Example sentences of "[subord] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are generally more interested in questions of taste and convenience and price than where it comes from , ’ he says . |
| 2 | Alice 's body felt cold and closed-up and stiff except where it felt sore and vulnerable , and her mind felt sore all over . |
| 3 | Once it was accepted that this kind of question could be raised , the way was open to the conclusion that the Bible should simply be treated as a collection of ancient religious literature with no special claims to be heard or accepted except where it happened to express some general religious ‘ principle ’ that could be recognised as universally valid — the kernel within the husk . |
| 4 | Although in itself durable , polythene sheet could hardly be regarded as pleasing in the long term , except where it has been colour printed on commercial kites . |
| 5 | More than once it has been labelled the oriel town of the upper Rhine , and certainly the multiplicity of those beautifully shaped projecting windows , so delicately ornamented , are a significant factor in preserving the essentially medieval atmosphere of the place . |
| 6 | This takes you to a very similar dialog box to the one for a new presentation except that it lacks the button for selecting a presentation style . |
| 7 | A solitary predator it resembled the grey wolf , except that it had two horns — one long ivory one in the centre of its forehead , and the other a squat and curved tusk at the tip of its nose . |
| 8 | It worked in a similar fashion to Papin 's toy except that it had a separate boiler , thus not boiling the water in the cylinder . |
| 9 | In all this my life was not novel , except that it had no witnesses , because I was an only child . |
| 10 | When she came back from changing , her haircut was a boy 's , except that it had new-born-looking curls at the nape of her neck , which knocked him out for a bit . |
| 11 | The house we were in was solid Victorian in style , both inside and out , except that it had a tin roof . |
| 12 | Except that it seemed to him rather funny . |
| 13 | I do not remember much about the journey , except that it seemed far too long . |
| 14 | She smiled at him a little wildly , not knowing what to say except that it seemed best to keep on talking . |
| 15 | Its construction is similar to the oxidation catalyst except that it uses a different mixture of platinum metals , has no air pump , and requires a special mixture strength . |
| 16 | Except that it does n't work like that . |
| 17 | It is similar to the scale bar on a typewriter , except that it does not indicate the widths of the margins on each side of the typing line . |
| 18 | ‘ Conveyance ’ means any conveyance construed or adapted for the carriage of a person or persons whether by land , water or air , except that it does not include a conveyance constructed or adapted for use only under the control of a person not carried in or on it , and ‘ drive ’ shall be construed accordingly . |
| 19 | Sorry to burden you with another Europroblem , but with the growth in cross-border activity , we are getting more and more bright-eyed young journalists that know a foreign language and report back from continental press conferences the English equivalent of exactly what was said in the local language — except that it does n't actually mean anything in English : an august journal — no names to spare any blushes — reports that the boss of IBM Deutschland GmbH said with regard to the company 's figures ‘ we made a decision to place a burden on our financial balance in order to ensure a healthier future ’ … |
| 20 | The first five notes of Clemens 's bass are indeed those of the plainsong eighth-tone Magnificat , but his superius is identical with that of Sermisy 's ‘ C'est une dure despartie ’ except that it does not follow Sermisy 's repeat of the first two phrases and does repeat his last phrase . |
| 21 | The 3-Colour pattern option operates in much the same way except that it knits colour one , colour two , colour three and colour four before moving on to the next pattern line . |
| 22 | Well , he did n't mind that except that it wasted time , time he could have used making his trap . |
| 23 | Remorseful Prober is like Naive Prober , except that it takes active steps to break out of runs of alternating recrimination . |
| 24 | All this was by the way , however , except that it lent background and depth to the smile he gave Howard as he shook hands . |
| 25 | He did not know where , and did not particularly care , except that it meant that the Establishment was on Amber Black , and every car had to have the magic mirror wand shoved underneath the chassis . |
| 26 | There is a striking analogy here with crystal growth , except that it happens in two dimensions , not three . |
| 27 | Constant purchasing power ( CPP ) accounting uses nearly all the same conventions and standards as historical cost ( HC ) accounting , except that it measures profit or loss not in terms of money but against a yardstick of maintaining purchasing power capital . |
| 28 | There was nothing distinctive about the black London taxi except that it swooped to pick Rain up when she had not hailed it . |
| 29 | Then we went to a lake with wooded and marshy shores where we saw several ‘ new ’ birds : a crane flew past , looking like a grey heron except that it carried its neck outstretched in flight instead of ‘ folded back ’ . |
| 30 | In summary then , the action project appears not to have made a great deal of difference to people 's receipt of other services , except that it has probably kept some sufferers away from day care and has increased home help hours for its own clients ( and probably allayed the need for home help among other clients ) . |