Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [conj] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , we 're willing to take the risk and give Birmingham the retail centre it deserves and needs if it is not to be completely undermined by rival out-of-town attractions . ’ |
| 2 | One is forced to ask what OSF had to gain and wonders if it was n't some kind of supralegal manoeuvre to put pressure on Addamax and Sun because they 've got something on the OSF contingent . |
| 3 | In Greek tragedy , in most of Jane Austen 's novels , a leading figure in the drama realises with a sense of shock that the world is other than once imagined , and accepts that it is so . |
| 4 | The government turns its head aside from government support — apart from words — and says that it is either the employers ' responsibility or the employees ' … |
| 5 | This reveals a close understanding of the phenomenon and shows that it was well known even at this early date . |
| 6 | Touche Ross has audited this pro-forma and states that it is properly prepared on the basis set out . |
| 7 | Suppose that the brochure mentions a particular hotel and states that it is not yet completed . |
| 8 | The fish snaps at these enticingly offered morsels and finds that it is comparatively easy to bite one off . |
| 9 | The following description of the scientific method by a twentieth-century economist conforms closely to the naive inductivist account of science as I have described it , and indicates that it is not a position that I have invented solely for the purpose of criticizing it . |
| 10 | The private sector has also responded to the need with , for example , Butterworth 's European Community Legislation : Current Status , which lists all Community legislation since 1952 ( except for legislation dealing with the daily running of the Communities ) and indicates whether it is currently in force , amended , repealed , or spent . |
| 11 | Traditional glass is cheap and lasts provided it is not subject to direct hits by flying objects . |
| 12 | It accepts the priority of the process of objectification over either subject or object and recognizes that it is only the process itself which accounts for their appearance as discrete . |
| 13 | Sue Robertson , Educational Officer at The South Bank Centre , feels extremely grateful to Kodak for their essential contribution to this project , and believes that it 's very important to combat the idea many young people seem to have that galleries are very boring places to visit . |
| 14 | In the tradition of Advaita or non-Dualism he refers to the soul , ( Ātman ) , and God , ( Brahman ) , as knowers rather than objects of knowledge and claims that it is not possible for mortal beings by the use of reason alone to know the knower of knowing . |
| 15 | The Mirror has been beset in recent weeks with rumours and reports that it was about to be taken over . |
| 16 | But although Lobkowicz ( 1967 ) cautions us against assuming that Aristotle 's distinction between theory and practice is similar to today 's usage , and suggests that it was as much a matter of the context as the content of knowledge — types of life as well as types of thought — the dichotomy is still very much with us . |
| 17 | He has not done a lot of opera but thinks that it is just the way things worked out . |
| 18 | In its latest World Development Report , the World Bank acknowledges that some of its past policies have led to environmental degradation , but insists that it is now geared toward promoting sustainable development and , in particular , the alleviation of third world poverty . |
| 19 | He admits that he took the vehicle , but says that it was already damaged when he got in or that it was not damaged when he left the scene and that it must have been damaged by someone who took it later . |
| 20 | The software company which supplied the package is not unsympathetic but claims that it was just not given clear and sufficient guidance as to what was expected of the software . |