Example sentences of "it [conj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The Control of Pollution Act 1974 provides that where any damage is caused by poisonous , noxious or polluting waste which has been deposited on land , any person who deposited it or caused or knowingly permitted it to be deposited is civilly liable for the damage , provided that his act constituted an offence under section 3(3) or section 18(2) of the Act .
2 Of course , so few are aware of his background and he being , shall we say , a little unorthodox in his dealings with people , never seems to think of it or to realize that in some circles it might be of — of help to him .
3 ( b ) having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser he steals or attempts to steal anything in the building or that part of it or inflicts or attempts to inflict on any person therein any grievous bodily harm .
4 Some kind of realism is important whether the movie itself is ‘ realistic ’ in reflecting the real world more or less as we perceive it or believe that other people do , or whether it is clearly a fantasy of some kind , set in the future or the distant past or another galaxy or in a present where some of the rules have been changed or abolished , eg time travel is possible , robot androids pass for human , most of the population are zombies , animals speak English , people mix with cartoon characters , or what you will .
5 11.1 During the continuance of this Agreement the Proprietor shall not without the consent in writing of the Publisher prepare or edit for any other publisher any work that is an expansion abridgement or revision of the Work or of any part of it or publish or cause to be published any work on the same subject which may reasonably be regarded as likely to conflict with the sale of the Work .
6 11.1 During the continuance of this Agreement the Company shall not without the consent in writing of the Publisher prepare or edit for any other publisher any work that is an expansion abridgement or revision of the Work or of any part of it or publish or cause to be published any work on the same subject which may reasonably be regarded as likely to conflict with the sale of the Work .
7 If he signs it that indicates that he has accepted what you 've jointly agreed , and then you 've got something , a milestone , something to go back and measure yourselves against and to justify what you 've done against erm the fees that , that you 're invoicing the client for , if the client at s at some stage decides perhaps that 's not really what he wanted after all .
8 well Mr says he discovered that after the Telegraph article and to document of the papers that relates to it that supports that , did you discover that too ?
9 I have never eaten brawn — no doubt I should do so — so can not comment on it except to say that it is made from the pig 's head which is simmered with herbs and spices ; the resulting meat is set in the naturally produced aspic .
10 The question in the last sentence can not be answered , of course ; it is imponderable and we can go no further with it than to agree that it is useful to expose such uncertainties now and then .
11 Men thus instructed often found it easier to get on with it than to try and explain the danger all over again .
12 So we 're parking illegally but the police actually have almo they 've said they will turn a blind eye to it if providing that we all do it sensibly and without and face like in the line of the traffic .
13 However to judge by the veteran abolitionist Lushington 's intervention in the 1831 debate the powerful demand for immediatism from abolitionists in the country was still somewhat muffled in parliament ; he approved of it if understood as , measures immediately brought in now and adopted which might lead to the gradual extinction of slavery' ; Buxton had avoided completely talking of immediate emancipation .
14 Or he 'll have to sell it and disappear before I can ( could ) get to the police .
15 Well , can I suggest that we look at Simon 's document and go through it and respond that we take the three proposals that Jenny has tabled , review and agree or decide to adjust and ask Stella and Rita to prepare for the next meeting documents then as assignments ?
16 I used to gaze at it and wish that I could have a dog just like the one in the picture .
17 The trick is to recognise it while it is still happening — to relish it , embrace it and know that , in the nature of things , it can not last .
18 How do I best practise it and know that I am loving God ? "
19 He took it and laughed as he counted the few coins .
20 But then when Narouz had himself raised it and indicated that he had changed his mind , it had suddenly come to seem a good idea .
21 Things just gradually start to build up and get on top of you and you either get more into the gear and try to forget about it , or you stop using it and try and sort out what 's left of your life .
22 I think a lot of people who suffer from asthma type diseases here do suffer quite severely erm because of this and I think that at some point we 're probably going to have to , to look at it and try and devise a system which , which allows us to pick up the grass .
23 We all know he still fancies her he 's just trying to , you know keep it he 's just trying to forget it and try and act as normal as possible with her and hopefully things will get back to be back to what , what they were .
24 I 'm not saying that 's not , but that 's the reason bloody vegetarian 's again all people who do something that they do n't have to always shout about it and try and turn every one else like it
25 Shall I hold onto it and try and find out ?
26 ‘ But I 've enjoyed every minute of it and remain as fascinated today by the cut and thrust of politics as I ever was .
27 I got really fed up hearing it and thought that one more repetition would send me screaming down the street !
28 She chewed on it and thought that it could n't possibly be as rubbery as it seemed .
29 And so when you 're pushing pressing on that squashing it and making it flow into sheets the pulling on it and seeing whether it will stretch or whether it .
30 As we walked towards an ancient Volkswagen she took my arm and rested too heavily upon it and asked if I 'd brought her anything from London .
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