Example sentences of "and [verb] [conj] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The must is heated in a cauldron and boiled until it is reduced to one third of its volume to make the Arrobo .
2 We have to examine the reasons for and against the directive and judge whether it is justified in order to decide whether its mistake , if it is not justified , is large or small .
3 spends his day blending the malt and seeing that it is despatched correctly .
4 Any visual task is rendered more difficult and fatiguing if it is undertaken in poor lighting .
5 I 'd like to move a petition containing seven hundred and twelve signatures , residents of Broadstone who request the installation of a pedestrian crossing on Broadstone Lane , bottom end of Shakespeare Drive and propose that it is passed on to the environment committee for consideration .
6 Masters and Johnson ( 1966 ) investigated the causes of impotence in older men , and found that it is caused as much by anxiety about possible physiological change as by the ageing process itself .
7 I for one will be happy to be stopped and searched if it is going to help protect us from terrorist bombs .
8 It is still maintained by the sophisticated falsificationist that theories can be falsified and rejected while it is denied that theories can ever be established as true or probably true .
9 But there are occasions when we 've had to rip and tip but it 's causing a problem
10 I 'm still doing sex education at schools and look like it 's changing a lot cos there 's a lot more to do there , a lot more emphasis on Aids , that 's why they 've got to ki , teach kids in primary school , we 've got to prevent them from getting a disease .
11 Again , love and trust deepens and grows when it is expressed .
12 The job is what the individual makes it , and the onus is on the clinical teacher to explain her role and ensure that it is recognised by all .
13 Prepare the equipment for the patient 's return and ensure that it is functioning correctly .
14 If the Development Manager considers the change proposed has little or no impact on functionality , cost , or timescale when he should allow the incorporation of the change into the design and ensure that it is described in the design documentation .
15 The statute may impose a duty on an employer to provide safety equipment and ensure that it is used .
16 Be able to recognise that weight is a force , and know that it is measured in newtons .
17 Well I think of evaluation as the process by which a person or a group of people have a fairly careful look at something they 're doing in order to try and decide whether it 's going well or badly , whether there are things in it they might wish to improve , and how valuable they think it is whether they might want to make changes in it in any way .
18 Oak is not really an ideal timber for external joinery since it can suffer from surface checking and splitting if it is exposed to the sun and the rain .
19 ‘ It taught him to settle and relax and it 's made all the difference .
20 Despite such successes in imaginative shoestring operations , the UN is desperately in need of reform and strengthening if it is to meet the critical tests of the post-Cold War era .
21 The wave , a creature of the sea , seems to suffocate and gasp when it is beached on the shore .
22 If on the other hand you have access to a colour television set at the place where you are staying , you may be able to use this instead , provided that it can be tuned to your camcorder 's signal output and assuming that it is designed for use on the same television standard as the camcorder , eg UK PAL for machines sold in Great Britain ( see page 153 ) .
23 Even prominent members of the Labour Party — traditionally timid on this front — have started to argue openly that the Royal Family 's role must be streamlined and modernised if it is to survive for very much longer .
24 But in the Arctic , summer is just past its peak , with the pack ice as far north as it is likely to be , although in a month the first skin of new ice will tinkle and shimmer as it is broken up by the morning breeze .
25 More recently , Twin Peaks ( 1990- ) may be less surprising in its unsettling mix of crime , pastiche and parody when it is recognized that its coauthor , Mark Frost , was also a script writer of the first Hill Street Blues series .
26 Given that planners are cautious in the face of uncertainty , limited budgets and a lack of experience , new ideas rarely flourish and spread until it is seen that ‘ they work ’ .
27 As heir to the droit morale and guardian of the Magritte estate , Charly Herscovici explained that ‘ Inheriting this intellectual property makes me responsible for protecting the artist and his work , and ensuring that it is handed down for posterity .
28 In an attempt to improve the effective provision of intelligence to decision makers , some companies , particularly in the USA , are experimenting with various ways of developing a process of gathering information , analysing and interpreting the information and ensuring that it is used effectively in the decision-making process .
29 2 Corporate commitment and planning : TQM requires a particular kind of strategic leadership which can provide the vision and commitment , plan for change and see that it is implemented ( Peters and Austin 1985 ) .
30 Put your hand on and see if it 's sticks on like burning flesh .
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