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

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1 But j just before you go , Tom , the issue on whether or not Peter or or it lets the thinner section deep groove ball bearings , is n't going to rest on .
2 Its answer to the problem is either that it is entitled to more money from central Government , regardless of how much its rate support grant for the social services sector has risen , or that it needs the unfettered right to raise further taxes locally .
3 I can not believe that many members of the public believe that that is justice , or that it conveys the right message to those who , tonight , will steal a car and race it in the path of some other innocent victim .
4 Alternatively there may be a commitment to competition as the appropriate form of economic organization , either because competition is a good in itself , or because it delivers the goods .
5 Hanson buys firms either because it believes them to be under-managed , or because it believes the firms ' existing managers have over-extended themselves .
6 This is because it explicitly focusses on areas that the organisation may have previously neglected , or because it challenges the organisation to rethink areas to which it had paid insufficient attention .
7 As the Socialist Challenge pamphlet The Battle of Grunwick commented , ‘ it was not made clear whether the TUC condoned the use of ‘ unnecessary force ’ against non bona fide pickets or whether it thought the police were justified in using necessary force .
8 It is obviously essential for the local historian to know , when dealing with population figures and other matters , whether his information relates to the urban area only or whether it encompasses the surrounding rural parts of the parish as well .
9 On the other hand , comparisons with national data may be less relevant in that there may be broad geographical variations either in incidence or in case ascertainment that would make it difficult to determine whether an increase in Seascale or Allerdale and Copeland was a local effect ( and hence possibly related to Sellafield ) or whether it affected the whole of Cumbria .
10 Irrespective of whether Reagan 's economic policy was correct or not , or whether it achieved the objectives sought , the fact that the policy was put into place at all is remarkable in itself .
11 The issue is whether making the protean forms of racism seem more omnipotent , cohesive and enduring than they are does after all serve to strengthen and unify the antiracist movement , or whether it reinforces the more sectarian elements within it .
12 The question remains therefore whether the F B I was wise to force the issue with the gas attack or whether it aggravated the situation .
13 Whether this has any foundation in science or whether it reflects the old-fashioned ‘ punitive ’ approach , men up and down the country , known for their ten-pint capacity or love for fine wine , are receiving old-fashioned looks as they ask for a half-pint of lime juice or a tonic on its own .
14 The meeting 's proceedings could determine whether photoradiation therapy becomes a part of every cancer hospital — or whether it joins the ever-mounting pile of discarded ‘ miracle cures ’ .
15 When ever BBCBASIC(Z80) comes across a FOR , REPEAT , GOSUB , FN or PROC statement , it need to remember where it is in the program so that it can loop back or return there when it encounters a line with NEXT , UNTIL or RETURN statement or when it reaches the end of a function or procedure .
16 This takes you to a very similar dialog box to the one for a new presentation except that it lacks the button for selecting a presentation style .
17 The Law Society had greater reservations about franchising than the other bodies , except that it liked the administrative advantages and thought that they should be extended to all legal aid practitioners who satisfied quality control criteria developed by the Board and the Law Society .
18 His version is identical with Bilbo 's first one , except that it makes the significant change , in line 5 , of ‘ weary feet ’ for ‘ eager feet ’ .
19 The residents were confident that wartime experience would convert many more of their clothed countrymen to shed their garments too — presumably for no other reason than that it eased the problems caused by clothes rationing .
20 Is not that in marked contrast to the events of 25 years ago this very day , as reported by The Times , when the then Economic Affairs Minister warned the Confederation of British Industry that if it breached the inflation-wage restraint , there would be a prices and incomes policy ?
21 The court seemed to be afraid that if it allowed the jury to take account of one characteristic , such as sexual impotence , then it would be illogical to direct them not to take account of another characteristic , such as irascibility or bad temper .
22 The difficulty , for the commission , is that if it abandoned the present formula , it would face exactly the same problems as national governments , seeking to foster advanced technology but fearful of the temptation of ‘ backing winners ’ .
23 They felt that if it set the wages of very poor people , the next thing it would do would be to start setting the wages of trade unionists .
24 Will he explain why he wrote to UKIAS on 7 October threatening that unless it accepted the Government 's proposals he would withdraw its funding or curtail it completely ?
25 The only positive aspect is that since it attracts the seediest sort of tourist , it keeps them all in one place like a gigantic concrete fly-paper , and stops them wandering all over the unspoiled parts of the Highlands looking for go-cart tracks and timeshare chalets .
26 ‘ The only result is that a large heron discovered that when it activated the floodlight it enabled him/her to decimate my expensive collection of koi carp , brazenly standing in the middle of the pool at 10.30pm . ’
27 Local legend states that when it hears the church clock strike twelve it goes down to the River Avon to drink .
28 On she walked , quarter of a mile , half a mile , watching the sun begin to set and knowing that when it touched the horizon she might see the horse coming and Ferdinando waving and maybe , if he was not slumped asleep in the saddle in front of his father , maybe another small hand too .
29 He hauled the front door open so hard that when it hit the stop the stained-glass panel shattered .
30 After a while it became part of the nomes ' world , so that when it stopped the silence came as a shock .
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