Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can assert of the oldest tree in the park ( if there is such a tree ) that it is an oak , but I can also say of the sentence " The oldest tree in the park is an oak " that it means the same , or that it expresses same thought as , say , its French or Chinese translation , irrespective of whether it says anything true . |
| 2 | Secondly , there is nothing to suggest that using two languages detracts from either one of them or that it produces continued interference . |
| 3 | I am , I regret , unable to agree that the judgment of the court beyond this or that , in so far as it was obiter in the context in which it was delivered , can be supported or that it binds this court . |
| 4 | Although the civil rights strategy could not have been adopted by republicans without the approval of the leadership of the IRA — and Roy Johnston stressed the importance of its involvement in the Maghera meeting of 1966 — — this does not mean that the army council initiated the setting up of NICRA or that it paid any detailed attention to the work being done by republicans within the association . |
| 5 | Society might judge that this severely reduced the welfare of citizens in remote areas or that it promoted regional dissent which reduced the sense of national unity . |
| 6 | Whether this means that life originated just once , or that it originated many times , each origin acquiring a different code , but that one origin gave rise to more successful competitors , we do not know . |
| 7 | If externalism is a sound stance , then the argument from error is irrelevant ; for it does no more than elaborate on a defective ( though traditional ) approach to epistemology or if it does more , it succeeds only in showing how that defective approach must lead to scepticism . |
| 8 | But if it does n't ease off , or if it gets worse , you must see your doctor . |
| 9 | When you act for a buyer , always go through the answers you receive to your preliminary enquiries , search and additional enquiries made of the local authority , marking each of these with a tick if it is satisfactory , or with a cross if it is not , or if it requires further elucidation . |
| 10 | The rule in Adam v Ward offers consolation to victims of attacks made under the " coward 's cloak " of Parliamentary privilege : they may reply in kind , through newspapers which will only be liable for the defamatory content of their reply if it is irrelevant to the subject-matter of the attack , or if it defames other persons who bear no responsibility for the attack . |
| 11 | The only thing if it 's a bargain or if it looks nice or you need something new . |
| 12 | A dismissal may be unfair either because it was procedurally arbitrary or because it lacked good cause . |
| 13 | Severe actions may be sanctioned against Ireland because it is naturally cursed , or because it needs extreme measures to bring it the fruits of reformation ( desired by God ) , or because it holds some particular horror for England which the English will deserve unless they do something about it . |
| 14 | For example , does an animal recoil from a naked flame because it can feel the heat or because it can ‘ see ’ the heat — or because it has some completely different sense that alerts it to the danger ? |
| 15 | Severe actions may be sanctioned against Ireland because it is naturally cursed , or because it needs extreme measures to bring it the fruits of reformation ( desired by God ) , or because it holds some particular horror for England which the English will deserve unless they do something about it . |
| 16 | The protestant version has variants as to how pure this church is or whether it remains sinful , but the evangelical version which is the basic one in the North of Ireland opts absolutely for ‘ Jesus Saves ’ ; the community , no longer medium of salvation , tends to take on a visible , earthly role , an occasion of grace and a support for religious ‘ this-worldly ’ activity . |
| 17 | One is whether a form is morphologically basic , or whether it needs extra material added by way of an additional rule . |
| 18 | With these five factors examined and the results of preliminary thinking kept in mind , the teacher or the planning team will be able to settle down to detailed planning of the specific learning sequence in question , whether it is a short piece of structured work with a work-sheet , tape-slide sequence or programmed unit , or whether it occupies several weeks of varied work . |
| 19 | In my judgment , the expression , special to section 10(4) , that time runs from service of the demand or when it becomes operative , is intended to distinguish summary proceedings from other proceedings . |
| 20 | The local authority contend the correct date is when the demand for payment was served or when it became operative . |
| 21 | Stress becomes harmful only when it exceeds our ability to cope with the situation , or when it continues unrelieved over a prolonged period . |
| 22 | A stream ends either when it reaches the edge of the grid or when it joins another stream . |
| 23 | Alice 's body felt cold and closed-up and stiff except where it felt sore and vulnerable , and her mind felt sore all over . |
| 24 | It is hardly surprising that it replaced the old ‘ putting out ’ system , nor that it led displaced domestic workers and artisans to smash machinery in a wave of ‘ Luddite ’ outbreaks . |
| 25 | A solitary predator it resembled the grey wolf , except that it had two horns — one long ivory one in the centre of its forehead , and the other a squat and curved tusk at the tip of its nose . |
| 26 | When she came back from changing , her haircut was a boy 's , except that it had new-born-looking curls at the nape of her neck , which knocked him out for a bit . |
| 27 | She smiled at him a little wildly , not knowing what to say except that it seemed best to keep on talking . |
| 28 | Remorseful Prober is like Naive Prober , except that it takes active steps to break out of runs of alternating recrimination . |
| 29 | What we now call Euclidean space-time is very similar except that it has four dimensions instead of two . |
| 30 | Given the rugged nature of the area , I was shocked , indeed horrified , to find that although it contained several hundred of Prince Charlie 's caves , it only boasted three Munros . |