Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it occurred more slowly than for subjects given non-reinforced pre-exposure , loss of the OR occurred in control subjects too , a result consistent with the view that α will decline when the CS predicts a consistent consequence and that the OR reflects the value of α . |
| 2 | Weight for weight it does not compare favourably with foods like cereals and nuts in fibre content , although it works out well when you take into account how much fibre you get for a modest number of calories . |
| 3 | The envoys — I do not know by what trickery they were deceived [ here Nithard bursts out into the first person ] — thus increased Lothar 's share of the regnum so that it extended as far as the Charbonnière . " |
| 4 | A layer of heavy-gauge builder 's polythene can then be used to line the excavation as a safety precaution against leaking , but also as a means of retaining moisture within the setting concrete so that it dries as slowly as possible . |
| 5 | Fig. 3 ( b ) Having rammed the soil down firmly to ensure a firm base , a layer of heavy-gauge builder 's polythene is used to line the excavation as a safety precaution against leaking and also to help retain moisture within the setting concrete so that it dries as slowly as possible . |
| 6 | I kept a log , naturally , and therefore have it recorded that it took no less than thirty-seven of these supposed flight experiments before my trusty long-handled trowel , in biting the Skull Grounds ' earth skin , struck something harder than the sandy soil , and I finally knew where the dog 's bones were . |
| 7 | I thought , I did n't think that it takes as long as that . |
| 8 | We do not believe , however , that it goes as far as is necessary in embracing demand management and sustainability . |
| 9 | We do not believe , however , that it goes as far as is necessary in embracing demand management and sustainability . |
| 10 | The fact that it spread as far as the Mycenaean chiefdoms of Greece has sometimes been regarded as surprising . |
| 11 | If the focus is that the school is a good place for all , that it gives as well as takes , then it can gain a great deal of positive publicity . |
| 12 | On top of the books so that it did n't so unless you 've moved it ? |
| 13 | The programme carried a myriad of possibilities — although it promised more than it delivered on more than one occasion . |
| 14 | However , where the transfer includes goodwill and/or know-how , a non-competition clause will be permissible provided it goes no further than is necessary to protect the value of the business transferred . |
| 15 | You know , when you get paid twenty pounds a night for driving the minibus , and you get paid nothing for running the P A , and it takes equally long if not , if not |
| 16 | It was surely — the words came in the tone of voice her mother would have used — ‘ most unsuitable ’ , and it seemed especially so when the bus passed the block of flats where she and her mother had lived . |
| 17 | The distinction is arbitrary and it varies very greatly as we move across the map . |
| 18 | If you use too high a concentration , it irritates and it stains even more than the dilute stuff does . |
| 19 | if you go in a freezer and it shrivels so then if you go in the fridge |
| 20 | Erm that this council had a tradition of actually putting forward information in as straightforward a way as possible and indeed the attitude of the citizens ' er charter working party demonstrates that we actually put a value on this and it seems to me that there is a gap if you like , between what some people in the conservative group are doing in this context and what they 're actually doing in working parties and in committees and it comes out elsewhere as well . |
| 21 | If it gets as far as a decision , it will prove the leading case for some time on the thorny issue of what duty regulators owe the customers of the regulated . |
| 22 | She hopped down to the floor , but it seemed further away than she had expected and now suddenly it was rising up crazily to meet her . |
| 23 | I would n't say I enjoyed it , but it went much better than I expected and my audience were very appreciative . |
| 24 | It enacts , subject to limitation , that a homosexual act in private shall not be an offence , but it goes no further than that … |
| 25 | But it goes back further than that . |
| 26 | But it helps even more if we understand what his purpose is , which is in the next verse : ‘ Those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son , that he might be the firstborn among many brothers . ’ |
| 27 | It was not a professional affair , only a home-movie job , but it worked well enough when it was working . |
| 28 | But it paid out more than £440,000 in two years , and now the kitty is running dry . |
| 29 | The importance of the voyeur or ‘ invisible ’ spectator in western art has been comprehensively examined in the art history of the past 25 years , but it matters even more when the scene is exotic . |
| 30 | Although Chancellor Kohl later agreed to an apparent compromise it was clear even then — how much more so now — that West Germany had killed the programme , and it had done so because it sensed far better than any of its Nato partners how completely President Gorbachev had changed the situation in Europe . |