Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if the child is never born alive , things will remain as if it had never existed . |
| 2 | At low levels of excitation this structure , outlined in Fig. 1 , will obviously behave as if it were an inefficient transformer . |
| 3 | And reciprocally , if memory formation requires the synthesis of proteins for the construction of synapses , then if one could stop the proteins from being synthesized around the time of learning then the memory should not be formed ; an animal trained on a task and prevented from synthesizing proteins should behave as if it has no memory for the task — is amnesic — when it is subsequently asked to perform it . |
| 4 | Our experience of electronic technology prepares us to accept the idea that unconscious machinery can behave as if it understands complex mathematical ideas . |
| 5 | King 's Jester used to be a very spooky horse and would shy at the same jump , stacked in the corner of the school , every single day and if anything was moved to a different position , he would behave as if it were about to leap out and get him . |
| 6 | Compton proposed that the quantum of light could act as if it were a particle , and he christened this the photon . |
| 7 | It 's the kind of thing you do n't think of until it actually happens to you . |
| 8 | In his experiment , Gould painted over the ocelli ( small light-sensitive organs ) of some of the members of a hive , which would then dance as if it were dark , but otherwise behave normally . |
| 9 | ‘ Here , let me pull the paper off now that you 've undone the ribbon and tape , or it wo n't feel as if it 's really for me . ’ |
| 10 | It is part of their religion , a religion I do not scoff at as it holds many elements which match our own even though it lacks the truth of ours . |
| 11 | To the immune systems of the animals that it may infect , the resultant mutant virus will look as if it is rabies and so will trigger antibodies and generally stimulate immunity against the disease . |
| 12 | Not only is the creature convincingly modelled and animated , but ray tracing and lighting effects are used to give accurate refraction and reflection so that it really does look as if it is made of water . |
| 13 | ‘ Then if there 's time she wants a ‘ Guess the Weight ’ cake making as well — I 've got to make it look as if it weighs five pounds when it really weighs ten . ’ |
| 14 | He removed the stereo from his brother 's car , to make it look as if it had been stolen , before pushing it into a water-filled quarry . |
| 15 | He says ‘ SAG efforts are frozen , it ca n't decide which way to go and does n't look as if it will ever get its act together . ’ |
| 16 | Painful reform will look as if it has been wasted , firms will go bust , unemployment will rise , people will demand populist cure-alls . |
| 17 | Idealism , then , simply did not look as if it had much to say about the major events in international relations in the 1930s . |
| 18 | The window did n't look as if it had been cleaned on the outside in years , and there were splashes of pigeon droppings on the sill . |
| 19 | Does n't look as if it 's moving at all to me . |
| 20 | It does n't look as if it 'll factorize easily . |
| 21 | By positioning a bolster in the middle of the bed instead of at the end the mattress will look as if it is divided into two separate areas . |
| 22 | As well as being practical , the end result will look as if it cost many times as much . |
| 23 | Indeed , the move seems generally acceptable for them , subject only to the natural constraint that it will be proscribed in certain cases where the adjective would consequently look as if it were attributive , with the result that an incorrect meaning would apparently be expressed ; for example : ( 19 ) this potion makes dogs bald ( 20 ) this potion makes bald dogs For the second reason , we turn to some additional aspects of questions . |
| 24 | And you would n't get this concentration on one , this one kind of character defect , which er , admittedly , is a , is a problem with the book and , and can make it look as if it is a kind of character assassination . |
| 25 | Does n't look as if it 's quite full yet . ’ |
| 26 | So once you get towards , take a clock in , make sure you pace yourself , and say at the end of that just put in a sort of sentence to make it look as if it 's been finished off Erm , what I usually do when I do an exam is I spend the first five minutes actually looking at the questions because initially you look for the ones that you 've revised and you see but there may be others there , there 're you can do in a slightly different way than the way that they first appear and that might help you quite a bit , although there are no trick questions in this . |
| 27 | Opening the prosecution case at Liverpool Crown Court , Mr Klevan alleged that Gilfoyle , a former private in the Royal Army Medical Corps , ‘ took her life and thereafter made it look as if it were suicide . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ We say he took her life and then made it look as if it was suicide . ’ |
| 29 | Does n't look as if it 's going to be dry to me . |
| 30 | I 'm never sure if they eat this weed cos it does n't look as if it 's going anywhere . |