Example sentences of "[vb base] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the CECOS Report it seems that church-related activities were often the main focus of outings for girls . |
| 2 | American scholars say it conforms that the idea of Jesus Christ was around almost 2,000 years before he was born on Earth . |
| 3 | Leaked accounts say it finds that army units were far more deeply involved in the repression than were the navy , the air force or the police , whose chiefs have all taken command since the coup of 1973 . |
| 4 | Hailing the decision as a major breakthrough , campaigners say it signifies that the tuna-dolphin issue is being taken seriously by British industry and will lead to other negotiations between industry and environmentalists . |
| 5 | After much debate it seems that these were built for rabbits to live and breed in so that they could be caught for meat and fur . |
| 6 | I want it extended and that was fine . |
| 7 | It 's so annoying when they just come up to your window whether you want it cleaned or not they just clean it . |
| 8 | Give credit card details , say ‘ please debit my card accordingly ’ , state whether you want it posted or if youll collect it on the day , and finally give your voice number for them to call ‘ if there are any problems ’ . |
| 9 | Give credit card details , say ‘ please debit my card accordingly ’ , state whether you want it posted or if youll collect it on the day , and finally give your voice number for them to call ‘ if there are any problems ’ . |
| 10 | There are many different designs of tap available and the one you choose will depend on the job you want it to do and the design you like . |
| 11 | When you write a program yourself , you know what you want it to do and you also know what it ca n't do . |
| 12 | As a textile man I do n't mind woolliness too much but I do object to vagueness because this motion is so vague that it can mean as much as you want it to mean while , at the same time , it says to little as to leave an escape route for it 's supporters . |
| 13 | ‘ I hope that means what I want it to mean and not something else . ’ |
| 14 | You hand it in before Easter if you want it marked and checked . |
| 15 | With these , you define a chunk of text as an actor — you can do this either in the movie editor or in the Cel editor — and can then define , via dialogue boxes , how it appears onscreen , any movement you want it to have and how it departs the screen . |
| 16 | Before the last Test it seemed that Gooch would return home , annoyed at an article written about his South African connections by Lester Bird , the Deputy Prime Minister of Antigua , and tired of the hostile receptions he had been getting from press and public . |
| 17 | The reader can examine the program and prevent it running if it looks suspicious . |
| 18 | Suffice it to conclude that there is overwhelming evidence that the external information delivered to those who might use it as an aid to their strategic decision making will tend actually to be used to the extent that it matches the detailed task being undertaken and its context . |
| 19 | Suffice it to say that the desert landscape was no doubt encouraged by his enthusiasm in 1922 and 1923 for the work of an author whom he placed with James and Conrad — C. M. Doughty , whose ‘ great work Travels in Arabia Deserta ’ he recommended , mentioning also that a good essay on Doughty 's prose , including quotations from it , was contained in Middleton Murry 's recent book Countries of the Mind . |
| 20 | Suffice it to say that if the wind is going your way , get yourself a pair of skis — which must have a metal edge , and a fixed-heel binding — and a chute . |
| 21 | Suffice it to say that this discourse is generalising and intemperate , and lacks depth and clarity . |
| 22 | Suffice it to say that the DTI was the supervising authority for such fringe banks . |
| 23 | Suffice it to say that after two centuries of higher and lower criticism we just can not approach the Bible in the way that former Christians did . |
| 24 | Suffice it to say that there are very few people who are at present at their full potential for good health and good looks . |
| 25 | Suffice it to say that Devon Loch gave Dick Francis a dream ride , as the jockey related in his autobiography The Sport of Queens : ‘ I have never ridden another horse like him . |
| 26 | Suffice it to say that ammonium nitrate-fuel oil is now the standard explosive for blasting and quarrying ; the nitro-organics industry has shrunk and readjusted to a restricted role as a supplier of initiators and specialist explosives ; and ammonium nitrate is now available in a kaolin-free ‘ explosives grade ’ . |
| 27 | The treatments that were thus superseded have been touched upon in Chapter 2 , but suffice it to say that there was general and unqualified relief from both doctors and patients that they had passed . |
| 28 | Suffice it to say that such is the complexity of this area of the law that one case on the subject , discussed in Chapter 13 , has already reached the House of Lords ; it is unlikely to be the last . |
| 29 | Suffice it to say that some people are better built at the beginning . |
| 30 | Suffice it to say that Demons have now completed their worst season for a long time and that Admirals ‘ B ’ , with a match in hand , are only 99 points behind Borderers and are favourites for promotion . |