Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] it is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The collector will know that it is faked up in the style of an earlier period . |
| 2 | An Amoeba lives in the left-hand commode , but will only attack if it is disturbed . |
| 3 | Burger smiled : ‘ But there will be very few who do not know if it is left to you , dear . |
| 4 | Do not wait until it is clogged with fish waste and debris and therefore only working at a fraction of its efficiency . |
| 5 | One of the cloaks is actually a Chameleoleech , but it wo n't attack unless it is touched — by an adventurer searching the cloaks , or trying to put it on , for example . |
| 6 | The Paris court must consider whether it is entitled or competent to act on a decision taken in a foreign country such a long time ago . |
| 7 | Troll flesh can not regenerate when it is burned . |
| 8 | Milk distribution would work in the same way in that as long as the milk is put into the system at one point , it does not matter where it is taken out . ’ |
| 9 | A tenant should ensure that it is made aware of such an agreement so that it can consider the implications of it . |
| 10 | Explain the system carefully and do ensure that it is seen to be fair . |
| 11 | So simply making up the calcium that astronauts excrete may not ensure that it is laid down properly in new bone . |
| 12 | People will feel that it is threatened , and we shall not get the recruits we need . |
| 13 | While Labour seeks to simply snatch the language of one nation from the Tories , the danger here can only grow and it is compounded because it is by no means clear how far a reconstituted and emphatically ‘ un-loony ’ socialism may go in negotiating its own language of toughness on immigration and nationality , even perhaps on humane socialist repatriation . [ … ] |
| 14 | According to quantum theory , a microscopic system will only vibrate if it is given an amount of energy at least equal to the frequency of vibration multiplied by Planck 's constant . |
| 15 | Sapphire , the Black woman who is light-skinned enough to pass for White is pregnant by her White fiance ’ , but again the child does not appear as it is annihilated along with its mother . |
| 16 | In effect Lévi-Strauss is making structuralism do more work than it is equipped for without considerable development . |
| 17 | Yet if one observes this battle more closely one may see that it is waged around what one might call the ephemera of sex : what is seen , what is said , what is written rather than what is or is not concerned with sexual reality . |
| 18 | If we look at a typical Midland deserted village site with the aid of air photographs and maps , we can see that it is made up of certain features which occur again and again on such sites , the most distinctive being the sunken holloways marking the courses of old roads and paths . |
| 19 | ( If it is addressed to myself as Parish Clerk I will see that it is displayed prominently in the village . ) |
| 20 | You 'll see that it is written in a slightly more formal style so that you can be absolutely clear what we expect of your now that you are working in the ES . |
| 21 | You need to impress on him that it will only work if it is done properly — that there must be absolutely no cheating . |
| 22 | Once a suitable disinfectant is in use resistance will not occur if it is used correctly . |
| 23 | No birth control method will work unless it is used regularly — the one time you take a chance could be the time pregnancy occurs ! |
| 24 | The more devout they are , the uglier their faith will become since it is based on a lie . |
| 25 | He points out the surprising truth that an accurate random sample of 1,000 people will work whether it is taken from a population of 5,000 , five million or 50 million . |
| 26 | Just as green wood , when it is put into the fire , weeps tears of water in the heat because it is still green ( for if it were dry it would not weep ) , so does the heart weep when it is made green again by the renewal of grace , after the desiccating dryness of selfishness has been drawn out of the soul . |
| 27 | The transitional period for a company will begin when it is privatised and will be at least six months and up to 16 months . |
| 28 | When we turn to that most distinctive feature of cave organisms , regressive evolution , we can not decide whether it is caused by selection or genetic drift ; nor can we settle whether allozymic variation is due to selection or drift . |
| 29 | If a law is such that there are no criteria whereby an independent observer might decide whether it is obeyed or deviated from , the law in question can not be called a " law " in any intelligible sense . |
| 30 | Installation of the card is relatively straightforward , the card can detect whether it is installed in an 8 or 16-bit slot and how much memory is present . |