Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But make sure the sheeting is easily detachable so that it does not prevent you getting through the window in case of fire . |
| 2 | The pleonasm can be cured by making the dependent item more specific so that it makes a net semantic contribution to the phrase : my patriarchal uncle ( notice that adding specificity to the head has no effect : ? my male maternal uncle ) . |
| 3 | At a push boiling oil on its own will do the job , but a typical mixture has corrosive properties and is sticky so that it adheres to exposed flesh . |
| 4 | THE Chattahoochee river seems tranquil enough as it meanders 385 miles from north Georgia 's mountains past Atlanta , along the Alabama border and across the Florida Panhandle , finally spilling into the Gulf of Mexico . |
| 5 | Well I 'll get that in before it gets dark . |
| 6 | If drilling use a very sharp drill and hold it straight , drilling onto wood if possible so that it does n't crack the jar |
| 7 | The law , she thinks , is strong enough as it stands . |
| 8 | In 1960 the Rat Pack — Sinatra , Lawford , Martin , Davis and Bishop — came together to make Ocean 's Eleven , a caper that became a classic only because it featured for the first time the nucleus of the clan . |
| 9 | This is somewhat like making the target broader so that it becomes easier to hit . |
| 10 | The tapered frame of the original pattern was straightened and made broader so that it became rectangular in design . |
| 11 | The tapered frame of the original pattern was straightened and made broader so that it became rectangular in design . |
| 12 | For the same reasons , a person who has HIV infection should inform their GP of this only if it becomes relevant for diagnosis or treatment . |
| 13 | ( The RSV seems clear enough when it speaks of them looking into the ark ( 6.19 ) , but the Hebrew will not really bear that sense , and would suggest they merely looked at it . |
| 14 | Stress becomes harmful only when it exceeds our ability to cope with the situation , or when it continues unrelieved over a prolonged period . |
| 15 | Racal proved this conclusively when it announced last spring that it was planning to sell off part of the Vodafone mobile telecoms operation . |
| 16 | I managed to roll clear just as it flew off into the air , never to be seen again . |
| 17 | Do n't become despondent just because it seems that your employer is keen to drive a hard bargain . |
| 18 | There was no doubt in her mind that he was doing this deliberately and it drove her to forcefulness . |
| 19 | And she 'll forgive him just this once and it had better not happen again . |
| 20 | And that looked pretty funny like and it fell down a couple of days ago and maybe a pretty while afore that I du n no . |
| 21 | This is interesting both because it suggests that non-Hebbian forms of potentiation occur in the hippocampus , and because it provides implicit evidence for the existence of a diffusible extracellular messenger ( see text ) . |
| 22 | ‘ Listen , I hate to break this up and it 's been wonderful to see you , but I have to get back to the hotel . ’ |
| 23 | Okay , now , one of the things , I was gon na say this later but I 'm gon na say this now because it fits in here quite nicely , although as you 'll see I 'll revert to this later , but while we 're doing sex theory I 'll mention it . |
| 24 | Her mocking laughter sounded as clear now as it had done months earlier . |
| 25 | Mr Jackson said : ‘ I have never heard of anything like this before but it did not really spoil our day . |
| 26 | Sam had heard all this before and it seemed mightily irrelevant to the business in hand . |
| 27 | When you pull this out and it goes the next time start it turn it over , rewind it to the front . |
| 28 | Above : The Scissortail is very popular even though it lacks any bright colouring . |
| 29 | I mention this here because it has sometimes been thought that this type of community is abnormal or atypical . |
| 30 | Any loan from the bank involves a risk of default , and the bank will be concerned about this even though it has sought security from the firm . |