Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] it [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that claim it is good to know that it has a — precision quartz movement ’ that rotates the hour , minute and second discs . |
| 2 | Arriving at the edge of the quay , Fitzroy Maclean attempted to inflate it , only to discover that it had a puncture . |
| 3 | If , as naïve young hunters , they attacked a brightly coloured prey , bit it and started to chew it , only to discover that it had a foul taste or a poisonous secretion , they would probably remember it for the rest of their lives . |
| 4 | We 've heard of a small baby who chewed through a gift and swallowed a battery , and of a granny who bought one of those talking baby dolls for her favourite grandaughter , only to find that it had a vocabulary of four-letter words . |
| 5 | We know this because sometimes we may use a word which we ourselves consider innocuous , only to find that it produces a strong emotional response in someone else . |
| 6 | Many women have seen a new and demanding career at midlife as their way to satisfaction , only to find that it becomes a prime cause of problems for their husband . |
| 7 | I blinked and looked up at her face again , to find that it held an icy glare . |
| 8 | AMERICA expects to wake up two days from now to find that it has a new President . |
| 9 | And then came the bier , its front draped with a shawl to indicate that it carried a woman , which perhaps accounted for the general meagreness of the proceedings . |
| 10 | The counterparty to this forward contract , let us say it is a bank , may for its part be willing to transact because it has a wider , more diversified portfolio than the hedger , within which it can to some extent offset the risky prospect . |
| 11 | A governing party is apt to claim that it has a mandate for doing something which it said it would do in its election manifesto , or which it simply said it would do some time before being elected . |
| 12 | Dally goes as far as to state that it indicates a bad prognosis for the disease , but I am glad to be able to report that although my jealousy continued into my adolescence , including the anorexic period , it did not deter my recovery , and that my sisters and I are now the best of friends . |
| 13 | So in other words , Mill accepts the arguments of Russo the arguments of the participatory er theorists that participation in government , participation in public affairs is a good thing , people should be encouraged to participate and it has an improving effect . |
| 14 | They say that 20 per cent of American motorists who can run cars on unleaded petrol are switching back to lead because it gives a better performance . |
| 15 | This essentially empirical question is very difficult to answer as it raises a whole host of conceptual , theoretical and practical difficulties that are only partially resolvable . |
| 16 | The main aim of the present book is to discuss the theory of psychoanalysis as such ; not to sociologize about it , but to see if it has a contribution to make to sociology itself . |
| 17 | If you use a videocassette recorder with this facility , check it to see if it has a socket you can plug a microphone into . |
| 18 | We try and look at the risk to see if it warrants an extra premium . |
| 19 | In fact , there was no chance of losing her job , but sooner or later she would have to go and it seemed a good idea to lay down a time now . |
| 20 | of the substance venial alanine it , the level rises up in the blood , it 's a bit like overfilling a jug , if you have a quarter pint jug and you have a pint of milk , when you get to the top you do n't stop pouring , it spills out the edge and in the body it actually goes into the body tissues , nowhere else to go and it causes a devastating result , it causes abnormal mental development , it causes gross retardation . |
| 21 | It is entitled To Choose or to Lose and it proclaims a strategy ‘ developed against the background of the desire to solve or gain control of environmental problems within the duration of one generation ’ . |
| 22 | One response to the effects of the crisis upon trade unionism is to suggest that it needs a more politicised education . |
| 23 | ‘ In general , I think it 's slightly unfair when you 've got someone who 's considered a virtuoso player such as Mark King — he 's obviously very talented , but his basses are so incredibly easy to play that it seems a bit of a cheat to me . |
| 24 | In that case it will continue to grow until it becomes a gross and bloated two hundred kilos or more . |
| 25 | It too , in a sense , is a potential person but it would seem the act of a fanatic to insist that it has a right to life . |
| 26 | For example , needs to account for why if the sentence P and Q is true , then so is the sentence Q and in order to do that it assigns a certain structure , for example as on the handout in my assigned structure and brackets P Q. Erm anyway erm it just has and has a separate particle operating on two distinct sentences that are not ordered syntax needs to account for the well-formedness of the structure , sorry P and Q. The ill-formedness of P Q and the similar grouping of and with or that is in English between sentences and where you can find one and find another but not with , not you do n't say John loves Mary not Peter loves Jill . |
| 27 | Although the process is powerful it is by no means easy to use because it requires a very great deal of imagination and conceptual skill . |
| 28 | ‘ The catering industry is unique in the challenges it offers young people and every effort must be made to ensure that it plays a central role in careers advice , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Whatever the structure , it will be increasingly important for the institution to take a strategic view of its information requirements and the supporting technological structure , as well as for the library to ensure that it plays a leading role in any new arrangement . |
| 30 | If an ECR is made that is surprising to the clinicians working in a health authority , questions should be asked to ensure that it represents a fair use of resources . |