Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were about 10 yards from the western side of the reef , where it fell away sharply and waves were pounding on its shore . |
| 2 | Lima , where it rains so seldom that the city 's roofs are not designed to withstand more than a mild shower , the inhabitants are anxiously awaiting the worst . |
| 3 | Reagan responded by sending in 1,200 US Marines on a peace-keeping mission which , although it sounded all right and looked good on television , had no particular purpose . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The programme carried a myriad of possibilities — although it promised more than it delivered on more than one occasion . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Progressive ‘ improvement ’ of the kind suggested by the arms-race image does go on , even if it goes on spasmodically and interruptedly ; even if its net rate of progress is too slow to be detected within the lifetime of a man , or even within the timespan of recorded history . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | " … a guide for the medical practitioners of both tropical and temperate regions to the origins and diagnosis of infections that are tropical as opposed to being cosmopolitan , and of great value for training and teaching because it reproduces much better and more comprehensively than is possible with ordinary textbooks the appearance of specimens that will be examined … has been prepared with great care and deserves to remain one of the standard texts in the subject for many years . " |
| 11 | I have n't used the word poverty I 've used a phrase about lack of financial resources because it relates more obviously and directly to many of the concerns of the Board for example almost certainly the real reason why there was no room in the inn at Bethlehem is that the income of a village carpenter did n't go near the exorbitant prices being charged by mine host when , to use the good Scots phrase , the cow calved and there was this boom over the crows for the census . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The paper which , unlike Haycocks I and II , was not considered by the main ACSTT Committee because it arrived too late before it concluded its five year term , was circulated by the DES to interested organizations for discussion and comment and a large number of responses was received . |
| 14 | This concept of structure is particularly difficult to grasp because it appears not once but twice . |
| 15 | The Col d'Aubisque is high , at 5,600 feet , and the views that you have from it are sumptuous , both back the way you have come , and now to the east as well , across to the prominent peak of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre , once thought to be the highest in the chain because it stands rather apart and closer to the plain , and before people took to actually measuring altitudes , the nearest peaks were mistaken for the tallest . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , latex is not suitable for borders since it dries too quickly and is not durable for exposed and vulnerable areas . |
| 17 | Indeed , Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 is a clear decision to the contrary since it laid down unequivocally that an act may be an appropriation notwithstanding that it is done with the consent of the owner . |
| 18 | In a large frying or saute pan put a slab of butter ( I use a good quality butter and find that it pays to prepare 2 lb. at a time since it keeps almost indefinitely and is immeasurably superior to fresh butter for frying bread , croquettes , rissoles , fish cakes , veal escalopes , fish à la meunière and a score of other tricky cooking jobs ) . |
| 19 | But then it happened , the incredible , miraculous luck that now she expected , since it happened so easily and often : the telephone rang in the next room . |
| 20 | He 'd forgotten about the way it flickered before it came on properly and made a noise . |
| 21 | Does as it wants to do when it goes outside rather than inside . |
| 22 | It looked very attractive until it was washed , when it stretched so appallingly that it reached to her knees ! |
| 23 | I do n't know where this Doctor had this idea from but I do n't know how many years ago , but I remember I had my Co-op news every week and , and he said that he could see us going a full circle and I 'm just wondering when he 's gon if I 'll be alive when it comes round again because I , I do n't think that these big mass stores erm as I say they 're all right you see , people with plenty of money with a car they could fill the freezer up . |
| 24 | Even though it finishes almost exactly where 001 did , 010 contains good stuff . |
| 25 | A couple of policemen caught the boat as it came in alongside and steadied it . |