Example sentences of "and it [vb mod] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because it 's a fully-fledged image editor , it is n't particularly cheap , and it 'll face stiff competition when Adobe Photoshop 2.5 for Windows arrives this spring . |
| 2 | And it 'll save that corner , it 'll make it look nice . |
| 3 | The process can be speeded up somewhat by changing the blotting paper several times while the flowers are being pressed , although you must be extremely careful as the plants will be exceptionally fragile at this point and it may do more harm than good to disturb them . |
| 4 | Boston-based Ares Software Corp is hoping to licence its FontChameleon technology to operating system designers , application developers and printer manufacturers , and it may have some success since FontChameleon is supposedly compatible with existing PostScript and TrueType standards . |
| 5 | It is a mistake to be too ambitious to begin with , for when 50 or so near maturity they will require lots of food and it may take some gathering . |
| 6 | The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending . |
| 7 | Acrylic tends to dry less opaque than it look when wet , and it may take repeated overpainting when thin layers of colour are used to cover completely something underneath . |
| 8 | Clearly such use has its attractions : it is quite similar to the original use , and it may provide local employment . |
| 9 | I mean , I 'll get a box sent to me and it might get one spin at home so that I can relax , sort of wipe my brow knowing it does n't jump , the quality 's good and it 's loud enough … ’ |
| 10 | This year , the second on from the Festival is still proving to be a bumper one for individual membership ; we are now well in to the 900 's and it would give great satisfaction and joy to all if the magic figures ‘ 1000 ’ could appear in the membership book lovingly kept by the Treasurer and Secretary . |
| 11 | After all , these guys are no part of my battle , most of them do n't know me , and they 've turned out in numbers only because Rufus said they had to defend their territory — but I decide this ai n't the time for that , and it would make more sense to invite these gift-horses in for coffee and what 's left of the whisky . |
| 12 | Scott 's first letter had been an appalling error , and it would seem sufficient reason why Donaldson should suggest reversing the decision to award him the Gold Medal , but Scott , when drafting his Recollections in later years , looked for further motives behind Donaldson 's action as he could not ‘ reconcile it with the character and generosity which Donaldson has usually evinced ’ . |
| 13 | It would not be of much help to him , and it would alert any intruder that he was on his way . |
| 14 | The hearth itself was often fiercely guarded by a cook , and it would cause great offence if the ‘ lady of the house ’ spent any time in the kitchen , let alone tried to prepare a meal . |
| 15 | Use the cotton towel provided and it will absorb this dirt . |
| 16 | It will normally make an identical claim against the other member with whom it dealt — ie , against the selling member if , as one might perhaps expect , the claim against LCH is made by a buying member — and it will refer that claim to arbitration . |
| 17 | You never find out about the water in the instrument systems until you are airborne and it will ruin that flight , if not the entire flying for that day . |
| 18 | And it will bring blessed relief from your personal nightmare for up to ten hours . |
| 19 | Find one in good condition and it will give endless pleasure but , being an old design , expect a fair amount of maintenance . |
| 20 | Compare this with the value of £100,000,000 netted in 1985 , which included 317kg. of heroin and it will give some idea of the growth rate and size of the problem we were tackling . |
| 21 | And it will generate extra revenue from the extra uses . |
| 22 | And it will provide medical equipment to care for the 120 children there . |
| 23 | To try to ignore it is about as much use as trying to ignore an aching tooth ; and it will have equal effect in preventing concentration on the work in hand . |
| 24 | Despite the developments achieved already , much work remains to be done in this area and it will have growing importance in coming years . |
| 25 | This sequence is probably going to be shot very early in the morning , and it will take great strength of mind to get it all together . |
| 26 | Unemployment traditionally lags other economic indicators in a recovery and it will take some time before firms feel sure enough of the trend to consider expanding workforces again . |
| 27 | Lord McCluskey , sitting with Lords Caplan and Wylie , added : ‘ It is a difficult and sad case and it will need careful consideration . ’ |
| 28 | It seeks to accelerate decision making , and it will find strong support in the House and in the country . |
| 29 | Timber which is too dry and untreated will warp and lose its strength ; too wet , and it will encourage wet rot and dry rot . |
| 30 | Clearly , the call for increased vigilance is a timely one , but it should be extended to the monitoring of patterns of resistance to single as well as to multiple drugs , and it should give extra attention to resistance in traditional high risk groups such as immigrants as well as in HIV patients . |