Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] it [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Empirical statements concerning spatial and/or temporal order e.g. that x is to the left of y , or above y , or that it precedes yin a time series , etc. — do not involve attribution of certain purely intrinsic properties to x or toy , i.e. properties that might be described as part of their essential description ( qua self-subsistent ontological entities ) . |
| 2 | The decreased healing rate associated with excess dietary intake , assessed after ulcer healing , may inducate that food alleviates ulcer symptoms or that it slows healing by stimulating acid secretion . |
| 3 | But an employer can legally sack you or your partner if he can prove it is disruptive of other work relationships , it could harm business or that it affects job performance . |
| 4 | Thus , if the government receives tax payments from , or if it sells government debt to , the private sector the proceeds will act to reduce the money market 's cash position . |
| 5 | If it appears healthy , simply let it go , or if it needs attention , try to direct it into a clean dustbin , tie the lid on and take it to the vet . |
| 6 | However , it remains an open question whether the dust continues beyond about 100 metres , becoming fully compacted rock at 10 to 20 km , or whether it gives way to broken rock somewhere not far beyond 100 metres depth . |
| 7 | The 3-Colour pattern option operates in much the same way except that it knits colour one , colour two , colour three and colour four before moving on to the next pattern line . |
| 8 | Well , he did n't mind that except that it wasted time , time he could have used making his trap . |
| 9 | All this was by the way , however , except that it lent background and depth to the smile he gave Howard as he shook hands . |
| 10 | Constant purchasing power ( CPP ) accounting uses nearly all the same conventions and standards as historical cost ( HC ) accounting , except that it measures profit or loss not in terms of money but against a yardstick of maintaining purchasing power capital . |
| 11 | Playing with these groups does not lead toward our solution except that it develops familiarity with the cube and with the notation . |
| 12 | That had stopped the Ministry ‘ dead in its tracks ’ and it had come to the conclusion that if it denied premium to the rearer of suckled calves it would eventually be challenged by a hill farmer before the European Court . |
| 13 | The administration 's trade policy towards Japan , she said , was based on the idea that if it concluded trade agreements with the Japanese , it wanted measures of their success . |
| 14 | He kept on firing until he could see each individual rope on the net , then hauled the nose up and vaulted the balloon , realizing as he did so that if it caught fire now he would be fried . |
| 15 | CAPTAIN Kirk finally makes peace with the Klingons , albeit unwillingly … it 's the end of an era … although considering it takes place four hundred years in the future , it has n't even begun yet . |
| 16 | The crux of the criticism directed at the Labour Party , in particular , is that while it provided food and medical help it did little to try to persuade the British government to end its policy of non-intervention towards Spain . |
| 17 | If you find that the results are likely to be disastrous , and that the principles underlying it , which we detect not only from the official utterances of members of the Government but also from the more indiscreet explanations of so-called supporters of the government are pernicious and that the whole matter is one that has never been duly referred to the people of this country , then I venture to say that your Lordships have a clear duty before you — not to decree the final extinction of the Bill — because that is not what we propose , but to insist that before it becomes law an authoritative expression of the opinion of the electors of the United Kingdom shall have reached us with regard to it . |
| 18 | Those few cases which are prosecuted fail to arouse media-indignation , except when it expresses disapproval for the way executives are very occasionally over-sanctioned ! |
| 19 | well can you explain please as the man who devised these charges and assessed them and work them out how by some process of reason anybody reading that sentence gets the clue that when it says management charges will rise at a rate below the level of inflation , it refers to one pound fifty nine , how can you understand that ? |
| 20 | What is the Government 's attitude to Labour 's proposal for a defence diversification agency , bearing in mind that if it were so easy to create jobs through a Government agency , it is surprising that Labour has always left behind more unemployed than when it took office . |
| 21 | I mean that box on the left hand side there could be Ralph Gardener Community High School and where it says science or maths or whatever |
| 22 | But if it sometimes seems to be saying , on Salim 's behalf , that race or kinship wins , it is also the case that it is full of losers , that it has a lively feeling for the Africans of market and bush , and for their African troubles , and for the situation of Salim as someone evolved or emerged from a tribal narrowness to an experience of sexual love which is liberating and dramatic , and that it does justice to Metty 's last state , left behind in the dangerous town at the bend in the river . |
| 23 | But the central and substantive argument that defenders of Roman catholic schools have had to deal with is that the dual school system in Northern Ireland encourages , supports , or at least reinforces the sectarian divide , and that it forms part of the vicious circle maintaining conflict in Ulster . |
| 24 | As was noted earlier , proponents of specialization claim , among other things , that it permits a greater development of knowledge and/or skills , and that it facilitates liaison with other agencies through increased awareness of how other disciplines work . |
| 25 | Other possible explanations are that interferon alfa is directly toxic to hepatocytes and that it induces autoimmune chronic active hepatitis . |
| 26 | Throughout the book , Petrey argues that Austin 's work is of huge importance and that it gives rise to significant insights when applied to the study of literature . |
| 27 | It would be possible to acknowledge that this type of emotional layer exists in human beings , and that it finds expression in the brutality men are capable of inflicting on one another . |
| 28 | Contemporary accounts say that it could reach quite high speeds on the rails and that it saved fuel . |
| 29 | On Friday , GM announced that its share of the US car and truck market for the 1989 model year ended September 30 was 35.2 per cent — up from 34.7 per cent in 1988 — and that it has outsold Ford by 1.7 million vehicles and Chrysler , the third biggest American car maker , by 3.4 million vehicles . |
| 30 | The SNP refused to support the Government in last night 's vote in spite of claims from Government sources that the deal two weeks ago went beyond the single vote on the EC committee and that it covered timetable motions too . |