Example sentences of "[subord] it [is] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | The omission of these words from the definition of theft lends some support to the argument that an act may amount to an appropriation although it is done with the consent of the owner . |
| 2 | It is no more possible to pass between the dates which compose the different domains than it is to do so between natural and irrational numbers . |
| 3 | ‘ It has been operating out of the airport for the past five years and on a more frequent basis than it is doing now and we have not had any complaints of this nature in the past . |
| 4 | If the system does n't come up with them much more convincingly than it is doing at present , then they will probably be found outside . |
| 5 | The programme has never done better than it is doing now , it is going great guns . ’ |
| 6 | Multinationals , they have erm , , doing much better abroad than it is doing in France . |
| 7 | King Alfred brought it into his translation of Boethius too , to explain why divine Providence does not affect free will : ‘ What we call God 's fore-thought and his Providence ’ , he wrote , ‘ is while it is there in His mind , before it gets done , while it 's still being thought ; but once it 's done , then we call it wyrd . |
| 8 | The Amateur Athletic Association have clung to their name despite condoning the principle that athletes be paid — often very large sums — provided it is done through the setting up of ‘ trust funds ’ . |
| 9 | The officers in the merchant bank , who know of the proposed take-over , and whose knowledge is itself unpublished price sensitive information , may deal , or counsel , or procure others to deal , provided it is done to facilitate the completion or carrying out of the transaction , that is , the bid . |
| 10 | Dividend stripping is to some extent considered legitimate tax planning by the Inland Revenue , provided it is done within the confines of s176 and provided also that reserves out of which to pay a dividend are not " artificially " created . |
| 11 | The keepers still have to cull their set numbers of hinds and this goes on until it 's done — often well into the new year . |
| 12 | If then they still do not help , bring all your people and let them stay in the office until it is done . |
| 13 | If it is to do this in a more precise , less trade-distorting way , it is bound to be less helpful to big and efficient farms than to small ones . |
| 14 | But if it is to do with relationship it needs witnesses . |
| 15 | Not even the most centralised system of government , such as that instituted in France , by Napoleon , can entirely avoid deconcentration if it is to do its job in a tolerably successful manner . |
| 16 | But , if it is to do with that , someone or other must have a pretty good intelligence system to get on to me so quickly . ’ |
| 17 | Personally , I do not share that view but whatever the reason , stubbornness must not be allowed to succeed : the dog must do what he is commanded to do , not in his own time , when he feels like it , but immediately ; and if it is done correctly , he should receive praise and lots of it . |
| 18 | I think the solution is certainly to breed animals in zoos but , if it is done , a great deal of effort must be made to ensure the conditions in which the animals are kept are good , and there are some zoos now which are successful in keeping animals so that their welfare is good . |
| 19 | In the last few years I have done a lot of float fishing from a punt for big bream and I can state quite categorically that , if it is done correctly , it can be a most deadly method of catching bream . |
| 20 | Praising people , if it is done authentically , is a behaviour which is generally welcome and tends to encourage people to do well . |
| 21 | You need to impress on him that it will only work if it is done properly — that there must be absolutely no cheating . |
| 22 | The study found that the impact of conversion on local employment is minimal , particularly if it is done by the farmer 's family rather than a local company . |
| 23 | Secular employment is as sanctified as preaching if it is done ‘ as unto the Lord ’ . |
| 24 | While it may be frowned on by purists , it is a practical way round the problem of cutting on dialogue , and if it is done with sensitivity it is not too obtrusive . |
| 25 | Releasing the emotional threads is somewhat like cutting the umbilical cord : if it is done too soon , both parties risk severe injury through loss of blood , whereas if it is left too long , it becomes an obscenity , a viscous , unnatural-looking projection of the human body . |
| 26 | It seems to me a matter of the highest possible importance that where a quasi-judicial function is being exercised , under such circumstances as it had to be exercised here , with the result of depriving people of their property , especially if it is done without compensation , the persons concerned should be satisfied that nothing unfair has been done in the matter , and that ex parte statements have not been heard before the decision has been given without any chance for the person concerned to refute those statements . |
| 27 | Perhaps for this reason above any other , aromatherapy has sometimes been dismissed out of hand by a few dyed-in-the-wool traditionalists because they believe a certain amount of discomfort must be felt if it 's to do us any good ! |
| 28 | Well if it 's to do with anything you 've seen here please make it in the right quarters not at me . |
| 29 | Mrs Dennison looked up from her plate a little flushed and said : ‘ I 'm always suspicious of the excuse that a sin is justified if it 's done to benefit someone we love . |
| 30 | ‘ You can get that feel with man-made fabrics too — a big well-cut , microfibre parka can be real earthy if it 's done right . ’ |