Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One might , of course , argue that all talk of non-conscious mental processes is so philosophically problematic as to outlaw cognitive psychology in general ( irrespective of whether it uses AI-ideas ) ( Malcolm 1971 ) . |
| 2 | it will be , it will be nice to get there sort of before it gets dark would n't it on the other side ? |
| 3 | Rather its provisions will deem the transfer to be treated as if it took place on an earlier specified date . |
| 4 | This gives no action to Titius , but the SC allows it to be treated as if it read fidei tuae committo ut Titio hereditatem restituas . |
| 5 | Sometimes they approach language as if it expresses power relations and subjectivity directly , and originates from the very autonomous , fixed subjects whose existence they are challenging . |
| 6 | This fact is used as if it constituted evidence against the theories that those chemists are trying to test . |
| 7 | By taxing or subsidizing goods that involve externalities , the government can induce the private sector to behave as if it takes account of the externality , thus eliminating the deadweight burden arising from the misallocation induced by the externality distortion . |
| 8 | And so warm , if felt as if it had substance . |
| 9 | The letter was waiting , lying in her pocket in a demanding way as if it had control of her . |
| 10 | Then it would presumably spot some potential prey and come to a standstill in mid-air as if it had brakes . |
| 11 | ‘ This is because ’ , Emil said , as if it clinched matters , which it did , ‘ Angus and his company have designed le menu and provided the food . ’ |
| 12 | Fitzormonde stepped away and the bear went back to its meal , shuffling its food into a dirty untidy pile as if it suspected Fitzormonde would like to take it away . |
| 13 | She parked , suddenly chill , picked up her bag as if it held eggshells . |
| 14 | To decorate a dish of smoked salmon , so beautiful in itself , with lettuce leaves , or to strew it with tufts of cress , is not to make that salmon which has cost 38s. a pound look as if it cost £3 , but to belittle it so that you begin to feel it is some bargain basement left-over which needs to be disguised . |
| 15 | The , and here 's the clever bit , I roll each chunk in chopped fresh herbs , usually parsley , thyme and a little tarragon so that the outside edge looks as if it has moss growing on it . |
| 16 | The Isle of Wight cable does without because it transmits monomode signals on a long wavelength ( 1300 nm ) . |
| 17 | Better education opportunities : There was a general sense of dissatisfaction with education provision which seemed to relate more to whether it met people 's needs than the actual range of classes provided . |
| 18 | Culture as content seems to point , on the other hand , to different answers for different kinds of educational programme , and even begs the question as to whether it makes sense in some subject domains . |
| 19 | Thus power in modern capitalism might be more fractionated and pluralist than in the past — it might also be based on non-class political divisions — but in practice the use that was made of the state and its scope of manoeuvre would be conditional on whether it threatened capitalism as a system . |