Example sentences of "an [noun] [conj] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The glass rocked and wavered for an instant before it fell and a dark pool of wine spread over the tablecloth between them . |
| 2 | They fought for an hour and it seemed that neither would have the mastery . |
| 3 | And I rung for an ambulance and it came and we took her up and sat with her , and they kept her in for four days . |
| 4 | This suggests that certain groups and individuals will be ‘ stronger ’ and better placed to obtain the housing they want , although this is something of an oversimplification since it implies that all are competing for the same types of house . |
| 5 | In " Little Gidding " , and in Four Quartets as a whole , we see the outlines of a tradition , beautifully limned but shimmering like an hallucination before it disappears and the sirens of a catastrophic European war intrude . |
| 6 | Although a scheme may appear local in nature and the amount of an estuary that it encloses or otherwise alters , we must take the national significance into account for breeding birds . |
| 7 | AZT was approved in the United States in 1987 for use after symptoms of AIDS have appeared , after a controlled trial was brought prematurely to an end when it emerged that the treated group was doing better than the placebo groups . |
| 8 | On Aug. 18 , however , the UK government did an about-turn when it announced that 1,800 soldiers would be placed at the disposal of the UN in order to ensure the protection of humanitarian convoys in Bosnia-Hercegovina . |
| 9 | Now erm in some ways actually this makes it rather nice to be an evolutionist because it means that people care , you know , people are actually interested in what you 're doing and that 's fun . |
| 10 | The court must therefore be satisfied that the order will positively contribute to the child 's welfare and must not make an order unless it considers that doing so would be better for the child than making no order at all . |
| 11 | This is because s1(5) of the Children Act precludes the court from making an order unless it considers that this would be better for the child than making no order at all . |
| 12 | An SFA member must apply appropriate expertise and be able to show that it believes on reasonable grounds that an advertisement that it issues or approves is fair and not misleading . |