Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb pp] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of all the skills in windsurfing water starting is the most highly prized as it opens the door to a whole range of smaller high performance boards . |
| 2 | This is now so widely accepted that it seems less like a theory , or even a theoretical framework , than a piece of common sense ; and in one form or another it encompasses the views of the majority of Anglo-American philosophers and neuroscientists about the basis of consciousness or , at the very least , of perception . |
| 3 | Since this subject is so important , it is a pity the book is so badly constructed that it lacks authority . |
| 4 | But the explosive charge was too large and the chapel was so badly damaged that it had to be pulled down . |
| 5 | Nor , when a more viable alternative does appear , are they necessarily much bothered if it reopens issues peripheral to the main line of advance which seemed to be already settled . |
| 6 | The cloth on the table was so stiffly starched that it stuck out at the corners . |
| 7 | The seam had been so thoroughly picked that it had a sharp edge . |
| 8 | The ground staff at Edinburgh were very helpful , and when we finally boarded ( in really raw and biting cold and -2 degrees centigrade ) thanked me for having my luggage so clearly labelled as it had helped them get it to the hold doors for immediate removal at Brussels . |
| 9 | The poster at the end of the tunnel was so large and so perfectly lit that it seemed to O , looking up at it suddenly , that the tunnel did not end in a wall , in fact did not end at all , but led to the green fields of France . |
| 10 | Given a set of forces and an assurance that equilibrium prevails , the human sense of balance is so finely developed that it directs us to their focus . |
| 11 | Food in a fibre-rich diet stays in the stomach longer ; and it seems probable that the food is less efficiently digested as it goes through the digestive tract . |
| 12 | Those who suffer from PMS less frequently reported that it has got better with time . |
| 13 | Hick played what in others is a plain forward-defensive shot but for him is so sweetly timed that it brings four through mid-off . |
| 14 | Gerard said that " all kinds of Hyssope do grow in my Garden " and disdained to describe it , any more than Dioscorides did : " as being a plant so well known that it needed none " ( description ) , and it was illustrated in an Italian Herbal published in 1744 , where it was called H. vulgaris . |
| 15 | If your holiday plan is so tightly organised that it allows for no days off , and no travel delays , it 's time to think again . |
| 16 | According to the judge , the ‘ decency clause ’ another compromise with Congressmen who threatened to dissolve the NEA was so vaguely worded that it tends to impinge on the First Amendment 's guaranteed right to freedom of speech . |
| 17 | He 'd seen Nancy and Frank embracing in the back of the car , so closely entwined that it had been impossible to guess what else they were doing . |
| 18 | Although he was driven away by the defenders of the city of St Stephen 's with derisive shouts of " We do not want this man to reign over us " , he was able to capture the castle of Aixe , which was so lightly garrisoned that it had clearly been abandoned by Henry and Richard . |
| 19 | Despite these encouraging results this technique was not widely adopted because it proved time consuming , generally insensitive , did not localise the neoplastic lesion , and was associated with false positive results . |
| 20 | Linguistic analysis may distinguish cases where meaning is not effectively conveyed but it remains unconcerned with what is meant by an utterance ; structural linguistics is not an interpretive study . |
| 21 | A term is always to be regarded as not individually negotiated where it has been drafted in advance and the consumer has therefore not been able to influence the substance of the term , particularly in the context of a pre-formulated standard contract . |
| 22 | The logarithmic technique is not normally used because it requires an extra search for every power-of-two increase in the number of records , while a higher-level index only needs to be built when an index has reached three or four tracks in size . |
| 23 | Behavioural : Changes in values so that other people 's behaviour that would previously not have been accepted becomes progressively more tolerated if it relates to addictive disease . |
| 24 | Juno Boyle ( Angela McKeever ) gave a portrayal which was generally well realised though it lacked a suggestion of ‘ steel ’ to be found in Juno . |
| 25 | Four weeks later — as a foetus — the child is recognisable as such : it is still very small and is not fully formed but it has a head , mouth , eyes and nose and the limbs have fingers and toes . |
| 26 | Even the Romanian press admitted that progress was not universally welcomed when it meant uprooting oneself and family from the home which had sheltered generations , particularly not when it meant moving into a block-house . |
| 27 | In such a situation , action becomes more easily defined if it runs along well-known lines , following precepts which have status and acceptability . |
| 28 | At last night 's summit Denmark was also heavily criticised after it demanded further opt-outs before it will sign the agreement . |
| 29 | This may not be as far fetched as it seems , considering the low nutrient content of tropical forest soil . |
| 30 | Truth is , the two cars are just about equally matched when it comes to acceleration in each gear . |