Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] that [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is not that in marked contrast to the events of 25 years ago this very day , as reported by The Times , when the then Economic Affairs Minister warned the Confederation of British Industry that if it breached the inflation-wage restraint , there would be a prices and incomes policy ? |
| 2 | She had this thing that if it had been a Nigerian boy , the mother would be here saying " I 'm sorry my son has got your daughter pregnant . |
| 3 | There is a childlike belief at the Foreign Office that if it does not admit to the existence of MI6 , foreign governments will believe Britain does not spy on them . |
| 4 | We Danes get so little sun that when it does shine on us we like to take full advantage of it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 're at maximum lean angle now with so much grip that when it does step out it throws you a long way . |
| 6 | Against the naive assumption that if it says so in the book ( or the paper , or the report ) it must be true , we appear to have cast doubt on every type of written document ever produced . |
| 7 | Some have a fatalistic approach that if it happens , it happens . |
| 8 | One man , and his garden shed , are living proof that when it comes to eccentricity , we 've got the market cornered . |
| 9 | No matter how many causes and causal circumstances existed for an effect , it was true of each cause that if it occurred , so did the effect . |
| 10 | Gould had arranged to rendezvous with Gilbert in Sydney before leaving for England , but so eager was he to set sail with his precious cargo that when it seemed Gilbert might have been delayed in Western Australia , he left without seeing him . |
| 11 | I can understand the feelings of any community that when it 's suggested there should be a gipsy site . |
| 12 | Getting an old cast iron downpipe off the wall is not easy and there is a fair chance that if it did n't need replacing when you started , it will by the time you 've removed it . |
| 13 | This based on the deeply entrenched conviction that if it looks naughty it must be very fattening , while if it looks innocent or healthy it can not be . |
| 14 | It must have been clear to the Prussian government that if it had not been for government subsidy the Junker estates would have collapsed under their own weight long ago , but they were nevertheless incapable of striking at what they saw to be the basis and guarantor of their state and society . |