , has not always been required . |
| 26 | At breakfast together Fisher exploded and attacked the Church Union and all that it stood for and said that they had done great harm and ought to apologize . |
| 27 | Edward made his own views clear by stating that he regarded the 1328 treaty as invalid because it had been made when he was a minor and under the tutelage of others and that his title to the overlordship of Scotland should be reasserted . |
| 28 | Far more significant and revelatory was the arrival of the wireless , in the sense that it meant for the first time the voice of the outside world and all that it encompassed — good and bad — was heard throughout this enclosed community . |
| 29 | Moderator could the convenor tell us why the Board wishes to be discharged its remit on health and healing when it 's been so successful in bringing this to the notice of the whole church ? |
| 30 | It does not care how many revivals the church experiences in the private world as long as it stays where it is . |