Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 But the rest of Frolik 's information was not particularly valuable except in that it convinced the CIA that Britain 's Labour Party was riddled with Communist sympathisers and thus untrustworthy , and helped lead to the suspicions against Prime Minister Harold Wilson .
2 And because of that it has got gravitation and fields which is n't as big as the earth , it 's only about one sixth as big as the earth .
3 The sunshine dries it up and sometimes it depends on what it 's use how deep it is as to whether it dries up .
4 There was also uncertainty among experts as to whether it belonged to Picasso 's Blue or Pink period .
5 So extraordinary was this bird and so little was known about it , that previously naturalists had been divided as to whether it belonged to the vulture or the gallinaceous race .
6 The effect of the Famine in 1921–2 was far more crippling in the Volga provinces than in Tambov guberniia , so that one can argue either way as to whether it had a stimulating or depressing effect on the mettle of the Tambov Greens ; certainly in Samara and Saratov its vehemence blew out all hope of resistance .
7 However , about one tenth of teachers were unsure as to whether it had been submitted .
8 All too rarely is the building considered as a whole : the shopfront is applied without a thought as to whether it clashes or blends in colour , proportion , materials or design with the building above .
9 Although widely admired , the ASEA was by no means without its critics , and considerable doubt was expressed as to whether it offered a practical answer to the problem of boy labour .
10 Culture as content seems to point , on the other hand , to different answers for different kinds of educational programme , and even begs the question as to whether it makes sense in some subject domains .
11 Much controversy has attached to the word ‘ servants ’ in this passage , as to whether it cancelled the previous Leveller insistence on full , unqualified adult manhood suffrage and was intended to exclude all wage-earners from the vote , or — more likely — was meant to cover only those living in , and so dependent on their master or mistress for board and lodging .
12 As to whether it has also increased proportionally is a matter that could only be determined empirically , although one could surmise that it has so increased .
13 Now the point has already been raised and partly answered in the question in the case of Selby District Council as to whether it matters whether there is an over-provision of land for industry and other employment .
14 We 're about half way through the process at the moment , and as of today , it does depend which train she travelled on from Oxford as to whether it 's actually been converted with the disabled accommodation or whether er it 's not yet provided .
15 Er it 's a matter of speculation as to whether it did play any part .
16 right , well , I 'm , I 'm not worried about the point as to whether it arise out of cross examination , I seldom am because there is always erm can be an opportunity for further cross examination if the other party wants to , so er on the grounds of the objection I , I , I do n't uphold it you can ask that if you like , but er I do want the jury always to keep their eye on that what really is the issue in the case er certainly from the defendants point of view , I know what you say
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