Example sentences of "a [noun] [subord] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The tribunal will only allow a trader 's appeal against such a direction if it considers that Customs could not reasonably have been satisfied : for example , if Customs have ignored a relevant matter or if they have taken an irrelevant matter into account .
2 A walking , talking compendium of that great paradox of apartheid which has at its heart the maxim that crime is n't a crime if it supports and strengthens the system .
3 In Benton v Campbell , Parker and Co Ltd [ 1925 ] 2 KB 410 , it was held that the auctioneer was not liable to the purchaser for the sale of a car when it transpired that the person who put the car into the auction was not the owner .
4 However , there is an equally wide body of opinion , expressed mainly by manufacturing industries , which oppose such a move because it believes that it would disrupt the long period of uninterrupted production between the August holiday and the Christmas break .
5 He shook it for a while until it gurgled and moved its head weakly .
6 In summary , response to therapy may be incorporated in a definition when it works but failure requires other ways of thinking .
7 It is quite impossible to say that Woolwich paid to close a transaction since it protested that it was not liable and it immediately sought to establish that the regulations were void .
8 A city is no less a government because it owns and operates its own water system , its own gas and electric system , and its own transportation system .
9 Well I 've heard of a tip whether it works or not I do n't know so we 'll try it and see that 's all
10 Keep a notebook if it helps and make sure that you make a collection of the situations that cause a program to crash .
11 ‘ From the beginning , that court has acted upon no narrow view of the cases covered by its duty to quash a conviction when it thinks that on any ground there was a miscarriage of justice …
12 The Commission will prohibit a merger if it concludes that the merger would create or strengthen a dominant position as a result of which effective competition would be significantly impeded in the common market or in a substantial part of it .
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