Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [conj] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , it is always difficult when looking for very rare events — there is supposed to be only one W secay into electrons or positrons for every 200000 proton-antiproton collisions — to be sure that the large ‘ background ’ from other processes is well enough understood and that it has not ‘ faked ’ the signal required . |
| 2 | However , such use is always motivated and when it occurs , Creole carries a symbolic value which it imparts to the utterance in question . |
| 3 | Linked with this latter point , it was also reported that when it came to an evaluation of training courses " higher education providers revealed that their concern was very largely with improving the quality of their courses rather than assessing their effectiveness upon participants ' management practice in school " ( Wallace and Hall 1989:172 ) . |
| 4 | Glynn 's fax duly arrived and when it became apparent that the wiring was beyond the skills of a cack-handed caveman they promptly offered to collect the guitar ( I only live in Aberdeen ! ) , modify it and return it within a few working days . |
| 5 | Until more interesting work was available he felt he had no option but to keep the men in his charge fully occupied and if it meant using eight men to undertake a task which could be accomplished in a fraction of the time by a machine , well — the men were n't going anywhere . |
| 6 | Figure 5.3 shows support for the Equal Rights Amendment ( ERA ) to the United States Constitution , proposed in 1972 but never ratified because although it passed through both houses of Congress it did not receive the positive vote of three-quarters of the State Legislatures within seven years , as required by the Constitution . |
| 7 | For once he really looked quite smart , in well-cut grey trousers that emphasised the length of his legs and strength of his thighs , and a cream shirt that actually looked as though it had been ironed . |
| 8 | Things could n't go on as they were without something happening , and she had intuitively known that when it did her life would be forever changed . |
| 9 | It would be simple enough to avoid their hospitality given sufficient ruthlessness and he had never lacked that when it came to safeguarding his privacy . |