Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looks as though it had been cut out for some reason . |
| 2 | and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this ! |
| 3 | So if there 's one draw , for example , or one match which looks as though it stands out as an absolutely surefire score draw , and everybody puts it down , and it comes up as a score draw , then nobody gains anything . |
| 4 | One way that looks as though it works is simply to enter the formula +A5 into C5 and then copy from A5 to A6 … |
| 5 | It looks as though it stopped work a decade ago . |
| 6 | Chair , it looks as though it includes not only c councillors , but certainly former officers . |
| 7 | The organiser of The Other Story , Rasheed Araeen , has made much study of the art criticism of the early Seventies and the post-modernist theories of the Eighties , and his work looks as though it has no knowledge of the world not gleaned from art magazines . |
| 8 | Nothing looks worse , and does a poorer job , than a worm which has been stuck on the hook several times and looks as though it has been tied in a knot . |
| 9 | For instance , you can build up a design that looks as though it has been pressed as a single spray ( see pp. 98–9 ) , although in fact each flower and leaf should be positioned with care to give a natural effect . |
| 10 | The low cost of setting up such a system allows people who have never ventured beyond typewriter or wordprocessor to produce material which looks as though it has been professionally typeset . |
| 11 | To these pieces she applies flourishes of paint in mad swoops of colour — a chair looks as though it has been wrapped in a Mexican Indian blanket , a small table is covered in a riot of pattern , full of references to Memphis — the Milan school and Tennessee . |
| 12 | ‘ A modest house with a small garden where the grass looks as though it has been cut with nail-scissors and weeded with a forceps ; a dolls ’ house , with nothing out of place , everything polished and dusted . ’ |
| 13 | Like Irons 's immaculate body , which looks as though it has spent too long in the gym , it is all very pretty , and attractive , and unsurprising . |
| 14 | While the uppers often irritatingly remain almost as new as they day they came out of the box , the outsole looks as though it 's been left behind on the concrete , which of course it has . |
| 15 | It looks as though it 's been in a few scrapes before . ’ |
| 16 | And it looks as though it 's picked up the middle page . |
| 17 | It looks as though it 's stopped raining now . |
| 18 | Well everything looks as though it 's had a good water now . |
| 19 | Well if it looks as though it needs a drop we can always pour a drop in ca n't we ? |
| 20 | I wo n't say through the door , looks as if it has been . |
| 21 | However the Southampton Hospital insists that while it discourages smoking and wo n't allow it in the building , they have no ban on heart operations . |
| 22 | The regional council says that unless it gets guarantees about the money it wants to spend on a railway service now facing privatisation , it may have to switch the money to its own plans to upgrade Glasgow public transport . |
| 23 | The company says that while it expected somewhat lower revenue in the first quarter because of seasonal factors and a product transition to R4000-based systems , the revenue decline was principally down to deferrals in customer orders and licensing activity as a result of the announcement of the proposed merger deal . |
| 24 | Meanwhile Amdahl says that while it believes that there is still strong demand for its mainframes , demand is proving erratic . |
| 25 | Philips says that although it holds patents on the system , and must license any firm that wants to sell players , the company put no clause in the licence to control undercutting . |
| 26 | The Mnchener is suing Atlantic Richfield for nearly $150m , alleging that the company knew that the products the unit was developing would never be commercially viable , and according to the Wall Street Journal citing electronic mail messages , one of which says that as it appears the development ‘ is a pipe dream , let Siemens have the pipe , ’ and another that says ‘ We will attempt to finesse past Siemens the fact that we have had a great deal of trouble in successfully transitioning technology from the laboratory to the factory ’ ; Atlantic Richfield denies attempting to mislead Siemens over the unit . |
| 27 | Sue Moss , a founder director , says that when it comes to supplying staff with computers , ‘ the software writers get the gleaming new equipment , and the managers — who do n't need amazing processors — get the old stuff ’ . |
| 28 | Iceland says that when it resumes commercial whaling , as it intends to do , it will withdraw its objections to the cull grenade ban . |
| 29 | Intergraph Corp , Huntsville , Alabama warns that while it has not yet closed its books for the first quarter , preliminary estimates indicate that turnover will be lower than expected at between $280m and $285m , and that all geographic segments were below expectations for the quarter , and price reductions on older products combined with lower sales volume resulted in reduced gross margins ; the company expects a loss from operations excluding restructuring charges of $8m to $10m or $0.11 to $0.13 per share and restructuring charges and non-operating items during the quarter will increase the losses by an additional three cents a share . |
| 30 | Crouch low before it arrives and when it hits drop your backside and push your bent legs out to take the strain . |