Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't eliminate somewhere because it sounds ridiculous or out of the question . |
| 2 | This is important for the biologizing of consciousness : consciousness will evolve only if it improves the survival chances of creatures endowed with it ; and it will have survival value only if it accurately reports what is actually ‘ there ’ . |
| 3 | The point is that an orderly community can exist only if it shares many practices , and that in all modern pluralistic societies a great measure of toleration of vastly differing outlooks is made possible by the fact that many of them enable the vast majority of the population to accept common standards of conduct . |
| 4 | The chariot itself may attack only as it charges causing D6 hits plus +1 per scythe if scythes are fitted on the model . |
| 5 | The mystified motorist whose car has gone wrong may know only that it needs repair and that he should take it to a mechanic : his competence to deal with the matter may go no further . |
| 6 | If you get it right the engine will catch just as it slows almost to a halt and , to the accompaniment of a swirling grey cloud of oily smoke stage right , the hiccupping bass thumping will grow into the irregular loping lumpy grumble of a healthy Pratt 986 . |
| 7 | Another point , though : if it 's paper you 're washing , make sure it 's washable and wo n't peel off if it gets damp . |
| 8 | As Adele had pointed out , even men of integrity could behave differently when it came to women . |
| 9 | ‘ We will not surrender even if it takes forever , ’ said Corporal Roy Bantung . |
| 10 | ‘ We will not surrender even if it takes forever , ’ said Corporal Roy Bantung . |
| 11 | It does not know quite where it belongs , or what it stands for . |
| 12 | I do n't know where but it exists . |
| 13 | If you are not feeling as well as you did at the beginning of the week , go back to the Stage I diet for two or three days ; your weight should fall again if it rose during this week . |
| 14 | It would doubtless hoot derisively as it drew level ; perhaps it was carrying poisons , enema pumps and cream tarts , or supplies for chemists and mathematicians . |
| 15 | The general property will exist just as it did — at least on several views of general properties — if the weight of this bottle of wine changes and the napkin is not flattened in the same way . |
| 16 | I grinned then , I recall , and brought the stunter down fast and acute across the weeds and the water , the sand and the surf , scudding it in across the wind to jerk and zoom just before it hit the girl herself where she sat on the dune top holding and spasmodically jerking the string she held in her hand , connected to the sky . |
| 17 | Let the hand spring away as it touches the skin . |
| 18 | Mr Wallace acknowledged that his own ideas for a Scottish parliamentary council were unlikely to proceed , but a campaign for a multi-option referendum was ‘ the only thing we can all unite on as it encompasses all our differences ’ . |
| 19 | Having learned from his first assignment that the general effectively controlled the hostage situation in Beirut , Coleman now came to realize that , in a broader frame but in the same sense , Kenaan also controlled the nature and scope of narco-terrorism itself — ; or , at any rate , could do so when it suited President Assad 's purpose . |
| 20 | It was one thing for his guardian to tell Harry to forget the circumstances of his birth , but would he do so if it meant his beloved daughter had to share that stigma ? |
| 21 | And today the Executive admitted it could do better when it came to grounds maintenance in that area of the city . |
| 22 | That , he says , is what the Next Steps is all about : ‘ It will succeed only if it changes the way business is done and accounted for . ’ |
| 23 | His problem seemed to be that he believed a Government could do exactly as it liked without taking public opinion into account . |
| 24 | It is full of ideas to try out and everyone should do just as it recommends . |
| 25 | I 've err plugged it in the library , Sir , so it 'll warm up before it starts . |
| 26 | ‘ He says the whole army is unsettled because it 's known that Famagusta will never give up while it expects a relieving ship to arrive . |
| 27 | Now , having strutted their stuff so successfully in the business arena , the Taiwanese want to show their arch-rivals — Japan and South Korea — that they had also better watch out when it comes to rugby and September 's Asian Rugby Football Tournament in Seoul . |
| 28 | It does not break even if it lands directly on other eggs because its shell is twice as thick as those of the host bird . |
| 29 | Unfortunately the problem of strike and restrike ( it can take seconds before the lamp will light again once it has been switched off ) still appears to be insurmountable . |
| 30 | No parachute will deploy satisfactorily unless it has a set of equal length shroud lines of adequate length , and divided into two hanks for attachment to the harness . |