Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They regard it as an ideal way to familiarise themselves with the latest legislative and other changes and are sometimes reluctant to delegate the task or to see it rendered unnecessary , as is the case with the microfilm system described below . |
| 2 | The employers ' initiative had ‘ opened the door for a new and fruitful phase in the council 's activities ’ ; the unions must now decide ‘ whether to keep the door open , let it swing , or slam it shut ’ ; the employers ' action was ‘ momentous in itself for British industry ’ , it was ‘ nothing less than a confrontation ’ — the word had become indispensable for all of us , from French planners to Indonesian terrorists . |
| 3 | Forgotten , or decided it had been idle talk , a vow impossible to realise . |
| 4 | This means that the ‘ same ’ cell can be studied in preparation after preparation , its connections and the effects of stimulating or excising it followed in detail — something that is quite impossible in any of the organisms yet discussed in this chapter ( Figure 7.5 ) . |
| 5 | In fact it seems more likely that Picasso felt that the Demoiselles as he decided to accept or leave it represented a truly astonishing challenge with which he himself must come to terms ; obviously if he had been dissatisfied with the look of the painting he would not have left it as it is , and it has been argued that the stylistic discrepancies within the painting are essential to its iconography , to the message which it is intended to convey . |
| 6 | In the later part of the decade , its theories and campaigns seemed to many to be the only active and innovative part of the western feminist movement , and affirming or rejecting it occupied an enormous proportion of feminist writing and talk . |
| 7 | Any other things that made it made it difficult for you to read ? |
| 8 | The corpse is drawn suspended above the bier , the cloth that covers it suspended above again , and individual figures are similarly itemised . |
| 9 | Well the people that done it did n't get caught but the corridor on which it happened was fined for all the equipment . |
| 10 | the trouble was in many ways is the man that booked it had had thirty five years ' experience of removals , he knew all the country you see . |
| 11 | gentleman came to this house it seemed to be that he challenged the establishment and many of us welcomes that view it seemed to give a breath of fresh air , but now it seems to me that he 's become entirely institutionalised , can he explain that to the house ? |
| 12 | Once accomplished it left one spoiled for ever and forever incomplete , all integrity gone . |
| 13 | Yes , and the second time that happened it swept across the standing walls there , and in the near end of the caldarium there was somebody standing by the wall . |
| 14 | going this far then the doctor put on it that going it had on it all that he hates which he takes it means either osteoarthritic |
| 15 | The question turned off Lomax 's interest like a tap that realises it had flooded itself into deep water . |
| 16 | That that seems to be the most reasonable way of doing it , rather than sending it registered , |
| 17 | A Grand Jury in California handed up indictments against two officers of Symantec Corp alleging that they stole trade secrets from Borland International Inc after a six-month investigation by the district attorney 's office of Santa Cruz County , California into the allegations that a Borland officer brought confidential company material with him when he left Borland to join Symantec ; Symantec says that last it hired an independent law firm to look into the charges , and it was given the opinion that there was no crime committed and that none of the items constitute trade secrets . |
| 18 | In the discussion that followed it became clear that graduated PAF would not be popular . |
| 19 | Great houses did not of course cease to be built ; on the contrary , almost as many were erected in the nineteenth century as a whole as in the three centuries that preceded it put together . |
| 20 | Work for an era that needed it spelt out ; perhaps Lijn 's recorded voice expresses from the head while a red laser beam cuts sharply through smoke that generates from the base of a black lacquered body . |
| 21 | The Audi that thought it had a clear run had to brake hard … |
| 22 | He could see that whatever was agitating his friend had pushed him to the limit but he judged it better to let him get it off his chest than keep it bottled up . |
| 23 | ‘ The price of a common press was only about one-tenth of the cost of the 1,000 kg of type that kept it occupied in a busy shop … so that the master could afford to own more presses than he would normally need . ’ |
| 24 | And all the birds that saw it stopped singing upon the instant . |
| 25 | Amdahl Corp believes that its Huron applications development and production system is a winner , and rather than leave it stranded on the mainframe under MVS , it is taking it along in the direction the market is moving with two new versions , one that runs under its UTS implementation of Unix System V on its mainframes , the other for Unix workstations , the first version of the latter being for 80486-based machines under Unix . |
| 26 | But the note that accompanied it made no mention of the choice of name and it was rather a cold note . |
| 27 | Sroud District Council refused to comment on the Ropers case other than to say it had acted completely correctly in all its dealings with the couple . |
| 28 | This is n't as bad as it seems ; switching a PC on and off does it more harm than leaving it powered up . |
| 29 | As Obispal backed against the front of a store the grille that sheathed it tore open from within . |
| 30 | The emphasis on God 's revelation and on the faith that apprehends it raised the further question of what theology itself can speak about directly — the revelation , or merely faith 's apprehension of it ? |