Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [conj] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | okay , again I mean these are things that talk about confirmation I mean quite honestly I 'm I 'd be quite happy if we had offices where people talk to each other ninety per cent of the time rather than send memos and faxes to each other , and on the whole we are really talking about inside the office with the people who we work with I mean obviously clients as well trying to find something different , we tend tend to find that it 's very very easy sometimes to make a phone call it 's much easier to make a phone call and to talk to that person and give them the personal touch . |
| 2 | So if you want to see if it 's actually worked , alright ? |
| 3 | People naturally want to retire and it is therefore important to offer opportunities for fulfilment in leisure , education and voluntary activities and to recognise the valuable role played by older people within the family . |
| 4 | I want to suggest that it is ultimately unsatisfactory , both on intellectual and political grounds . |
| 5 | If we want to show that it is not spurious , we have to demonstrate that there are no plausible prior variables affecting both the variables of interest . |
| 6 | Instead we are talking about a series of complex configurations of politics , economics and ideology that recursively interact to guarantee that it is not possible to understand what is happening in the local economies of Glasgow , Liverpool or Birmingham in the UK or Baltimore , New York or Toronto in North America without reference to inner city policies wedded to a particular form of symbolic , frequently spectacular , regeneration . |
| 7 | Foreign assistance or aid will be examined later ; suffice to state that it is totally inadequate in relation to the present-day financial needs of many LDCs . |
| 8 | You begin to see that it 's just another language . |
| 9 | It is not always reported as being in exactly the same location , although recent reports seem to suggest that it is not now capable of the movement which it once , extraordinarily , may have demonstrated . |
| 10 | I know , look crying and it 's still sore today . |
| 11 | In a more complex case I might sit in on a discussion within a committee but begin to consider that it is not moving in a direction that suits me . |
| 12 | So successful had the Minogue Machine become that it was then able to turn down one of the most lucrative deals in pop music history . |
| 13 | East Lancs spokesman Mr. Graham Vevers commented : ‘ Many people seem to think that it 's already a foregone conclusion that it will come here . |
| 14 | We need not bother with the details , save to say that it is quite certain that all the contemporary accounts of Balboa 's triumph — which mention that he first saw the Pacific at 10 am on Tuesday , 25 September — are wrong . |
| 15 | It needs to dry for a full two minutes before you get dressed because it 's quite sticky . ’ |
| 16 | We biologists have assimilated the idea of genetic evolution so deeply that we tend to forget that it is only one of many possible kinds of evolution . |
| 17 | We tend to believe that it is only in Iran that people who commit adultery are stoned , whereas in Europe it 's the other way round . |
| 18 | Equally , many people , including owners , developers and even some planners , continue to believe that it is only the exterior of the building , or at least a grade II building , that is protected by listing . |
| 19 | You have up here you 've got neither win lose but it 's like it 's a respectable thing you know you respect each other you do n't trust them completely and you do n't co-operate completely but they just respect just not you 're just not willing to go that further little bit and it becomes more of a more of a rather than a win lose or a win win it 's more of a people half and half okay I 'll give this much if you give that much . |
| 20 | Erm there are differing work practices which I try to erode but it is very difficult |
| 21 | New uses for aspirin keep emerging and it 's now thought to help prevent heart attacks , strokes , arthritis and even some forms of cancer . |
| 22 | The order was suspended and the Legal Aid Board was given leave to object if it was so minded . |
| 23 | We do know that it was not until the late summer of 1965 that he gave private indications of his intention to stand for a second term , and not until 4 November that he made his decision public . |
| 24 | I do feel that it is extremely important to think first what your nearest and dearest would really like before you begin to knit . |
| 25 | This can be a patch of grass or bare earth , a stone , a car mat , etc. , but do ensure that it is not large enough to cause problems if the model should touch it . |
| 26 | Before you re-use the newspaper and blotting paper for another batch of plant material , do ensure that it is thoroughly ironed to remove any moisture , or you will affect future pressings . |
| 27 | Do remember that it is not only the signed and sealed contract that helps to concentrate people 's minds on their commitments . |
| 28 | Having an attack of Cystitis for the first time can seem rather frightening , but do remember that it is not usually a serious threat to health . |
| 29 | We had to look at where the opportunities were for development in Greater York as a whole rather than looking at individual district elements , and in terms of land available , erm Mr Steel appears to have included some sites which we classify as land held in reserve , which we do n't normally count towards the land availability targets , although we do acknowledge that it is there . |
| 30 | If the atheist uncovers ‘ His ’ identity , then lo and behold the theists start saying that it is n't God after all . |