Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] it [is] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simplest method of doing this is to remove the lid of the cistern ( if it has one ) , laying a length of wood across the cistern and tying a piece of string to the ballvalve arm so that it is held closed . |
| 2 | To its lenders and investors , the firm has a value only if it is earning more than its cost of capital . |
| 3 | Only if it is made strange or different do we see it for what it really is . |
| 4 | The legislature 's vote was an embarrassment for Mr Kravchuk , but it has left Ukraine with a paralysed government at a time when the country must react swiftly if it is to survive increased prices for Russian fuel . |
| 5 | Do n't join in if it is getting hurtful . |
| 6 | Any resistance or reluctance by the scion to take everything , perhaps because it is getting some of what it needs from its own roots , and the stock has to start looking for ways to get rid of the unused energy , and that means making its own top growth , which takes the form of suckers or ‘ briars ’ . |
| 7 | Only after it is decided that company collection agencies are unsuitable for the job should outside agencies be contracted to fill in the gaps . |
| 8 | There is the special delight Britons have in gossip , especially when it is hinted that politics are spiced with sex . |
| 9 | The Council was clearly implying that ( as Newman saw ) Scripture itself works sacramentally , especially when it is made actual by effective reading and preaching in the liturgy . |
| 10 | But she 's not if it 's coming natural . |
| 11 | ‘ That form of music definitely works best when it is kept simple , which does n't , of course , mean that it 's easy to do ; being inventive within a restricted format is one of the hardest things to do . |
| 12 | Footballers and all other competitive sports people stay out but cricketers scurry back inside just when it is getting interesting . |
| 13 | The voluntary bodies must be consulted in a rather more positive fashion than the very flimsy effort so far produced by the Scottish Development Department and the Government must now throw the baby out with the bath water and greatly weaken our statutory conservation agency just when it is needed most . |
| 14 | The short duration of the contracts on offer is considered unrealistic and Jim Halliday , chairman of the BWEA , believes Britain 's renewable energy programme could be halted " just when it is needed most " since the NFFO is threatened with termination in 1998 . |
| 15 | As soon as it 's stopped steaming , put it in the ‘ fridge . |
| 16 | To implement the Children 's Traffic Club as soon as it is made available for use by General Accident . |
| 17 | No I should put your anorak on cos it 's getting cooler . |
| 18 | 4.1.1 the date of expiry of three ( 3 ) months ' written notice to terminate given by either party to the other , provided always that it is understood that notice shall not be given under this clause 4.1.1 before the expiry of two ( 2 ) years commencing on the date of this Agreement , |
| 19 | Some cloners think Sun regrets making previous Sparcstations too easy to knock off so it 's putting some obstacles in the way . |
| 20 | There clubs closed at 1am and it is understood local police liaised with managers before Saturday . |
| 21 | Digital Equipment Corp — together with HP and IBM — was reportedly not invited to join the effort until Tuesday 16th , just 24 hours before the announcement was made , presumably because it is putting many of its eggs in the Microsoft NT basket . |
| 22 | This may be renewed at regular intervals , or when the person responsible points out that it is getting low . |
| 23 | I said , I said , if we do get going , and we do start finding out that it 's going alright , he 'll turn that , into like er , shop er , blasting shop . |
| 24 | Processes such as DVI , for example , will need to improve radically if it is to provide acceptable video at HDTV standards . |
| 25 | At the moment paid employment ( even if it 's making rubber ducks for export ) brings status and income , whereas work , which we all do to keep going and may well do voluntarily in our communities , carries neither income nor status . |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't hang around in here if it 's coming that soon ! ’ said Masklin , all thoughts of his duty to the nomes of the world temporarily forgotten . |
| 27 | ‘ The need for proof is essential because many organisations fail to recognise bullying , even when it is causing serious disruption within their workforce . |
| 28 | What we mean by this is whether a syntactic analysis is carried out even when it is rendered unnecessary for sentence comprehension by the presence of semantic or pragmatic factors . |
| 29 | It looks as though it 's going too fast even when it 's standing still ! ’ |
| 30 | But it too uses passive tests most frequently when it is studying female subjects . |