Example sentences of "[det] that [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may be told that what we understand of an event e , if it is taken as an effect , is that there existed a certain set of conditions — say sc — such that since it existed , e occurred , and e would still have occurred so long as " the usual background " or " the usual environment " obtained . |
| 2 | That is , to simplify the independent conditional ( 5 ) a bit , a causal circumstance is such that if it happens , then just its effect does . |
| 3 | But , to simplify ( 6 ) , an effect is such that if it happens , then all that is true is that one or another of a set of causal circumstances has existed . |
| 4 | Thus , in part , a causal circumstance is such that if it occurred , then even if there also occurred any change logically consistent with it and its effect , the effect occurred — or , it was the first and the effect was the last of a sequence of things such that the given connection obtained between each thing and its successor . |
| 5 | It 's going to be very strange , but I love all that because it gives me so much more of a challenge . |