Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can assert of the oldest tree in the park ( if there is such a tree ) that it is an oak , but I can also say of the sentence " The oldest tree in the park is an oak " that it means the same , or that it expresses same thought as , say , its French or Chinese translation , irrespective of whether it says anything true . |
| 2 | Secondly , there is nothing to suggest that using two languages detracts from either one of them or that it produces continued interference . |
| 3 | I am , I regret , unable to agree that the judgment of the court beyond this or that , in so far as it was obiter in the context in which it was delivered , can be supported or that it binds this court . |
| 4 | Society might judge that this severely reduced the welfare of citizens in remote areas or that it promoted regional dissent which reduced the sense of national unity . |
| 5 | Whether this means that life originated just once , or that it originated many times , each origin acquiring a different code , but that one origin gave rise to more successful competitors , we do not know . |
| 6 | When you act for a buyer , always go through the answers you receive to your preliminary enquiries , search and additional enquiries made of the local authority , marking each of these with a tick if it is satisfactory , or with a cross if it is not , or if it requires further elucidation . |
| 7 | The rule in Adam v Ward offers consolation to victims of attacks made under the " coward 's cloak " of Parliamentary privilege : they may reply in kind , through newspapers which will only be liable for the defamatory content of their reply if it is irrelevant to the subject-matter of the attack , or if it defames other persons who bear no responsibility for the attack . |
| 8 | A dismissal may be unfair either because it was procedurally arbitrary or because it lacked good cause . |
| 9 | Severe actions may be sanctioned against Ireland because it is naturally cursed , or because it needs extreme measures to bring it the fruits of reformation ( desired by God ) , or because it holds some particular horror for England which the English will deserve unless they do something about it . |
| 10 | One is whether a form is morphologically basic , or whether it needs extra material added by way of an additional rule . |
| 11 | With these five factors examined and the results of preliminary thinking kept in mind , the teacher or the planning team will be able to settle down to detailed planning of the specific learning sequence in question , whether it is a short piece of structured work with a work-sheet , tape-slide sequence or programmed unit , or whether it occupies several weeks of varied work . |
| 12 | A stream ends either when it reaches the edge of the grid or when it joins another stream . |
| 13 | A solitary predator it resembled the grey wolf , except that it had two horns — one long ivory one in the centre of its forehead , and the other a squat and curved tusk at the tip of its nose . |
| 14 | When she came back from changing , her haircut was a boy 's , except that it had new-born-looking curls at the nape of her neck , which knocked him out for a bit . |
| 15 | Remorseful Prober is like Naive Prober , except that it takes active steps to break out of runs of alternating recrimination . |
| 16 | What we now call Euclidean space-time is very similar except that it has four dimensions instead of two . |
| 17 | The main feature of the bureaucratic-technical class is that although it lacks effective control over the means of production its members do have control over the labour of others in their subordinate position in bureaucratic structures . |
| 18 | But a report issued last year by the National Radiological Protection Board concluded that although it encouraged further research , there was no reason to link power cables with cancer . |
| 19 | ( If you use a broadcast conversation — for example a TV chat show — remember that although it shares many features with private conversation it will also have an important difference : that the participants are speaking for an audience as well as for themselves . ) |
| 20 | When at times she is feeling particularly low and bereft , you might also remind her gently that although it seems that love has departed from her life altogether with the loss of her husband , this is not so . |
| 21 | Supporters say that although it provides vital support for millions , Oxfam has hardly any effect on the real causes of poverty and illness . |
| 22 | My one great experience with the medical world had been a wartime wound , a shattered knee and leg , that although it incurred many months in hospital , to a young man of twenty-two , seemed to be totally external . |
| 23 | The council has warned that unless it gets more funding from Central Government , further job losses can be expected next year . |
| 24 | He has warned the council that unless it rectifies this situation it should expect strong opposition against the bill . |
| 25 | In response to further letters in A Quarterly , the Society justified its stance by saying that while it accepted some correspondents ' views that certain butlers of excellent quality were to be found in the houses of businessmen , ‘ the assumption had to be that the houses of true ladies and gentlemen would not refrain long from acquiring the services of any such persons ’ . |
| 26 | But Washington said that while it had prior knowledge of the plot hatched by three disaffected officers , it did not actively back it . |
| 27 | Company brochures on Courtaulds pie , the leading private corporation for job losses with 23,200 at Table 5.7 ( above ) , showed that while it had 300 textile and other plants spread across the UK in 1976 , by 1981 this stock fell by 20 per cent in ‘ assisted areas ’ but only 5 per cent in non-assisted areas . |
| 28 | The disadvantages , however , are that it would be much more expensive to construct , requiring the construction of several bridges , and the fact that while it straddles two council areas , there will be no possibility of support from Ards Borough Council as their Tourist Officer has an agreement with Down District Council not to support a tourist railway in the Ards area as there is already one under way in the Down District area at Downpatrick . |
| 29 | The basic problem for the Emperor was that while France needed Britain it was not at all clear to British statesmen that their country had any need of France — except when it suited British interests . |
| 30 | Iceland says that when it resumes commercial whaling , as it intends to do , it will withdraw its objections to the cull grenade ban . |