Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [conj] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have an ingenious device called a " lens ' , whose shape appears to be mathematically calculated so that it bends these silent rays in such a way that there is an exact one-to-one mapping between objects in the world and an " image " on a sheet of cells called the " retina " . |
| 2 | The purpose is to improve work performance and is justified only if it has that result . |
| 3 | Artificial lenses of this shape are optically poor , but a fish 's lens is designed so that it corrects these aberrations , achieving a quality of image with a single lens which camera manufacturers are still trying to match . |
| 4 | This result was particularly striking when junctions were considered individually and it became clear that this relationship was at least partly independent of the amount of time spent at the junction , number of vehicles seen and the judgment of estimated risk made at the same time . |
| 5 | SERBIA will be told tomorrow that it faces total isolation unless it halts the killing in Yugoslavia . |
| 6 | The cylindrical surface can be slit along its length ( at AA ) and unrolled to lie flat on a plane ; however , there is no way that the sphere can be unrolled so that it lies flat . |
| 7 | In other words , implied terms can not be introduced merely because it appears reasonable or equitable to do so . |
| 8 | Counsel contended that the demand should be set aside because it falls foul of this provision . |
| 9 | I was asked once if it seemed real to me that one day I would be lifeless inside it . |
| 10 | Britain has reacted angrily when it felt other European governments were not co-operating in these efforts . |
| 11 | When both taxes and public spending seemed out of control at the end of the Callaghan era , the proportion of voters telling Gallup that ‘ taxes should be cut even if it means some reduction in government services such as health , education and welfare ’ was exactly the same as the proportion saying ‘ government services such as health , education and welfare should be extended even if it means some increase in taxes ’ . |
| 12 | Swessex , a bastard county created by the iniquitous reorganization of local government in the early ‘ seventies , comprised one and a half old counties knocked together because it looked neater that way . |
| 13 | When both taxes and public spending seemed out of control at the end of the Callaghan era , the proportion of voters telling Gallup that ‘ taxes should be cut even if it means some reduction in government services such as health , education and welfare ’ was exactly the same as the proportion saying ‘ government services such as health , education and welfare should be extended even if it means some increase in taxes ’ . |
| 14 | So something that you had to multiply by itself and get five of them all multiplied together and it equals two . |
| 15 | Of course people must be advised carefully but it shows great lack of faith in human na in their abilities and a great arrogance on our part Mr Mayor if we fail to market the ideas simply because we do n't feel the populus are competent to understand it . |
| 16 | The business has changed dramatically since it joined six years ago . |
| 17 | One further item which should be mentioned here since it has strong connections with present day ring theory is the subject of algebraic invariants . |