Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] it [vb mod] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not let the bird preen for at least half an hour or it will just pull the feather out . |
| 2 | This base can be the rear seat rail , or another rail fitted above the seat , but if so , no more than 2in above the seat or it would also need to be curved to avoid discomfort . |
| 3 | While the UNHCR in Geneva has welcomed the move , its officials on the ground fear that it will only make things more difficult . |
| 4 | The 11 May sale features over one hundred paintings and drawings , highlighted by George Braque 's late masterpiece ‘ Atelier VIII ’ ( 1952–55 ) ( est. around $8–10 million ) , bought by Cooper directly from the artist , who had sold it only on condition that it would never leave France . |
| 5 | and we 'll just a wee gentle syringe and it 'll all come away . |
| 6 | Canadian Pound told a breakfast press conference for journalists : ‘ The best of riders can not win without a good horse — you could put a dog on a horse and it would still win . ’ |
| 7 | It is entitled to see ( and debate , if necessary ) the annual accounts and report of each industry but it can only question the minister on those aspects of the industry 's activities for which the minister is responsible . |
| 8 | Mm I had to go back it suddenly occurred to me I 've got the back door key but it might still have been bolted . |
| 9 | It is included in the present study because it may possibly occur in deeper water elsewhere in the North Atlantic . |
| 10 | Mr. Wall prays in aid that passage in the judgment of Lord Donaldson M.R. in support of his submission that it is only in the event of the court in this country finding that article 13 ( b ) is applicable to the case that it can properly consider the ‘ welfare interests ’ of the child in deciding whether to decline to order the return of the child to Australia . |
| 11 | In Australia the thylacine , or marsupial " wolf " ( often called the Tasmanian wolf because it survived in Tasmania for a little longer than in mainland Australia ) , was tragically driven extinct within living memory , slaughtered in enormous numbers as a " pest " and for " sport " by humans ( there is a slight hope that it may still survive in remote parts of Tasmania , areas which themselves are now threatened with destruction in the interests of providing " employment " for humans ) . |
| 12 | advanced 4 pence to 939 pence on hope that it will shortly sell the Crest Hotel 's chain and a favourable Broker 's recommendation . |
| 13 | Indeed his sanguine response to his discovery lent colour to the story when it reached the evening news , and assured it of greater coverage than it might otherwise have merited , that focus in turn bringing a penetrating eye to bear on the identity of the dead man . |
| 14 | This last the verderers thought the least likely course because the escape had been made nearer to the north of the depression than the south and it would therefore take a day longer to get round it on that side . |
| 15 | Treat your skin to Empathy and it will never feel its age . |
| 16 | Become a part of your local scene and it may well disappear altogether , except when your activities arouse friendly interest . |
| 17 | She says it was too close to home and it could easily have been them . |
| 18 | The term abandoned is not defined in the Act but it will clearly apply where a person caring for a child has left without indicating his intention to return or making arrangements for the child 's care in his absence . |
| 19 | And it just made me realize how fragile life is and how God has got his hand on you and erm how he protected me from erm being killed in that plane crash because it could easily have been my plane |
| 20 | Matters would have been made that much simpler had the guild clerk also been the parish clerk and it might well have been the case in some instances . |
| 21 | If Hughes was relevant to the decision in Foakes it must follow that Pinnel 's Case was equally relevant to the decision in Hughes but it was not cited in the latter case and it would surely have been very surprising it if had been . |
| 22 | It helps if it is small , and it is also a great advantage if it can easily reach the next tree without having to climb down to the ground and then climb up again . |
| 23 | In this case the motherboard replacement is n't as clear cut a winner and it would only take a slight change , such as not being able to use the RAM , to make it look even worse . |
| 24 | The present road and I do n't want to get into the detail of it but relate it to environmental costs against the so called benefits , would in fact cut right through there with a viaduct and it would actually start of on something like a twenty seven foot emba er a twenty seven foot high embankment and with a fifty four deep cutting . |
| 25 | In this way , the company was guaranteed a yearly income and it could thus pursue a programme policy that was developed with little regard for the wishes of the audience . |
| 26 | Be very careful not to spill any water into the flour or it will soon become mouldy . |
| 27 | On the basis of this , it is submitted that the question of subsidiarity is essentially a political question for the Council , and if the Council decided to act at the Community level it would not be possible to challenge what it did simply on the basis that it could better have been done at the level of the Member States ; rather , it would be necessary to show a manifest error , a misuse of power or a clear passing of the limits of discretion , and it is submitted that the occasions when this might be done will be rare . |
| 28 | In the meantime , the trade weekly reports , Kalb is attempting to get DEC to clarify its supercomputer strategy in the wake of its announcement that it will also sell Intel Corp 's iPSC machines . |
| 29 | The 19-year-old Liverpudlian , who set a new British record of 2.36m in Wuppertal eight days earlier , soared over a UK all-comers best 2.35m with such ease that it will surely persuade him to take his soaring talent to Toronto . |
| 30 | Three weeks later the high command again said hands off , with a reminder that it could still mount a coup . |