Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim is to keep the boat flat at all times so that it glides cleanly over the water . |
| 2 | At the apex of the jaw the ventralmost tooth may be superficial , separating , the infradental papillae so that it appears to be an apical papilla ; in other specimens the infradental papillae lie closer together ; they are followed on each side by two block-like oral papillae . |
| 3 | The horse must prick its ears so that it looks ‘ happy ’ : it must not be relaxed and content with its ears backwards , either listening or resting , or else everyone will think that it is ‘ sour ’ . |
| 4 | The group might knock heads together but it does n't seem designed to do the equally important job of explaining what is happening to staff and patients . |
| 5 | Bureaucracy distorts the tasks of social organizations more than it does in management , where ‘ the accumulation of bureaucratic relations does not necessarily decrease efficiency ’ . |
| 6 | And since the discipline can not exclude psychological subjects from its accounts as it can psychologists , it has to consider the effects of gender variations among subjects more than it does among psychologists . |
| 7 | They 've got everything on computers now and it does n't work half the time does it ? |
| 8 | He had a stroke four months ago and it 's left him extremely weak down the left side of his body . |
| 9 | There is no record of who owns what in the area of mining rights ; thus a mining company may have to spend years discovering to whom it has to pay royalties even after it has ascertained that a piece of Britain contains valuable metals . |
| 10 | The British government has given the clearest signals yet that it intends to authorise the start-up of British Nuclear Fuels ' ( BNFL ) thermal oxide reprocessing plant ( THORP ) at Sellafield . |
| 11 | It has taken a lot of chef 's skills away but it speeds everything up . |
| 12 | Where in registered land a new covenant is given by the new husband to the mortgagee , the mortgagee may require a certified copy of the transfer containing the covenant to be lodged with the deeds so that it has a proper record of the liability of the new husband , the transfer incorporating the covenant itself being at the Land Registry . |
| 13 | It it seems to me we 've spent about an hour and ten minutes or so almost shadow boxing over this particular policy erm and we we keep running into well running both matters together and it seems right and proper that we should do that . |
| 14 | When returning the draft Contract to me duly signed will you let me have a cheque in favour of Messrs. Stanley Tee & Co. for £2,600 the 5% deposit and I will place this on deposit with my firm 's bankers so that it does not lose you interest , so there should be no delay in exchanging contracts once you have received the insurance company 's acceptance of your life proposals . |
| 15 | For him , the trend represents a contradiction of the growing pressure to make greater use of non-executive directors especially as it requires a far heavier burden of detailed knowledge of company 's activities from what are still essentially part-timers . |
| 16 | The Motorola 88110 RISC is not actually out yet , but the company 's Computer Group has had enough of third parties announcing new machines using its parent 's chips long before it gets a crack at them , and the company is first out of the gate with a single-board computer using the forthcoming 50MHz 88110 . |
| 17 | COSE continues to resist any designation as a group or collective appellation as the COSE companies reportedly because it expects to expand . |
| 18 | Since 1973 , Ireland has received around £9 billion in EC funds — five times more than it has contributed to the community . |
| 19 | BUT SHE 'S STARTED TAKING THESE NEW TABLETS STILL IF IT MAKES HER FEEL BETTER I DO N'T MIND . |
| 20 | ‘ The whole business has dragged on for two weeks already and it looks like going on even longer . |
| 21 | It is dangerous , however , to argue that there is no reason for the large antlers just because it seems unnecessary to give a reason . |
| 22 | For example , if a decision is made to build a factory , it might be years before the building is erected , equipped and in operation , and years more before it earns sufficient profits to pay back the investment . |
| 23 | And I 've come back years later and it 's had the same effect on me . ’ |
| 24 | A look is created , forgotten and then reinvented years later as it hits a dead end and digs up the tried-and-tested looks of yesteryear . |
| 25 | Anyway , I 've been sober for a couple of days now and it changes your perspective a bit . |
| 26 | I 've had this shrub for a few years now but it has been a bit reluctant to bloom . |
| 27 | There 's a number in the er when I was Church Street so that 's a few years now so it needs to be checked . |
| 28 | I 've been here three years now and it 's been improving all the time . |
| 29 | But you know it surprises me I mean I know the church is , is closed and it 's been closed for a couple of years now and it looks a sight because now I do n't know how many members they 've got , at least a couple of them could go in there and cut all the brambles down . |
| 30 | The implementation of liberty can stretch to keeping places of recreation closed on Sundays , upholding the rights of preachers to speak in public places even if it causes an affray , and opposing the development of catholic schools because their teachers do not communicate the Bible without priestly mediation . |