Example sentences of "continue [to-vb] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile negotiations between the US government and the Philippines over the future of Clark air base and of Subic Bay naval base remained effectively deadlocked , with the Philippines government continuing to insist that it would take over the bases when the current agreement expired in 1991 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Continue to bounce the Squig Hopper and continue to attack until it fails to land on a model . |
| 4 | The growth rate in 1990 was expected to continue to decline as it did in 1989 , partly because of a predicted economic slowdown in the USA which was the destination of 30 per cent of Singapore 's exports . |
| 5 | Because their nasal openings were on the top of their heads they could even continue to breathe if it became necessary ( see p. 115 ) to totally submerge . |
| 6 | If water continued to contract as it froze , like most other materials , ice would sink . |
| 7 | Since 1983 numbers at the Beacon continued to fall as it was increasingly seen as a resource for children with severe and multiple disabilities . |
| 8 | The material conditions of production and distribution have been crucial for the perpetuation of the romance form , and the romance form continues to thrive because it so well answers the commercial demands of a mass-market paperback and communications industry . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The war was still on , with nightly air-raids when the signal whined and the wardens cried ‘ Garde à vous ’ and cleared the streets , and Modigliani sometimes stayed to watch the ‘ show ’ and then continued to drink after it was over . |
| 11 | In that case it will continue to grow until it becomes a gross and bloated two hundred kilos or more . |
| 12 | The US government continued to suggest that it was " ready " to start phasing out its Philippines facilities , regarding them as less strategically important in view of the changing international scene , and with alternative sites available in Singapore , Brunei and possibly northern Australia . |
| 13 | Every organism continues to grow till it has reached its peak and then as its growth stops , deterioration sets in . |
| 14 | An observer sitting on the star 's surface could , in theory , trace the history of the object as it continues to shrink until it reaches the so called space-time singularity , when all its mass is concentrated into a point . |
| 15 | Though he never disguised his leadership ambitions , he continued to deny that it was his intention to challenge the Prime Minister . |
| 16 | The DUP demanded that the Irish government give a commitment to sponsoring a referendum to amend the Articles , but the Irish government continued to insist that it would only provide such a guarantee within the context of an overall settlement . |
| 17 | If the diaphragm is torn ( a wc may be difficult to flush ) , or the washer is worn , it may prevent the ballvalve from closing properly , and the cistern will continue to fill until it runs out of the overflow . |
| 18 | Of course the sceptics and the doubters will sneer at the influence on the affair exercised by Dicky saying that the former route was unsuitable and geographically unstable , and they will point out that such conditions have been overcome in other parts , for example , the West Highland , the Liverpool and Manchester and the Settle and Carlisle , but then those conversant with Dicky o' Tunstead will continue to believe that it is his malign influence which kept the rails away from Tunstead Farm . |
| 19 | The assets and debts belong to the company which continues to exist until it is dissolved . |
| 20 | The layer containing the fingers does not continue to thicken until it fills the fluid region . |
| 21 | Eighteen months ago it gave up its monopoly of politics but it continued to exist and it continued really as a kind of dog in the manger to prevent the er establishment of normal multi-party politics . |
| 22 | The Lift continued to oscillate as it rotated , swaying with the movement of the Bridge . |
| 23 | If he showed it to be an impossible concept , he continued to demonstrate that it remains a necessary one , and acknowledged that we must learn to live with that impossibility . |
| 24 | The law on the issue of consent continues to change because it is based on public policy . |
| 25 | Until quite recently it seemed quite certain ( from estimates of stars ' masses , interstellar dust , etc. ) that the Universe would continue to expand until it met its heat death . |
| 26 | Your pulse rate will continue to decrease until it reverts to the first reading . |
| 27 | The demand for flour continued to rise and it soon became apparent that considerable savings in both costs and labour could be effected if the repeated handling and transportation could be reduced . |
| 28 | This , with the already established Course I , will continue to operate until it has reached due completion for students currently in training . |
| 29 | But the company insists that property profits will probably continue to rise as it buys and sells assets to reshape its business . |
| 30 | The regime continues to feel that it has two chief enemies : Iraq locally and the United States , the Great Satan , farther off . |