Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [be] [prep] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the shattered gabbro of the Troodos ophiolite may well hold water , and information gained by drilling into it may be of great practical value on this semi-arid island . |
| 2 | It is there , and it will not go away , however hard the authors of the Gospels have tried to disguise it — and however embarrassing it may be for later Christian tradition . |
| 3 | If this tank contains no water ( it should be about one-third full when the system is on ) , check the operation of its ballvalve ( see BALLVALVE PROBLEMS again ) . |
| 4 | If this tank contains no water ( it should be about one-third full when the system is on ) , first check the operation of its ballvalve . |
| 5 | If a species is to be excepted , it must be for good particular reasons . |
| 6 | It might be with these frightening possibilities already in mind that Darwin wished to establish the credibility of these new Galapagos species by publishing an illustrated work on them — before he entered upon the exposition of his theories of evolution . |
| 7 | It could be for starving Romanian baby whales with AIDS for all I care . |
| 8 | It is an additional requirement of the religion , that it shall be in some logical form which can be accepted by all kinds of people , from the academically minded who need to be satisfied with its innate sound reasoning , to those who are prepared to let faith take over where the tedium of logical study is not wanted or not within their individual capacities to undertake . |
| 9 | Not that it would be at all necessary , she reassured herself as she felt a sudden burst of fright . |
| 10 | ‘ However , in deference to public opinion , the developers have decided to see if it would be at all possible to have the building renovated and brought back to its former glory . |
| 11 | Then they felt that the most effective way of dealing with it would be for each main committee to look at the various aspects in detail , rather than take the and miss everything , best for each of the main committees to look in detail at each part . |
| 12 | War had been declared , and the fate of Czechoslovakia , Austria and Poland was sealed , as it would be for several other countries . |
| 13 | It was smaller than I thought it would be for two-and-a-half grand 's worth , but then what do I know ? |
| 14 | The only way to get rid of it would be for enough Tory MPs to join with the Opposition parties to throw it out . |
| 15 | I planned and connived whilst at Ludlow but never , even in my wildest dreams , did I envisage that , when we did meet , it would be in such dire circumstances ! ’ |
| 16 | The Royal Institution was a centre of science , and the idea was that Discourses there would be scientific ; when literature or religion or painting was under discussion , it would be from some scientific point of view . |
| 17 | It does not indicate what the velocity will be at the same point at another instant or what it will be at any other geometrically similar point ( i.e. a point at the same distance from the axis ) . |
| 18 | The 1971 Immigration Act means that if any new Commonwealth immigrants are admitted to Britain it will be on these exploitative and precarious terms . |
| 19 | However , it will be of little real interest to the binocular observer . |
| 20 | It will be of considerable biological and medical interest to experimentally address the question whether the N-Oct 3 gene is sensitive to this mutation mechanism and if so , if a disease is associated with it . |
| 21 | In future , however , I suspect it will be to this fine disc that I shall be looking when I want to hear this sunny and enchanting score . |
| 22 | This story will , I hope , be convincing , for it is the way I have tried to tell it to my neuroscientific colleagues , but it will be in one important sense economical with the truth . |