Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] [conj] it [is] " in BNC.

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1 And anything that goes in between those disturbs the beam and it causes an electric current to sound the alarm and it 's the same thing that happens with the er detectors .
2 If the customer posts his notice of cancellation , it will be effective to cancel the agreement provided it is posted within the cooling-off period , i.e. even if it does not reach the trader until later or even if it never reaches him .
3 Police say they are anxious to interview the bird if it is recovered to see if it can help trap the thieves .
4 Sam is summoned by a friend in the Police Department to see the body before it is taken away .
5 will want to see the body as it is .
6 We went with the sixth formers las last summer we went to see The Tempest and it 's such a beautiful place you know , it 's you 're outdoors but it 's quite weird the way they do it , because you 're like in a canopy but the actual stage it outdoors , so you 're covered but you get a bit cold and you need to take woollies and things , it can get a bit cold out there , but it should be nice in the summer .
7 By studying science through its pathology rather than through some preconceived criterion , it is easier to see the process as it is . ’
8 The pathogenesis of the disease has always been controversial , but considerable circumstantial evidence exists to support the suggestion that it is due to implantation of endometrium that has been refluxed down the fallopian tube at menstruation .
9 This may seem a macho way to treat the hair but it is also a sure way for pulling the hair out .
10 This was first proposed in 1974 but when the Environmental Protection Bill becomes law , the UK will be the first European country to put in place a national system of integrated control The importance of IPC is that it aims to treat the environment as it is : an inter-related system where pollutants can be exchanged between air , water and land .
11 The user then has to input the date and it is against this date that all transactions will be checked .
12 But that is to miss the point that it is not the unions , business to manage the firms with which they negotiate the settlements , nor to manage the national economy .
13 Full sun is likely to shrivel the leaves and it is this , rather than the soil , that will spoil autumn display .
14 I 'm positively not the person to advise anyone on cut-price marine systems or to encourage the idea that it is possible not to compromise such principles by going down market .
15 that 's what they 're supposed to do , I mean and if they do break the rules they 've , they 've got to accept the consequences and it 's as simple as that
16 The practitioner utilizing this block steps up to meet the kick as it is coming in , thus meeting it before it has gained full momentum and power .
17 It 's just as dangerous to strain the engine as it is to neglect it .
18 It is trying to hide the fact that it 's policies have bought pain , misery , the pain , misery and hardship of unemployment to thousands of people in the district and millions throughout the country .
19 R is difficult when you are at work all week , to find the time and it is not much fun spending your only free time cleaning .
20 John has been getting to know the world as it is in 1992 , and coming to terms with both dramatic political changes and the way friends have moved on in their lives .
21 There is also the safety aspect : if you have bad lighting or dangerously worn carpet on part of the staircase , waiting for a few years to tackle the problem because it is all part of the grand plan could prove very false economy indeed .
22 Setting up/lighting method : the burner unit is simply screwed directly onto the gas cartridge to engage the valve and it 's ready for use .
23 It is difficult to resist the conclusion that it is Parliament , not the law , which is in danger of looking more and more like an ass .
24 Rather than once again review the authorities in chronological order , therefore , I propose to encapsulate their effect in a number of propositions which can , I believe , be so stated as to reflect the law as it is presently understood with a reasonable degree of accuracy .
25 Prolonged prosperity is as likely as prolonged adversity to engender the mood that it is time for a change .
26 They are quite interested in The Bump , though I suspect it is really to do with power broking — who is going to get the new bedroom , and who is going to choose the name when it 's born .
27 So , see , so , I see so I 've got to fry the bacon till it 's what ?
28 The first complication is the fact that we have such a strong compulsion to celebrate the relationship before it is completely established .
29 They may , of course , choose instead to retake the module if it is offered again in a subsequent term .
30 It 's 99% certain the deal will go through but does n't want to identify the company until it 's absolutely certain .
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