Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] it [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 If there is a common underlying theme or thread it would seem to be the unstated assumption that ‘ anyone can make it if they try , and if they conform to the rules ’ ; those who fail must suffer from some congenital lack of capacities , or be of an alien disposition .
2 ‘ But in order to carry on business it is necessary that the reputation of such a corporation should be protected , and therefore in the case of libel or slander it must have a remedy by action .
3 But in order to carry on business it is necessary that the reputation of such a corporation should be protected , and therefore in the case of libel or slander it must have a remedy by action .
4 Because fruit is not very nutritious in proportion to its bulk , animals that eat it must consume a lot .
5 The transport is also better , with the airport considerably closer than say it would have been in Manchester .
6 Like Flaubert , I left Belle-Ile hoping to return — and hoping , too , that the island 's isolation and the occasional fogs that cover it would discourage too many other tourists .
7 Faith in reason and its ability to crack the code of the universe by discovering the scientific laws that sustain it will become the new legalism of the dawning secular age .
8 It is also pointed out that the danger of " hurrying " and teaching " more " is that time for gathering information and reflecting on practice and the implicit and explicit theories that guide it can evaporate easily in the busyness of increasing demands …
9 Immediately I saw that if Edward had mentioned that name it would have been deemed a great betrayal .
10 The wench that drink'st it will to love incline .
11 He thanked her , and said that near it would do ; he could not see the well-groomed equipage negotiating the Bell o' the Brae .
12 I erm occasionally meet in this country and abroad the kind of Christian people that suppose it would have been quite difficult for me to have met before Britain came into Europe .
13 Identifying theirs from those that surround it would seem to be a baffling task in the darkness and some researchers believe that a bird is able to recognise the particular smell of its own burrow .
14 It 's lovely that dress it 'll go , gorgeous
15 Like solid fuel and lpg , you need to store it — in a tank accessible for refuelling by tanker — and the boilers that burn it must have a flue .
16 If he delivers the help and cash it will make the world 's nightmare of Russia 's return to an anti-democratic , totalitarian regime much less likely .
17 The family is still frightened and fear it may happen again .
18 Well I still think that well say you have a big massive thing and , and say it 'd take a hundred people mm er I suppose the bigger it is the more economical it is .
19 Nonetheless , third parties need to be alert to the dynamism of an organisation and realise it might have generated its own practices and activities , which need not necessarily be encompassed by the constitutive treaty .
20 But once safely in position it will be worth its weight in gold for the extra light and space it will create .
21 I came up with a very simple answer to this problem and hope it will help others .
22 Make a feature of it , do n't just stick it into a piece of furniture and hope it will look right .
23 Sue said : ‘ We 're confident of the success of Mossburn and hope it will prove to be a real crowd-puller . ’
24 We 're following up much of the documentation that we found and hope it could lead to other things which I can not reveal .
25 We 're following up much of the documentation that we found and hope it could lead to other things which I can not reveal .
26 Because of its superior formal authority , Congress can require the bureaucracy to state what combinations of price and quantity or budget and output it can offer before Congress releases its demand information .
27 We supported the introduction of the Teachers ' Pay Review Body and believe it will ensure that teachers are properly rewarded .
28 Indeed if we recall Dworkin 's own formulation of the principle of political equality which lies at the heart of his master-principle of equal concern and respect it would appear to support the criticisms just advanced .
29 It has membership of a number of University committees so that the information and comment it may wish to provide can be easily and quickly put into the University 's decision-making processes .
30 And dry it would have been if the heavens had n't opened the moment the ship docked and the troops set foot on French soil .
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