Example sentences of "[num ord] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shortfall density algorithm would pursue one interpretation depth-first until it came to an area that scored less well , such as that … |
| 2 | Thus the F.C.C. was held to have surmounted the first hurdle of entitlement to enter the inquiry , but fell at the second because it had misconstrued the meaning of successor in title . |
| 3 | This again met with a cool reception from the other five , first because it might foreclose the question of EEC enlargement , and second because it seemed to seek to push the EEC more in an intergovernmental direction . |
| 4 | This is an important observation : first because it begins to reconcile the geochemical constraints on magma source region with geophysical models of large-scale plume-related magma generation , and second because it confirms the importance of the SCLM as a substantial contributory source region for basaltic magmatism . |
| 5 | And that 's a major second because it comes in a major scale . |
| 6 | We 'd seen the hare at the 4th and it reappeared again , dashing around right in Lee 's vision as he was putting , which cost him a stroke . |
| 7 | Indeed , in my opinion , the privilege can only be justified on two grounds , first that it discourages the ill-treatment of a suspect and secondly that it discourages the production of dubious confessions . |
| 8 | She had been convinced at first that it had all been a mistake , that she had indeed misread the unspoken message contained in the postcard . |
| 9 | The strengths of the theory are , first that it explains the perceptual phenomena I have just described , second that the brain has a real need for the operation it postulates , and third that it gives a role to a prominent but hitherto unexplained anatomical characteristic of the neocortex . |
| 10 | The second player then breathes in and tries to take it off the first until it reaches the player at the end . |
| 11 | So what would be what would you try first if it started with a c sound ? |
| 12 | Anna had come into the world feet first and it took all the experience of Mrs Finklestein and the skill of the young Dr Arlen , who had come back at once with Denis , to turn the baby round without strangling the little thing with its own cord . |
| 13 | But it 's on a hill in the , in the , in the , it 's a long way down from there to walk and , and if I remember rightly it was on the outside of the hotel , on a bank and that to me means that erm if we had had some weather , which we had at that time , then the roots could have suffered but the other clue I think is that erm it comes into leaf first and it drops its leaves first in the autumn so maybe it 's a different tree than the other , different variety , because there are several horse chestnuts are n't there ? |
| 14 | The date was April the first and it did n't end a minute too soon . |
| 15 | Pearce look for Phillips on the right Lewis got there first but it dropped to Stone . |
| 16 | After his show he said : ‘ I was a bit nervous at first but it went very well . |
| 17 | ‘ I could n't take it seriously at first because it seemed so ridiculous , but then you look in the statute book and realise the maximum penalty for this is seven years . |
| 18 | The vacuum cleaner was welcomed at first because it meant no longer having to do the stairs with a stiff brush . |
| 19 | If my memory serves me correctly , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment said that Humberside would be the first because it has already been the subject of a local government boundary commission report . |
| 20 | This is an important observation : first because it begins to reconcile the geochemical constraints on magma source region with geophysical models of large-scale plume-related magma generation , and second because it confirms the importance of the SCLM as a substantial contributory source region for basaltic magmatism . |
| 21 | ( The third effect should strictly speaking be regarded as a substitute for the first since it assumes a zero , or at least a very low , interest elasticity of the demand for money whereas the Keynes effect assumes that it is reasonably powerful . ) |
| 22 | Fisons , which reported a strong rise in drug sales , balancing poorer performances in its other operations , inspired Wellcome at first before it lost 10p to 734p . |
| 23 | In 1992 , ICI recorded another world first when it opened a new plant to produce HFC 32 [ ‘ Klea ’ 32 ] . |
| 24 | Mr Doran had moved his wife 's cake to the first position , and Mr Clancy had moved it back to the middle , saying the first cake tasted had the best chance , and his wife 's cake would be first as it had got there first . |
| 25 | Avoiding mixtures is a good idea at first as it enables you to identify any foods which disagree with your baby to try again later . |
| 26 | A totem , for example , can be described first as it appears , then as an object which has stylised figures in the sculpture . |
| 27 | It was in Meiji 22nd that it became so . |
| 28 | Okay and let's say it comes to a third or it comes to two fifteenths . |
| 29 | Another suggested it was produced by special nerve cells in the brain ; a third that it came in units called psychonic impulses , generated when two nerves were in communication . |
| 30 | The strengths of the theory are , first that it explains the perceptual phenomena I have just described , second that the brain has a real need for the operation it postulates , and third that it gives a role to a prominent but hitherto unexplained anatomical characteristic of the neocortex . |