Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Additionally , a horse that enjoys eating a wider range of foodstuffs — alfalfa , oats , horse mixes , apples , carrots , and so on — provides us with a larger range of inducements to motivate it to do what we want as well as rewards for when it does do what we ask . |
| 2 | This highly characteristic Fifties attitude makes Souza 's work look as if it belongs to a time rather than a place . |
| 3 | You make the pillowcase look as if it 's been washed with Brand X … |
| 4 | But , it has given no indication of whether it intends to acquire or dispose of any data processing activities . |
| 5 | Every research study needs to be assessed on the criterion of whether it measures up to its own stated objectives . |
| 6 | Of Condition In If it rains today I sha n't go shopping the clause if it rains today qualifies sha n't go . |
| 7 | Indeed , the courts will take a pragmatic view of the complexity of the information and the employee 's ability to remember it as a test of whether it has been wrongfully used/disclosed by him . |
| 8 | The information needs to be stored in such a form that will facilitate fast testing of whether it matches what is being searched for . |
| 9 | Oftel does say that it believes video on demand comes under the auspices of the Broadcasting Act , rather than BT 's Public Telecommunications Operator licence , and while the ITC agrees , it also says that the question of whether it constitutes a broadcasting service has still to be decided . |
| 10 | ‘ In future cases where a new regime comes to power unconstitutionally our attitude on the question of whether it qualifies to be treated as a government , will be left to be inferred from the nature of the dealings , if any , which we may have with it , and in particular on whether we are dealing with it on a normal government to government basis . |
| 11 | Access to their help , leaving aside the question of whether it employs a separate , distinct expertise , has usually meant passing on pupils from the classroom or the school . |
| 12 | In a static , unchanging universe , the question of whether it has existed forever or whether it was created at a finite time in the past is really a matter for metaphysics or religion : Either theory could account for such a universe . |
| 13 | For older women , there is a question of whether it has any relevance at all . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm no judge of whether it suits either of us . ’ |
| 15 | ’ We have no policy on single-sex swimming , as it has never been an issue before and it has always been assumed that all children would swim together . ’ |
| 16 | It is a good idea to make a BOOT disk in case you ever have problems when you first turn the machine on and it has difficulty reading the hard drive . |
| 17 | it will be , it will be nice to get there sort of before it gets dark would n't it on the other side ? |
| 18 | Cos they we we were , we were doing it and and wha they were all kinds of and it 's got and I like , rushed it over to the sink and , and then just and then with the table it fell |
| 19 | nice big posh shop like and it 's got cheap |
| 20 | FROM the political activists to the ‘ do n't cares , do n't vote ’ the team from As It Happens are out and about on America 's streets . |
| 21 | The man is moving up and down over Andy , his backside looks large and white against the green of the ferns ; he still has the rucksack on and it looks weird , frightening and comical at the same time . |
| 22 | Now these represent , and this list is sent back to us and retained on the with the contract and all the details of this assignment for when it comes to the top of the pile as it were . |
| 23 | And there 's a book and it 's oh about quarter of and it 's got the bible written in fourteen nineties . |
| 24 | Now in the inside of that it opens out , there 's an opening in the bone and that leads down among other things into a tube down here , now that is connected up further down to the sinuses across |
| 25 | Parents and teachers usually judge children 's behaviour by whether it fits in with the usual standards — moral , emotional , social and intellectual — set by the society in which they live . |
| 26 | Like a bottle you expect to have whisky in and it turns out to be full of a specimen for the doctor . ’ |
| 27 | It is always wise to examine a flower very carefully before placing it in the blotting paper as if it contains any tiny insects they will think they are being provided with a picnic lunch and eat their way through the contents of your press ! |
| 28 | Labour does not have a clear policy on whether it believes in a second and tolled crossing , or wants just one very congested bridge — which would be very bad news for Wales . |
| 29 | One of the tragedies to that it has now become so expensive but is very difficult but not because it was sponsored but somebody told me the other night that the Billy Connolly programme excuse me Billy Connolly programme about art and culture was |
| 30 | ‘ Why do so many people use that word as if it represents something ugly ? ’ |