Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if it is not a must , it is often worth applying as it helps the marker do a better job , in particular because he can use electronic tools to provide data that will aid his judgement . |
| 2 | This last point is worth amplifying as it does affect the poetry . |
| 3 | In this connexion it is worth remembering that it takes a little longer to change where cymbals are concerned ( owing to the way in which they are held ) but from bass drum to side-drum , triangle , or tambourine , or from any of these to any other , is a matter of seconds . |
| 4 | I think its because erm I do n't , I 'm not happy with mine because it it shows signs of ageing and it reminds me that I 'm getting older and I do n't like that |
| 5 | If we can never be certain that we have stated every objective we might have , in the clearest form , and with the most practical means of testing whether it has been achieved , this does not mean that we abandon the attempt or that to try one 's best under the circumstances is not a helpful activity . |
| 6 | This last provision looks so sweeping that there is a danger of supposing that it has swept away all difference between legal and equitable rights . |
| 7 | But the Nikkei Industrial Daily sounds a note of warning for NEC : there are two pitfalls for the company with the current order , it says : the sheer difficulty of running a development project to create the mainframe software that makes up the ‘ Fourth Online System ’ — people involved with the development of Third Online Systems predicted the end of such enormous projects ; and the danger of overlooking the trend towards downsizing because it devotes too much time and too many resources on the project . |
| 8 | However , it is not unusual to see pilots take off towards a heavy rain shower on a good soaring day instead of waiting until it has passed . |
| 9 | Perhaps the charge that attitudinism makes ethics peculiarly irrational is merely a way of saying that it denies that there is such a thing as objective ethical truth . |
| 10 | This is just another way of saying that it has 3ml of alcohol in every 100ml . |
| 11 | Still hammering away , the Institute has the satisfaction of knowing that it has at last brought home to the Ministry of Health , within whose purview this question comes , that things are not what they ought to be , and Dr Eichholz , who has just retired from the Chief Inspectorate of Special Schools , is at its request making a special enquiry . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a working breakfast which I have no intention of cancelling because it does n't fit in with your selfish plans . ’ |
| 13 | The offeror must not employ any " strong-arm tactics " to prevent the board of the target from making an announcement or requesting a suspension of listing if it thinks it appropriate . |
| 14 | The importance of context in establishing the boundaries of given and new elements is worth noting because it suggests that analysing written language in terms of given and new is feasible . |
| 15 | It is no use having a racket for volleying if it does n't help other parts of your game . ’ |
| 16 | Erm used for troubleshooting when it does n't start . |
| 17 | However , it is worth considering because it does offer , at least in theory , an alternative . |
| 18 | Discussing a book on Dostoevsky , he remarks that while the author has much of interest to say about The Idiot ‘ she does not quite persuade one that it comes off , indeed she does not really try , because like many scholars today she is more concerned with showing how the thing works than with judging if it works well . ’ |
| 19 | Yet , like most faiths in the twentieth century , Christianity has come under the hypnotic spell of this modern attitude , and Christians are beguiled into behaving as it demands . |
| 20 | The first stage is the premoral stage and the child starts off obeying to avoid punishment , and then moves onto obeying because it understands why it should . |
| 21 | Do not be misled , however , into thinking that it works like a spreadsheet because it is only a grid for entering figures and can not perform any calculations for you . |
| 22 | We think there is very strong ground for saying that it does , and that by recognising both potential criminal origins in section 211 and then by channelling all judicial review applications together by section 21K under Order 53 , the legislature was providing for all . |
| 23 | He has found several different types of Anomalocaris ; from studying the whole lot , he thinks he can make a case for saying that it belongs with the arthropods , not out on its own . |
| 24 | Once it becomes an end in itself then it becomes worth doing and it becomes a profession in itself just as being a dancer is a profession . |
| 25 | Once an offer can be identified there is not usually any difficulty in ascertaining whether it has been accepted . |
| 26 | To stop it from sucking because it dissolves too well It 's like you in there drinking drinking er coke out of a straw if you you suck enough It 'll all end up in your mouth . |
| 27 | We must stop this from happening before it does . |
| 28 | If wood is physically restrained from shrinking when it wants to do so it will split , because it has almost no tensile strength across the grain . |
| 29 | Secure employment will come from embracing new technology , not from pretending that it does not exist . |
| 30 | Each organisation takes a different route in deciding whether it needs computer help in personnel management . |