Example sentences of "[art] [noun] it [verb] [conj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the outsider it appears that when change of any kind is required , the NHS is so structured as to resemble a " mobile " : designed to move with any breath of air , but which in fact never changes its position and gives no clear indication of direction . |
| 2 | ‘ The superintendent of this building appears to be a broken reed , and unless I spend the next twenty-four hours on the telephone it looks as though we are plumb out of luck , ’ he added , throwing the phone book down in disgust . |
| 3 | It was not Ramsay 's place to rebuke them , and Sir Archibald did not do so — for in the circumstances it looked as though no harm was done . |
| 4 | At the moment it looks as though shock Juddmonte International winner Ezzoud will come over from England and if that 's the case we could have an intriguing race on our hands . |
| 5 | At the moment it looks as though Ezzoud , who won the Juddmonte International at York will take his chance and after that shock win over Sabrehill he must be fancied . |
| 6 | At the moment it looks as though Ezzoud , who won the Juddmonte International at York will take his chance and after that shock win over Sabrehill he must be fancied . |
| 7 | ‘ Maybe they should build a police station on the site it looks as though it could come in very handy in the future … ‘ |
| 8 | When I saw the negative it looked as though she had a dog 's head on her shoulders . |
| 9 | The shelves towered above me and from where I sat on the floor it looked as though all of my toys were staring straight at me . |
| 10 | He says that in the end it looks as though the TI offer may be taken up . |
| 11 | From the memo it looks as though you ask me for the form as P.A. to Head of Group . |
| 12 | Inside the hotel it looked as though the nine-hundred-day siege of World War Two was still going on . |
| 13 | On the day we lost the hour on the clock it looks as though winter 's started in earnest . |
| 14 | Entry to this body was much sought after by wealthy young men , because of the prestige it conferred and because it guaranteed proximity to the Emperor . |
| 15 | At the time it seemed as though the Midland had miraculously got its money back from the ill-fated venture . |
| 16 | From the commentary it sounded as though Leeds did not really look like getting a 2nd equaliser . |
| 17 | For a second it looked as though she would go on with the game , but then she stopped smiling and her eyes slid away from his . |
| 18 | Pebbles had to snatch up briefly to avoid scrimmaging in front of her on the tight final bend , and for a second it looked as though she might be shut in . |
| 19 | For a fraction of a second it looked as though it were going to be just that , he 'd vaulted too hard and he was going to overshoot the small terrace and land on the ugly hard shapes of the garden furniture in the basement courtyard beneath . |
| 20 | For a moment it looked as though the desperate urgency of the international situation might enable peace activists to shift the dead weight of the party system . |
| 21 | For a moment it looked as though she was going to break down . |
| 22 | For a moment it seemed as though it had tapped some hidden reserve of strength and would ease itself up on to the opposite bank , and escape into the forest . |
| 23 | For a moment it seemed as though everyone but d'Arquebus would career back down fifty metres to the base of the tube . |
| 24 | For a while it looked as though Germany were going to sidestep all the unpleasant consequences of going to war against its neighbours — the most predictable being the payment of reparations — by avoiding a full surrender . |
| 25 | Friendly representations on Dryden 's behalf got the ban lifted ( Cleomenes opened on 16 April ) , but with an ugly gap threatened in the theatrical diary , for a while it looked as though The Fairy Queen would have to be brought forward . |
| 26 | For a while it looked as though Caledonian Mining , the Nottinghamshire-based firm which the consortium beat for the pit , would be involved . |
| 27 | Almost every month it seems as though some sad parent on the local news is bemoaning the loss of their teenager who died in this way . |
| 28 | For a time it seemed as though the white working class had vanished . |
| 29 | In February 1973 an eruption suddenly burst out on the tiny island of Heimaey , and for a time it seemed as though the town of Heimaey , Iceland 's biggest fishing port , would be destroyed . |
| 30 | I mean they are at the moment and if I have a meeting well after about an hour it seems as though you 've |