Example sentences of "[vb infin] [subord] it is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roof-bolt technology is the key to the leap in productivity that BC will need if it is to beat off the challenge from gas and imported coal and prevent the industry being reduced to a handful of pits . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | After being on the receiving end of the challenge which brought Marsh 's late dismissal , he allowed Piatnitski to complete a night which showed the strides the home side must make if it is to re-establish itself as a European force . |
| 12 | In effect Lévi-Strauss is making structuralism do more work than it is equipped for without considerable development . |
| 13 | You need to impress on him that it will only work if it is done properly — that there must be absolutely no cheating . |
| 14 | Consequently , we consider it our duty to indicate the correct path which the Šiptar people must follow if it is to realize its aspiration . |
| 15 | Once a suitable disinfectant is in use resistance will not occur if it is used correctly . |
| 16 | No birth control method will work unless it is used regularly — the one time you take a chance could be the time pregnancy occurs ! |
| 17 | The more devout they are , the uglier their faith will become since it is based on a lie . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The transitional period for a company will begin when it is privatised and will be at least six months and up to 16 months . |
| 21 | It should be noted however , that LIFESPAN RDBI will NOT terminate if it is applying indexes when the specified transfer time elapses . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The expedient of the withholding of manifestations of love from the very young child amounts to the instilling of the first tiny measure of fear , and fear , used in conjunction with reward provides the fundamental tools which the adult population must have if it is to maintain steady progress towards the civilisation it desires . |
| 26 | The computer , which of course does n't find it at all funny , needs to guess what it is , and needs to rely not just on sentence structure but also on general knowledge about heads , grenades and buckets of sand — general knowledge that computers do n't have unless it is built in to them . |
| 27 | If such passions are aroused in this Chamber today , there must be real concern about what will happen when it is discussed throughout the country . |
| 28 | Only time will tell if it is going to be alright . |
| 29 | The extra complexity of the second hypothesis may seem a good reason for preferring the first , but in fact any theory of latent inhibition will need to find some place for the idea that associability can change if it is to accommodate the chief conclusions to emerge from Chapter 3 . |
| 30 | In 1992 , we responded with enthusiasm to the theme of the Earth Summit : that our way of life here in Wales , as elsewhere across the World , must change if it is to become genuinely environmentally sustainable . |