Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] it [verb] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 The group can be asked to respond to what one individual has just said ; or it can focus discussion on one individual at a time ; or the counsellor can ensure that the group discusses general or shared problems , or that it links and compares different problems faced by individuals within the group .
2 If it does not , or when it files and gives notice that it is satisfied , or the court on application decides it needs no further information , then only is a return day fixed by the court .
3 What is required is a mechanism for thinning the lithosphere during the heating phase so that when it cools and subsides a region of negative relief is formed .
4 This way and that it rippled and shivered and then was still , a great sea .
5 And supposing it melts and we have
6 This method of deciding the right time to sow was recommended by Fitzherbert , the sixteenth-century writer on agriculture : ‘ go upon the land that is plowed and if it synge or crye or make any noise under they fete , then it is to wet to sowe .
7 It 's an extension of what you do on stage and it became a full=time thing really , until after it stopped and he could change and get into the Diamond Dogs period and the other albums that he made . ’
8 And whether it varies or whether it 's consistent .
9 Yet education has never guaranteed employment , and whether it has or has not been expected to , we must also consider the other purposes it may serve .
10 But I am sure that a dynamic system which is flexible enough to respond to congestion as and when it occurs and can cope over time with any land use intensity changes without modification , will be more acceptable to the travelling public than rigid systems .
11 Listen to a car passing on the road : as the car is approaching , its engine sounds at a higher pitch ( corresponding to a higher frequency of sound waves ) , and when it passes and goes away , it sounds at a lower pitch .
12 Yes that seems to me to fit that sort of bill , erm to be quite honest I would prefer that we base the promises on a previous paper that T six six one , er you know , sort of er typical success of the fact looking forward cos at least erm that 's not so erm , you know , sort of difficult to erm you know achieve as erm sort of repairing potholes within , when you consider that the reason that the potholes do n't get mended is because government legislation has it that we have to actually erm have lines painted all round them , so that they can be part of the package of er road mending in many cases , I mean urgently erm difficult ones are not that common er so I think that perhaps some of these promises are so difficult because it gives with one hand and takes back with the other , you know , it says we promise , but , I , I would say that 's not much of a promise , you say I promise to erm , you know , erm merge , I forgot about , but if it said but , you know , if it rains I wo n't tell you , er it would be very sad
13 It 's supposed to clarify and illuminate the argument , but if it confuses and muddies it , so much the better .
14 But whether it wins or loses RHM , they are a buy .
15 Society too , of course , changes ( and helps to change us ) , but whether it develops and matures is a matter for another debate .
16 While ‘ The Prophet ’ was asleep , a violent rainstorm swept across the countryside but when it ended and the farmer went to see how the fugitive minister had fared , he found that , miraculously , an area around the sleeping man had been left untouched by the rain .
17 But as it grows and the number of people and ideas becomes large , even in an idea-stimulating culture and climate such as this one , a more formal procedure seems required to take care of the creative potential of the employees .
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