Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] it [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if he comes by it innocently , nevertheless once he gets to know that it was originally given in confidence , he can be restrained from breaking that confidence . |
| 2 | It has taken five years to get this one right and the Government will not want to repeat the mistakes of the mid-1980s when Nigel Lawson thought he had beaten inflation , only to discover that it was just sleeping . |
| 3 | On returning to his office the following Monday , Mark was surprised to find that it was now occupied by visiting American auditors . |
| 4 | If Berg was successfully to allege that it was fraudulently misled , it must show that some natural person connected with it had been misled , and Berg could not do this . |
| 5 | This latter tradition remained geographically confined to the Far East and continued to flourish until it was gradually replaced , from the eighteenth century AD , by Western-style coinage . |
| 6 | You may be right , but your cynicism would be easier to accept if it was universally applied . |
| 7 | The court said that there was no general rule that a valuation made on an " erroneous principle " ( which presumably means the same as a mistaken decision ) had to stand unless it were also shown that a valuation on the right principle would produce a materially different figure from the figure of the erroneous valuation : if there were such a rule , it would place on the objector the extra burden of making a fresh valuation which in its turn might also be rejected . |
| 8 | The purposes of a pre-trial review are twofold , viz : ( 1 ) if there is no reasonable case in law to be tried ( whether on the claim or defence ) , as far as is possible , to dispose of the case ; ( 2 ) if there is a case to be tried , to give directions to see that it is properly prepared . |
| 9 | And it is disappointing to see that it is still going . |
| 10 | The Chairman welcomed the members present at the meeting and was pleased to see that it was well attended . |
| 11 | So if you want to see if it 's actually worked , alright ? |
| 12 | Personally , by the time I had cycled up the hill in the dark , battling against high winds and rain , wearing my rain cape in a futile attempts to keep dry , I felt more like flopping into bed than sitting up all night making silly marks on a chart and plunging outside every sixty minutes to see if it was still raining . |
| 13 | Disposal of property or effects all have to wait until it is formally decided who has the task of doing this . |
| 14 | The order was suspended and the Legal Aid Board was given leave to object if it was so minded . |
| 15 | The ham is always easier to cut when it is well chilled and may be even easier to handle if it is lightly frozen . |
| 16 | To tell you what to do but it 's also knowing how to do it , because sometimes especially if we knew in the truth , we do n't always know what to do and if we 're very young you see , we 're , it 's , it 's one |
| 17 | The next thing to do whilst it is still taped to the light box is to draw up a component layout diagram , actual size . |
| 18 | Skaters on the rink last night were given only minutes to leave before it was suddenly shut down . |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman knows that we are determined to sustain adult education , to extend it and to ensure that it is properly based in the local community . |
| 20 | When they try to stunt the growth of waste and to ensure that it is properly disposed of , governments face a real quandary . |
| 21 | In all cases where it is possible that wrecks may cause a future problem all steps should be taken to ensure that it is properly disposed of to avoid any possible future Third Party claims . |
| 22 | However , to maintain this amended behaviour pattern , it may be necessary to repeat this training once or twice a week to ensure that it is permanently reinforced . |
| 23 | At 32 , the actor turned producer-director has proved that he has the clout to raise money for stage and screen and the artistic talent to ensure that it 's well spent . |
| 24 | Try using a smaller amount , massaging it between your fingers before applying hair to ensure that it 's evenly distributed . |
| 25 | King John may have been willing to agree to anything , even the dismemberment of his kingdom , in order to ensure that he did not die in prison ; but , as Professor Fowler remarked , the treaty was ‘ so preposterous that it is difficult to believe that it was ever intended seriously ’ . |
| 26 | But even if magnetic fields could confine the wind , the hot gas pressure would be expected to build until it was episodically released as in a pressure cooker . |
| 27 | Furthermore , it might be argued from Case 131/86 United Kingdom v. Council , where the Court looked at the preparatory measures to the legislation in question in order to determine whether it was genuinely intended to be agricultural legislation , that the Court might investigate whether there had been a genuine consideration of the question of subsidiarity . |
| 28 | With an advertisement you will often have to decide whether it is best illustrated by a drawing or a photograph . |
| 29 | ‘ We 'll let that set for a little while , then X-ray it again to check that it 's nicely lined up . |
| 30 | At the end of every chapter there 's a review of what you 've just learned and a few questions to check that it 's really sunk in ( and a mini glossary of any new terms/jargon you may have picked up on the way . |