Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To extend a statute to a regrettably omitted case looks like legislation , whereas refusing to extend it to a casus male inclusus is more like imposing a provisional fetter on legislation ( provisional , because Parliament can always come back and include the case expressly if it wants to ) . |
| 2 | That is one reason why we look forward to some progress being made with the Milk Marketing Board so that it becomes a real marketing institution . |
| 3 | That is , the relevance of the reformulation lies in the way it constrains the interpretation of the first segment so that it matches Carver 's own initial impressions . |
| 4 | A great deal of time and energy has gone into dealing with anomalies and revising the formula for funding so that it distributes more fairly on the basis of need . |
| 5 | Drain the steak , reserving the marinade and thread a skewer through one strip of steak at 2.5cm/1in intervals , pushing the strip together so it forms concertina-like folds . |
| 6 | In Mordauntt v. British Oil & Cake Mills Ltd. ( 1910 K.B. ) the seller was told of the sub-sale by the buyer only after it had been made . |
| 7 | The pluralist perspective makes no attempt to criticise British politics , and it chooses to bend democratic theory in a conservative direction so that it justifies and defends the established order . |
| 8 | Carried to their logical conclusion his theories meant that ( if he were right ) the attaque à outrance could be broken by a well-organised defence long before it reached the enemy . |
| 9 | She had changed into a loose gauzy nightdress and released her hair so that it fell , witch-like , over her shoulders . |
| 10 | Craig ran his hand through his hair so that it sprung into small curls giving him a rakish appearance . |
| 11 | The tears were moistening her hair so that it clung to her cheeks , and they did n't look like stopping . |
| 12 | A cool little breeze was blowing , and she shivered as it ran playfully over her heated skin and ruffled the long strands of her silvery hair so that it spilled like spun gold down her back , tangling with the lace . |
| 13 | Rescuing a piece of the frill from the dress , Ellie cut it to the shape she wanted , attached it with pins to the back of the headband , laid it down , picked up Terry 's brush , backcombed the other girl 's hair so that it stood further out from her head , giving a similarity of the style she thought she should have , carefully arranged the head-dress , and turned Terry back to the mirror . |
| 14 | He muttered something unrepeatable under his breath and wiped an exhausted hand upwards over his forehead , a distraught gesture which ruffled the short dark hair so that it stood on end . |
| 15 | All she has to do is slip the Mickey Mouse earrings in the pocket , smooth down her short hair so that it looks less like Just William and more like Tony Slattery , and the personality change is complete . |
| 16 | Given that such an emergency admission should be avoided at all costs , how can a social worker plan an admission so that it offers the person concerned a positive choice ? |
| 17 | Leo was sitting at the kitchen table , his large frame almost dwarfing the little wooden chair , arms folded across his massive chest so that it pulled the material of his shirt impossibly tight . |
| 18 | Trim the edges so they are straight and even , and cut the strip so that it measures the circumference of the cake . |
| 19 | She watched him nervously and then he casually stretched up and removed his damp shirt so that it took all her powers , her resolutions , to appear composed in sight of his taut , powerful torso . |
| 20 | Clearly this would only be the case if the company was perceived as an entity distinct from its shareholders so that it followed that the company and not the shareholders would be liable for any debts . |
| 21 | As the reader will appreciate , a country can fund a continuing current account deficit only if it has limitless reserves of gold and foreign exchange or unlimited foreign borrowing power . |
| 22 | But Mexico got this support only because it had sorted out its economy . |
| 23 | The shade has a double skin so that it remains cool and the light is well diffused , thus reducing glare and shadows . |
| 24 | He had also developed such affection for his owner , and had become so possessive of her , that if he saw her stroking another horse , he would roar with rage and throw himself sideways against the nearest fence , cutting and scraping his skin so that it bled . |
| 25 | Using a more powerful cocktail of bio-tech moisturisers , Vitamins A and E together with deHydrocholesterol , Time-Complex aims to ‘ re-programme ’ the skin so that it starts to behave with youthful efficiency . |
| 26 | Her gown looked expensive , Ruth thought , but it would have suited her mistress better than it did its owner . |
| 27 | When it 's a mizza , of course especially if it creates 25 new jobs . |
| 28 | In any democracy , a government can commit its people to certain bloodshed only if it believes it has their support . |
| 29 | Perhaps this attitude of ‘ cooling it ’ , ‘ turning off ’ , ‘ keeping his head down ’ , ‘ disengaging ’ on the part of the failing student is a special case of what Roy Cox ( 1967 ) had in mind when he said : ‘ It is clear that where students are assessed in a way which is not seen to be relevant to what they are aiming at they will tend to distort and degrade the assessment so that it does not become a source of esteem . ’ |
| 30 | Her hair had been flattened by the storm so that it made Trent think of a squashed astrakan hat . |