Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [conj] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That government is the only institution now in a position to take possession of the funds and employ the money as it thinks fit for the best interest of the state . |
| 2 | Remarkably , the first sighting of Dr Johnson 's ‘ Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel ’ was in The New Republic in March 1989 ; by which time such a bedrock of well-meaning patriotism had been wedged under the case that it proved difficult , if not impossible , to shift . |
| 3 | Mr Wilson added that he was still pursuing the wider issues of the case until it became apparent whether the case of Ian X was unique . |
| 4 | If anything happened to the computer and it proved impossible to get at the data inside , you could go to your back-up diskettes and simply copy the data back into the computer when it had been repaired , or replaced , or put it onto another computer . |
| 5 | Follow the lane as it bears right and across the farmyard , passing through a metal gate to the right of a white farm cottage . |
| 6 | At a press conference to mark his election victory a year ago , Mr Bush threatened to veto the budget unless it contained real cuts . |
| 7 | At one point during the debate the National Religious Party ( Mafdal ) , a member of the Likud-led coalition , threatened to vote against the budget unless it received additional " special allocations " . |
| 8 | This type of butterfly eye-spot should not be confused with the much larger eyes that occur on some species — eye-spots that are suddenly flashed at the enemy as it draws close . |
| 9 | However , the fact that the ‘ soft left ’ has lost even the illusion that it runs Labour ( it lost the reality years ago ) opens up the possibility of realignment within the party . |
| 10 | And then the mediant is called the mediant , the mediant because it lies halfway between the tonic and the dominant . |
| 11 | Fig13 Just before setting off : the rig is pulled across the body towards the wind until it feels balanced . |
| 12 | Better to gamble that a private collector would keep the car until it became rare enough to warrant accepting it , if it were offered later . |
| 13 | 3/Slowly darkening the area , continuing to smudge and highlight with the eraser again and again , I work the piece until it looks right . |
| 14 | Slowly darkening the area , continuing to smudge and highlight with the eraser again and again , I work the piece until it looks right . |
| 15 | Look at the person — maintain contact with the eyes for as long as is comfortable , look away to the mouth when it becomes uncomfortable , then return to the eyes . |
| 16 | Staphylococcus aureus and alpha haemolytic streptococci were the most commonly identified organisms and were usually isolated from the biopsy channel of the endoscope and it seems likely that needle tip contamination is the chief culprit . |
| 17 | Continue removing the scum until it turns white and frothy : add a few tablespoons of cold water twice as you skim the surface . |
| 18 | Tim tries massaging my lower back during the contraction and it feels great — he wo n't be at a loose end from now on ! |
| 19 | ‘ When you have showered or bathed you touch a sensor pad on the machine and it blows warm air over you . ’ |
| 20 | It was only when no parking places were to be found anywhere near the hall that it became clear that this was not normal . |
| 21 | In such circumstances he needs all the help that it makes economic sense to provide . |
| 22 | Following this decree , a meeting of representatives of 130 opposition parties said that they would not participate in the conference unless it had sovereign powers . |
| 23 | It appears the US policy was to assist the coup if it appeared likely to succeed ; but to back away as soon as it seemed doomed to fail . |
| 24 | With case study material print has an important role but there is always the danger that it goes astray or just does n't get read . |
| 25 | It does not cover the dismissal by the vendor prior to the sale for the reason that the purchaser will either not buy the business if it contains certain employees or alternatively will pay a lower price ( see Wheeler v Patel [ 1987 ] ICR 631 ) . |
| 26 | The Purchaser must be free to run the Business as it thinks fit : there will be a conflict between the Vendor — who will no doubt wish to settle the claim for the minimum possible — and the Purchaser , who will wish to try to preserve goodwill . |
| 27 | Craig Porter made a spectacular goal line clearance from Stephen Galway five minutes from the interval but it proved worthless when the same opponent flicked in number two from the resulting short corner after Andy McBride 's shot had been saved . |
| 28 | Almost two centuries later it was being proposed that in much the same way every Spanish ambassador should have assigned to him a son or younger brother " to assist him as a comrade in his work " , be instructed in the conduct of embassy business and handle matters the ambassador himself could not spare time for , with the implication that he might well succeed to the post if it fell vacant . |
| 29 | Eleanor was nearly twice the age he felt he deserved , and it had been his ambition for a long time to have a girl just at the point when it became legal . |
| 30 | A self-consciously strict conventionalist judge would lose interest in legislation and precedent at just the point when it became clear that the explicit extension of these supposed conventions had run out . |