Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] it [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the principal exemplars of this class are dramatically eliminated the message is clear : middlemanship destroys from within , and the act of passing something on without truly changing or improving it is psychologically nullifying . |
| 2 | But however good you get at translating personality into line or paint it 's no go if your personality is n't worth translating . |
| 3 | We may also include in discourse deixis a number of other ways in which an utterance signals its relation to surrounding text , e.g. utterance-initial anyway seems to indicate that the utterance that contains it is not addressed to the immediately preceding discourse , but to one or more steps back . |
| 4 | Once acquired it is rarely lost , even in echinoderms like sea urchins that ( perhaps ) could also function on a different symmetry pattern . |
| 5 | As a vet I am delighted this book is on the market and hope it is widely read . |
| 6 | By avoiding this situation and pretending it 's not happening means that we can actually be risking the lives of one our friends , one of our family . |
| 7 | The Mercury One-2-One Ltd digital cellular joint venture between Cable & Wireless Plc and US West Inc has been talking to Reuters , and says it is not seeking to trigger a price war with Cellnet Mobile Communications Ltd and Vodafone Group Plc . |
| 8 | The Saudi government claims to have removed the equivalent of 1.7 million barrels from offshore slicks , and says it is now starting to address the problem of oil on the beaches . |
| 9 | One of the things that does strike me about er particularly heterosexual men and their attitudes to homosexual and y'know homo erotic activities , there 's y'know a lot of different aspects where y'know I do n't know rugby players all get in the shower together and smack each-other on the backside in the name of horse play and y'know it 's not considered threatening or erm or outrageous and yet sometimes these are the very people who are the most homophobic . |
| 10 | Sometimes I will have abandoned a painting , got really tired of it and feel it 's not getting anywhere , and you will come and make some remark that makes me look at it again and think : oh yes , I could just pull that one together . |
| 11 | The Company is intent on maximising its potential and feels it is now set to further sales from 1991 which with revenue from other sources , point to a good year for the Company as a whole . |
| 12 | And unless you do something positive yourself to maintain safety margins you 're not gon na turn around and say it 's not gon na happen to you . |
| 13 | You probably figured out by now that I 'm part of the team that made the game and to prove it is n't bugged I only have to quote some of Ian Osborne 's words : |
| 14 | Progress has aimed its ADE at value added resellers and MIS departments in the past , but says it is now attempting to target large companies . |
| 15 | Crest Homes told us they were aware of the suggestion there may a problem at Haydon Wick , but insisted it 's not supported by the research that 's been carried out . |
| 16 | AVS supports the remaining Stardent/AVS installations , but admits it is n't making much money there . |