Example sentences of "[vb -s] [subord] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , we 're willing to take the risk and give Birmingham the retail centre it deserves and needs if it is not to be completely undermined by rival out-of-town attractions . ’ |
| 2 | which it looks like it is n't . |
| 3 | Looks like it 's over to the Government , Kirsty . |
| 4 | The trick is if you go away it does n't look like you have , and erm the same thing happens in a design studio , or if you 're the art director of a publication or of a book publisher , that everybody works together so it looks like it 's not all the same person doing everything . |
| 5 | ‘ So it looks like it 's all solved already . |
| 6 | Looks like it 's very inhabitable . |
| 7 | Well the , the bed , there were no spring beds in , that came into my life until many years after , were the old straw palliasses , which were really more hygienic to sleep on than your spring beds , because you get the lumbar trouble with a straw palliasses cos it was just hip firm , I give you an instance I used to , as I was growing older I used to fold my trousers and put them under the mattress to press my trousers so I 'd always got a nice crease in my trousers , they were so solid that er you got y you did n't even get any wrinkles in your trousers in those days . |
| 8 | One is forced to ask what OSF had to gain and wonders if it was n't some kind of supralegal manoeuvre to put pressure on Addamax and Sun because they 've got something on the OSF contingent . |
| 9 | He says if it 's not cut down it literally chokes the jungle and so every four or five years the mangrove is cut and then it grows again like a blackthorn or hawthorn hedge would grow . |
| 10 | That 's not clear exactly what that last bit says cos it 's not saying like you all of the land they rent out , but I guess it just means the excess above which |
| 11 | It 's like child abuse in the family — people refuse to believe it happens because it 's too difficult to deal with . |
| 12 | This ‘ conventional ’ behaviour is described with scare quotes because it is not clear that one would be justified in reading into it the constellation of reciprocal beliefs and intentions that someone like Lewis takes as constitutive of conventional behaviour . |
| 13 | I presume what happens when it 's not on it 's all geared up ready |
| 14 | Why is climate , what happens when it 's really , really hot ? |
| 15 | What happens when it 's absolutely stopped ? |
| 16 | Think later , be about five o'clock or quarter to five , or something like that depends when it 's on , have to come in early if they want to have it with us . |
| 17 | Rule 5 tells us that property passes when it is unconditionally appropriated by one party with the other 's assent . |
| 18 | And it also enjoys the magical flexibility of a workforce which is there when it is needed and simply vanishes when it is n't . |
| 19 | Each time the noise from the ‘ tap tap ’ obviously increases until it is more a ‘ clap clap ’ . |
| 20 | Ours shows because it 's not a bold pattern it 's very subdued |
| 21 | Firms are less likely to set profit-maximising prices for their products when faced with rising raw material prices and labour costs as it is more difficult for them to estimate their expected revenues and costs . |
| 22 | SB 1 Income Support — cash help SB 17A Extra help with heating costs when it 's very cold RR1 Who pays less rent and rates ? |
| 23 | The broad rectangular market place , laid out at the gates of the former castle there , still exists as it was originally planned . |
| 24 | That ‘ something ’ could be the letter in the back of the drawer that nobody finds until it is too late . |
| 25 | If it 's not scarlet , it will be rejected entails If it 's not red it will be rejected 3 . |
| 26 | No it buzzes while it 's on . |
| 27 | Fat bald man asks if it is not a bracing time of year . |
| 28 | It is clear from Fig. 18.9 and from other similar work that the instability can give rise to well-developed ring-shaped vortices while it is still in the periodic stage . |
| 29 | Traditional glass is cheap and lasts provided it is not subject to direct hits by flying objects . |
| 30 | The private sector has also responded to the need with , for example , Butterworth 's European Community Legislation : Current Status , which lists all Community legislation since 1952 ( except for legislation dealing with the daily running of the Communities ) and indicates whether it is currently in force , amended , repealed , or spent . |