Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] it [verb] [adj] " 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 | Sentencing the two men , Judge Richard May said he was bearing in mind that the defendants had n't put the money in their own pockets or used it to support expensive lifestyles . |
| 3 | Or did it make any difference either way ? |
| 4 | Or did it comment that out ? |
| 5 | Was Venus born dry , or did it become dry ? |
| 6 | Did this modernism , in Jürgen Habermas 's terms , deepen and extend the rationalist Enlightenment project , or did it undermine that project ? |
| 7 | Therefore , a special change point had to be designed , incorporating a point blade in the conduit , which by the operation of a lever , could either deflect a plough onto the change point or permit it to pass unhindered to the old terminus . |
| 8 | Is this couple 's problem simply different expectations regarding the frequency of sexual relations or does it go deeper ? |
| 9 | Allowing the child to muck about , or does it mean free to express himself in his own childlike way , and not ape the adult 's way . |
| 10 | What does this really mean , and is the current fashion for quality merely rhetorical gloss or does it have more substance ? |
| 11 | Doctrines of governmental restraint are those which deny the government 's right to pursue certain valuable goals , or require it to maintain undisturbed a certain state of affairs , even though it could , if it were to try , improve it . |
| 12 | There was no one thing that made it go wrong . |
| 13 | ‘ Obviously it 's hard work , ’ she adds , ‘ but it really struck a chord with me and that made it seem easy . |
| 14 | This picture frame moulding came complete with all the scratches , dents and marks that make it look old , although it was in fact new . |
| 15 | Even with this kind of evidence , even with that kind of evidence , almost uniquely good evidence in my experience , the Council leadership , which is in , has been in possession of it for the best part of a month has made no move to suspend any Chief Officer on charges of gross misconduct , which of course if it had been any of our members accused of something like that , they 'd have been down the road instantly , nor has it reinstated any worker wrongly sacked . |
| 16 | Nor has it drawn large crowds , apart from the 105,000 visitors who attended the inaugural exhibition featuring the work of Dubuffet 's latter years . |
| 17 | No I meant one of the film actresses that has it done that way or something , |
| 18 | We are with them constantly seven days a week and each day that passes it becomes harder to comprehend that they were ever convicted of such a crime . |
| 19 | BUYING territory rather than seizing it has honourable precedents among nations . |
| 20 | In the discussion that followed it became clear that graduated PAF would not be popular . |
| 21 | The benefit of all this is estimated to be a saving on annual costs of about $4,000m beginning in 1993 — but all the cost-cutting that the company already has under its belt has done no more than enable it to stand still , which is why several analysts question whether even the latest cuts will prove sufficient . |
| 22 | An organisation once the size of a Station now resided in one small corner of the airfield at Wyton but it maintained the excellent tradition that saw it produce many thousands of aircrew . |
| 23 | But it did not institute systematic means of monitoring school curricula to check on whether or not inspectorate advice was being followed , nor did it devise systematic means for exerting pressure on schools to follow this advice . |
| 24 | Nor did it mean such a thing to any of the other administrators prominently associated with it . |
| 25 | Spemann and Mangold 's discovery of the organizer did not come as a surprise to Spemann , nor did it involve any element of luck . |
| 26 | The agreement , which was of unlimited duration , made no direct reference to SDI ; nor did it involve conventional or chemical weapons , although both sides expressed a wish to reach an agreement on such matters at the earliest opportunity . |
| 27 | Nor did it go unchallenged . |
| 28 | The Parliament could not sack individual Commissioners , or force amendments on legislation , nor did it develop much influence over budgetary matters until the 1970s . |
| 29 | Nor did it have any lasting effect on morale . |
| 30 | Nor did it seem apparent to all that the war fought at sea , the damage which might be inflicted upon enemy vessels and morale , and the consequences which victory at sea could have for those who lived in areas close to coasts , were all part of a wider war which could not be restricted to the fighting on land . |