Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sonnet which apparently seeks to contain the truth of the youth 's beauty so as to gain power and control over it , exposes that it destroys and banishes the youth 's beauty . |
| 2 | It matters because it means that a trust can be construed even from words which look rather unpromising . |
| 3 | Nigel : ‘ It beats as it sweeps as it plugs up the hole in the ozone layer ? ’ |
| 4 | Other hospitals will also bring their rubbish to be burnt in Gloucester — the hospital says that it hopes that as far as local people are concerned waste wo n't now be a dirty word . |
| 5 | He says that it shows that staff acted properly . |
| 6 | Although the Shorter Oxford Dictionary says that it means that the person has drunk ‘ intoxicating liquor to an extent which affects steady self-control , ’ it is arguable that the person must have taken intoxicating liquor to excess so that he has lost the power of self control . |
| 7 | No that 's what happens if it happens but how would you avoid it ? |
| 8 | Understand why something happens as it does and you are your own master , able to use your common sense and logic to make judgements and decisions . |
| 9 | What happens when it burns or explodes , so the okay , the potassium nitrate and the carbon and the sulphur burn and they give quite a bit of er C O two . |
| 10 | Analysis of 1.5.1 shows that it does if Q[ [ x ] satisfies analogues of 1.3.9 , 1.4.10 , exercise 1.3.3 and property C of Section 1.2 . |
| 11 | For example , in flowering plants the haploid stage is reduced to the pollen tube , derived from a haploid pollen grain that falls on the stigma of a flower and grows until it reaches and fertilizes the egg cell that lies in the flower 's ovary . |
| 12 | If , however , no undertakings can be negotiated and the MMC investigates the merger and finds that it operates or may be expected to operate against the public interest , the Secretary of State has power to order the parties not to proceed with a proposed merger or to order divestment by the purchasing company if the merger has been completed . |
| 13 | But , as ever , it never rains but it pours and typically I had to say ‘ no ’ to that in order to do Brian May 's gig . |
| 14 | Limitations are imposed by the fact that you have to wait two months for the educational psychologist , you have to close the biology lab when it rains because it leaks and they have n't sent anyone to repair it yet , you have to apply for a short in-service course rather than the full-time MA that you really wanted to do because there are n't any secondments any more . |
| 15 | It is the only substance , liquid at normal temperatures , which expands when it solidifies or freezes — a property shared only by diamond , silicon and germanium , three solids whose structures are related to that of ice . |
| 16 | It falls and it lifts and it lilts and is never still |
| 17 | It is believed , as already mentioned , that one of the greatest pleasures for a child comes from the security it feels when it knows that it is loved , and it is the ability to withhold manifestations of that love for a little while , or threaten so to do , that provides a non-violent means of securing acquiescence when it is required . |
| 18 | Even a slight push means that it falls and can not recover its original position of equilibrium . |
| 19 | A light , creamy Gentle Purifying Cleanser softens as it cleanses and the Gentle Moisturising Cream is easily absorbed to sooth the skin and offer long-lasting protection . |
| 20 | Since ocean-floor basalt subsides as it cools while migrating away from the spreading axis , a faster-spreading ridge will be hotter and more buoyant over a larger area and hence will cause more displacement of sea water over the continents . |
| 21 | Sir Christopher Prout , the leader of the Conservative MEPs , claims that it means that the ‘ higher levels ’ of government ( e.g. the EC ) should be ‘ subsidiary ’ to the ‘ lower levels ’ ( the national governments ) , a topsy-turvy explanation if ever there was one . |
| 22 | It falls and it lifts and it lilts and is never still |
| 23 | Well , I do n't know , if it 's if it 's if it 's got sugar in , it 'll it 'll be fine . |
| 24 | Everyone in the world seems to have a view on this subject , but no one knows whether it exists or not . ’ |