Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exceptions relate particularly to those cases where the authority has a financial interest in the outcome , or where it applies standards to its own proposals different from those it applies to private sector applications . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Parliament adopted regulations in late August 1990 which a required foreign publication to obtain an annual permit if more than 300 copies were distributed in Singapore or if it carried articles on politics " in any country in south-east Asia " . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Well , he did n't mind that except that it wasted time , time he could have used making his trap . |
| 11 | All this was by the way , however , except that it lent background and depth to the smile he gave Howard as he shook hands . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Playing with these groups does not lead toward our solution except that it develops familiarity with the cube and with the notation . |
| 14 | I could n't see the logic of this except that it protected Thatcher from any hint of ‘ doing deals with terrorists ’ . |
| 15 | Philips says that although it holds patents on the system , and must license any firm that wants to sell players , the company put no clause in the licence to control undercutting . |
| 16 | And some people say that 's the best thing that happened to it being voted that cos it meant people had done things about it and sorted it out but you think it 's still dull as |
| 17 | The machine knows that if it plays B it will be vulnerable to a reply that will leave it with fewer points than the least it can get by choosing A . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Colin Chapman , however , had his doubts and was convinced that if it had barriers around it , similar to those at Monaco , Clark would never have died . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The regional council says that unless it gets guarantees about the money it wants to spend on a railway service now facing privatisation , it may have to switch the money to its own plans to upgrade Glasgow public transport . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 ! |
| 27 | Gould had arranged to rendezvous with Gilbert in Sydney before leaving for England , but so eager was he to set sail with his precious cargo that when it seemed Gilbert might have been delayed in Western Australia , he left without seeing him . |
| 28 | 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 ? |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 |