Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and wrap it up into a package and say you know if anything goes wrong and it takes four hours then you |
| 2 | They did exchange it in the end but I had to be very insistent and it took three months . |
| 3 | This process is particularly interesting because it involves two types of irreversible physicochemical changes ( problems in a general subject area that has recently seen the award of the Nobel Prize for physics to Pierre-Gilles de Gennes ) . |
| 4 | A simple unipolar drive circuit — so-called because it produces unidirectional currents suitable for use with a variable -reluctance type motor is discussed in Section 2.2 . |
| 5 | We are still languishing in the Edwardian era , when our great British Women 's champions wore corsets under their tennis dresses and our great British men 's champions wore corsets under their tennis dresses and our great British men 's champions wore long flannels … when the bulk of entrants at Wimbledon were British because it took six weeks to cross the Atlantic , and another six to reach Australia ! |
| 6 | Out of the rock 's foot grew a shadow so dark that it contained all colours . |
| 7 | Again , we welcome that , but is it not sad that it comes 12 years after this Government were elected and after not just one but two Secretaries of State since I have been a Member of Parliament have been influenced because of criticism of tobacco advertising and irresponsible elements in the tobacco industry ? |
| 8 | The theory was a good scientific theory , in the sense described in Chapter 1 : it was simple and it made definite predictions that could be tested by observation . |
| 9 | The growth of the ‘ displacement ’ model would be understandable if it resolved individual difficulties or reduced the general incidence of difficulty . |
| 10 | The bid-ask spread was so large that it converted significant profits into significant losses . |
| 11 | It has leg-like fins with fleshy bases like the coelacanth ; it seems very likely that it had air-breathing pouches from its gut like a lungfish . |
| 12 | COOK 'S NOTE : This vinaigrette is unusual as it has equal quantities of vinegar and oil . |
| 13 | June 1873 , the Prince and Princess of Wales held a garden party there , at which Queen Victoria , also the Shah of Persia , were present , and the list of guests was so long that it filled three columns of the Times . |
| 14 | Picture quality was poor and it took 30 seconds to process each frame . |
| 15 | Practical English Usage is invaluable because it solves many problems which are frequently not dealt with in coursebooks . |
| 16 | Detailed ultrasound scanning has been shown to be cost effective as it detects most cases of Down 's syndrome as well as other life threatening conditions . |
| 17 | In some respects this is good when it means such topics as non-aqueous solvents are covered , but bad when the reader searches this chapter in vain for information about new solvents . |
| 18 | Disliking the Tories more than he disliked Labour , he declared that on the defeat of Baldwin 's Government in the new Parliament , the King should ask MacDonald to form an administration , which he and his fellow Liberals would keep in office as long as it avoided extremist policies . |
| 19 | You can substitute any name you like in place of PENGUIN , as long as it has eight letters or less , but do choose something safe . |
| 20 | From Laruns you might also travel east , up the smaller valley of the river Valentin , which is enormously lush because it gets unusual amounts of rain . |
| 21 | The problem was that every time they took it over 250 mph the left wing became so heavy that it needed two hands to hold it up . |
| 22 | We can speak of an orbital as being full if it contains two electrons , half-filled if it has a single electron , or empty . |
| 23 | Chupp says the correlation of events is important because it lets ground-based observers know what to look for ; it is possible that earlier observations of solar neutrons went unrecognised . |
| 24 | It was released in 1990 , and is written in C. Secretary of the British APL Association , Anthony Camacho , claims that J is less complicated as it uses fewer symbols than APL — its syntax analyser takes up only one page of C , while other versions take up enormous amounts . |
| 25 | Zeolite-softened water may be quite alkaline because it contains substantial quantities of sodium carbonate and bicarbonate . |
| 26 | It is least successful when it makes stereotypical assumptions about women : that they behave in certain ways because they are mothers , or because they do n't work outside the home , for example . |
| 27 | The trust is also worried that it took six weeks for the emergency stop-order to progress through the Whitehall 's bureaucracy . |
| 28 | This case was so complex and difficult that it filled many books of written record and there was so much opposing evidence that it was difficult to get at the truth , but he at last clarified everything and settled it with such skill and wisdom that all commended his extreme cleverness . |
| 29 | The local county court often has the advantage of being nearer than the High Court District Registry , its rules are less strict and it allows more steps to be taken by post than does the High Court . |
| 30 | Its deliberations had been hurried , its request for evidence stressed the need for a brevity viewed by many as excessive and it lacked sufficient resources to produce a credible alternative to any Government proposals . |