Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some regions the transformation had taken place much earlier , as in Kent , or Essex , or Devon , where it had taken a different form altogether , and most of the fields had been reclaimed direct from forest and moorland without passing through the open-field stage at all , or had been enclosed from open field at an early date . |
| 2 | ( This perception is if anything stronger in the popular culture in the USA , where it has bred an academic response in the form of the Extrovert Professor who can take on anybody , physically or mentally ) . |
| 3 | The United States is another strong advocate of the air quality management approach , although it does have a large number of emission standards and has also recently introduced aspects of an economics-based strategy . |
| 4 | Smoking is primarily a health problem , although it does play a significant economic role in the community . |
| 5 | Although it had contained a tory majority since 1812 the mayor was a reformer … |
| 6 | EWM has no outlets overseas , although it did attempt a joint venture in the US . |
| 7 | If WEU had a role , it was to ensure the closest possible cooperation within NATO , and although it did play a limited role in the Saar settlement , it remained essentially a paper organisation . |
| 8 | For example , " tailoring " , mostly done by men , is usually classified as a skilled trade whereas " dressmaking " , done by women , is usually not , although it did require a formal training . |
| 9 | French masons were brought in to work on the glorified hunting lodge of Falkland in Fife until it came to resemble a French Renaissance palace in miniature , with the courtyard 's south range richly decorated with Scots thistles , French fleurs-de-lis and pictorial medallions . |
| 10 | Thereafter it hammers away with great effect until it has excavated a narrow tunnel as much as three feet long . |
| 11 | If the dog tries to follow you wait until it has readopted a sitting posture . |
| 12 | When you heard me I was imagining a process whereby you 'd have a strategic sites policy in the structure plan which would enable a local authority in preparing its local plan if it wished to identify a strategic site and that would then become in the local plan , you know subject to all those consultation processes , and then it 's part of the portfolio that is available in the published arena with a statutory framework behind it . |
| 13 | Ally Pally 's pre-restoration days undoubtedly had associations of tatty romance — they lay in the contrast between the Cecil B. De Mille bravura of the original concept and such visible signs of its decline , as if it had become a Victorian actor/manager unable to gesticulate because of rheumatism . |
| 14 | He jerked his hand back as if it had received an electric shock : a cheek nerve had quivered . |
| 15 | As he tackled his cold meat loaf and salad , Hank thought he had better show some interest in his father , so he asked the back page of the newspaper if it had had a good trip . |
| 16 | I had never had him down as a kerb-crawler either , but from the state of the car it looked as if it had had a good kicking . |
| 17 | That this would be an inappropriate objection is evident from the fact that the Punch cartoon I mentioned earlier would have been almost as funny if it had figured a human fisherman rather than a kingfisher . |
| 18 | Penelope 's way home took her along St Basil 's Terrace , or if it had not done she would have arranged her journey to include it , even if it had meant a slight detour . |
| 19 | And animal minds , a fortiori , do not engage in this sort of computation ( which is why the Punch cartoon would have been less funny if it had shown a human fisherman ) . |
| 20 | The way in which forests are disappearing , land is becoming desert , erm food is not being grown in areas where it used to be grown , those are disasters , but what we 're talking about is the , the rather more sudden event which , which you know reaches a crescendo , even if it does take a long time to develop , like a famine , nevertheless the disaster is considered to be that point when perhaps thousands of people are in very desperate need of food . |
| 21 | Perhaps Cromwell , when he passed , also found the door of Coldingham Priory locked and decided that he would get in anyway , even if it meant removing a whole wall in order to do so . |
| 22 | The other part questioned whether in fact she really did want to get engaged to Harry if it meant leading a dreary life waiting for him to make his way in the world . |
| 23 | If your idea is contrary to my idea your idea must be eliminated , especially if it starts getting a territorial foothold , and might just possibly catch on . ’ |
| 24 | if it 's got a nice |
| 25 | I ca n't think what building it is then , if it 's got a flat roof . |
| 26 | Only if it 's got a special offer in it ! |
| 27 | Now so if it 's got a double vowel if it 's got O O or say E A say leak L E ache L E A K if it 's got a double vowel you just have the K on the end of . |
| 28 | Now so if it 's got a double vowel if it 's got O O or say E A say leak L E ache L E A K if it 's got a double vowel you just have the K on the end of . |
| 29 | If it 's got a full criminal record if their known er that could be it could be as cheap as fifty pounds , for a criminal record I ca n't make any guarantees on that |
| 30 | You have to recruit the best , even if it means fighting an uphill battle to get personnel policies changed , to persuade your boss to pay your people more . |