Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a bank is not recognized , it can not use the word ‘ bank ’ in its title ( unless it is an overseas bank operating in the UK and it is made clear that it is using the title ‘ bank ’ because it is entitled to do so in its country of origin ) . |
| 2 | It clear that it is costing British jobs on a substantial scale and that it will continue until the unfair practices cease . |
| 3 | The health authority has made it clear that it is initiating an inquiry to establish the levels of staffing and back-up staffing that are necessary to ensure that there are no shortages . |
| 4 | IBM has invested so much in the development of , and so much more in the marketing of , OS/2 2.0 that it has to plough on with it even if in 18 months ' time it becomes clear that it is becoming at best a respectable also-ran in the desktop stakes . |
| 5 | ‘ We should like to see parents control the amount of time their children spend on computer games , especially if it becomes clear that it is becoming more than a normal hobby , ’ said the PAT deputy general secretary , Jackie Miller . |
| 6 | Thus it is clear that it is owing to her body that a woman is defective . ) |
| 7 | Thirdly , the chances are high that it is sitting atop an ancient tectonic boundary that runs east-west under the Mediterranean — this is where the African and Eurasian plates are in contention . |
| 8 | Now the tense of the main verb , in other words not the bit in the when clause or the as soon as clause or whatever , normally virtually it gives it away because if it 's future in the main the chances are extremely high that it 's going to be future in French at least in the time clause . |
| 9 | Again that , that is , is very clear and it 's representing initiation rituals . |
| 10 | I knew it had gone horribly wrong and it was going to hurt . |
| 11 | See so it 's just by learning the pattern it 's like say if you were you were playing football every time somebody every time the ball came towards you you had to learn all about the way the ball goes Oh it 's you know it 's slowing down cos the grass is wet and it 's curling and things like that . |
| 12 | This is a unhelpful because it 's winding that way yet it looks as if it 's winding that way , does n't it ? |
| 13 | Antennae keenly tuned by the hopes of lucrative business , the new director , Bernard Herdan , was quoted in the Independent on Sunday as looking forward to even greater wonders : ‘ The day is not too far distant when we will be able to tell the ordinary public whether it is going to rain in their street within the next hour . ’ |
| 14 | There is also a suggestion that the Council of Ministers meet in public when it is acting as a legislative body , a suggestion which some parliamentarians first attribute to Mr Tony Benn in his days as Energy Secretary . |
| 15 | They are interrupting my fixed gaze into the third ring of the electric fire , or my autistic pacing around the living room , as I try to determine whether the print that I thought was beautiful is in fact so vulgar that it is lying in wait to expose me to ridicule . |
| 16 | On March 21st , exasperated by James Capel 's performance but also peeved that it was seeking a fresh ( Japanese ) parent , Hongkong Bank forced Capel 's popular chairman , Mr Peter Quinnen , to resign . |
| 17 | We were just very grateful that it was taking place . ’ |
| 18 | The animal will be aware of its prey in that it consciously perceives , pursues , and devours it , but it will be unaware that it is doing these things for the sake of satisfying its wants . |
| 19 | As far as Europeans are concerned , they 'll undoubtedly come here , as we are going to be travelling to France and Germany and Italy and wherever , but I think it 's getting the North American tourists convinced that it 's going to be okay here , they 're going to get a value for money holiday . |
| 20 | No , does n't fit on it 's stopped recording change the change the tape so a su but going back to that she was so convinced that it was gon na be a heck of a job that she would save us time by taking all the clothes out putting them somewhere else and I said it 'll take us three minutes |
| 21 | erm developed and it 's gon na be released in the next few months |
| 22 | Research has shown that we are normally not conscious that it takes place , but that we are uncomfortable if it is missing when we would expect it or present on inappropriate occasions — for example in a greeting from a complete stranger . |
| 23 | Cos you clean a little bit , you clean the outside and it 's raining , cos you ca n't take the hoover out there and |
| 24 | Well it 's never going to go straight and it 's going to put the whole lot out is n't it ? |
| 25 | Now you 're alright , that 's everything should happen there but it is not physically impossible but it 's gon na put staff under a lot of stress and we 're gon na have to play the game of making it workable . |
| 26 | Do you know it is , it 's a little tiny but it 's going on for ages and ages . |
| 27 | Sony 's position is less dangerous because it is building on the foundations of an already established physical format . |
| 28 | ‘ I was just numb while it was happening , I felt weak . |
| 29 | He did not turn to the centre-spread of college colours until he was outside again , guessing that he would need the privacy of a crowded pavement in which to confront a discovery that was as chilling as it was unsurprising . |
| 30 | It 's dear and it 's dying ! |