Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plugs or outlets too , are often fitted in a haphazard way around the room , with the result that when a lamp is placed where it seems most needed , it frequently has to trail a dangerous mess of flex or wire with it . |
| 2 | Damage caused to non-business property can be claimed if it exceeds £275 in value . |
| 3 | Golf development will not normally be permitted if it causes unacceptable disruption to the public enjoyment of rights of way . |
| 4 | When it flies away it may be Pursued until it has left the vicinity — as is happening with this beleaguered golden eagle being chased by a group of aggressive ravens . |
| 5 | Its transponder means it can be located if it becomes detached from its lift wire and umbilical . |
| 6 | In the hands of a great designer — Mondrian , de Staël , Rothko , Turner , Klee — the central void can be stressed until it appears to radiate energy . |
| 7 | Bill feels that the recruitment campaign will have succeeded if it results in a significant increase of women applying to become firefighters . |
| 8 | We may say that a living body or organ is well designed if it has attributes that an intelligent and knowledgeable engineer might have built into it in order to achieve some sensible purpose , such as flying , swimming , seeing , eating , reproducing , or more generally promoting the survival and replication of the organism 's genes . |
| 9 | Dependence often develops , but need not necessarily be discouraged unless it persists when the patient has managed to overcome most or all of his problems . |
| 10 | It 's included because it amuses the punters . |
| 11 | This none-too-creditable story is probably included because it forms part of the family-tree of the ( later ) royal house , from which the Messiah himself was descended ( Matthew 1:3 ; Luke 3:33 ) . |
| 12 | O. imprudens is included because it has not been figured satisfactorily and as bathyal species its distribution may extend to 1000 m . |
| 13 | So it is possible that , in the course of evolution , the preening activity of the male has been accentuated because it signals to a female that he is in a state of conflict . |
| 14 | It is all grist to the mill of those who like to argue that Japan has succeeded because it works by different rules from those in the West . |
| 15 | Many attempts have been made in the House to reform the private Bill procedure and many of them have collapsed because it has always been easier for a private measure to be introduced . |
| 16 | The work of Melanie Klein is omitted because it relates to the technicalities of psychoanalytic therapy , which is not of central concern here , where it does not impinge on sociology . |
| 17 | ( 2 ) Wash embryos by repeated passage through drops of M2 + BSA ( phenol red must be omitted because it fluoresces ) . |
| 18 | The end result is that learners feel very discouraged because it makes them feel that they know less than they thought . |
| 19 | Traditional teaching of English literature has been attacked because it creates in the pupil a mood of passivity , an instinctive submission to authority . |
| 20 | The creature is attracted because it has the pleasure of satisfied desire , in this case its own particular form of hunger . |
| 21 | ‘ We 'd better get that cool-box unpacked before it melts , ’ Ruth breathed as Fernando moved his lips from her mouth to her throat . |
| 22 | But there is now a 60 per cent chance that a fish will be caught after it reaches 35 centimetres ( the legal limit to netting size ) . |
| 23 | I 've got a customer coming in who wants to choose a puppy , and it must be vaccinated before it leaves here . |
| 24 | For if a garage habitually does half the service its costs are very much lower than if it has done the full service ; and since it can charge the full price , because of the ignorance of the consumer , its pro fits are maximised when it does as little of the service as it can get away with . |
| 25 | We now evaluate the product in reverse order : unc The reader is invited to check that , if B is resolved as it stands into unc then C = unc will also have its last row null , the zero eigenvalue thus repeating . |
| 26 | It overflows into a 3″ diameter down tube where the water is re-oxygenated as it enters the main tank . |
| 27 | The mosaic from Roxby , Lincs. , ( Fowler 1818 , no. 3 ) , has not been included as it shows more certain affinities with pavements in southern Lincolnshire and the area around Water Newton , Cambs. , ( Smith 1969 , 108 ) . |
| 28 | But we see no reason why it should not be acceptable ( and consistent with our human rights philosophy ) for aims such as reform , reparation and requalification to be considered and at least sometimes pursued when it has to be decided what punishment ( if any ) should be allocated to individual offenders , as long as this does not have the result of making the punishment harsher . |
| 29 | A diet high in fresh fruit and vegetables is obviously to be recommended as it encourages digestion and elimination . |
| 30 | ‘ Almost every product on sale in this country is barcoded so it provides immense game-play possibilities . |