Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Beyond that was a stable , with the horse standing there indifferently , uncaring what passed before its eyes as long as it had food . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It will continue all through marriage as long as it has a good foundation of friendship . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ] . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It does not care how many revivals the church experiences in the private world as long as it stays where it is . |
| 15 | This is not to suggest the players did not take the plays they performed seriously or that authors wrote any old thing as long as it pleased . |
| 16 | I think I can count on the fingers of one hand the men I know who were desperate to experience fatherhood and regarded a woman 's desire for children as paramount when it came to choosing a partner . |
| 17 | Health Department guidelines supported by the college say that HIV-infected health care workers could conduct a normal delivery as long as it did not involve invasive surgery . |
| 18 | Until the age restrictions were introduced in secondary schools , it was not uncommon for boys to continue at school as long as it took — even until twenty-two or so . |
| 19 | We have made it clear that we regard this scheme as flawed since it fails to provide to those who are legally aided that to which the Act entitled them , namely that solicitors they select will be properly remunerated . |
| 20 | Because teachers are , on the whole , expected to have quiet , orderly classrooms they will be most likely to regard mathematics as relevant if it leads to good behaviour . |
| 21 | They also had to accept that attacks on the USSR by weapons launched from American bases other than in Britain might still bring down nuclear strikes on this country as long as it remained a member of Nato or was linked to the United States in some way or other . |
| 22 | Colette says the duckling remain a part of the houshold as long as it wants . |
| 23 | But as far as being anal about my equipment , as some guys are , I do n't really give a shit as long as it sounds good and works . |
| 24 | There must have been a lot of that sort of thing , when you come to think about it : tolerating ideological undesirables as long as it suited your own book — not that National Socialism had much ideology beyond being first at the trough . |
| 25 | I 'll use technology as long as it does n't stop the song coming through . |
| 26 | Disliking the Tories more than he disliked Labour , he declared that on the defeat of Baldwin 's Government in the new Parliament , the King should ask MacDonald to form an administration , which he and his fellow Liberals would keep in office as long as it avoided extremist policies . |
| 27 | What is in many ways remarkable is that the family had stayed in Frome as long as it had . |