Example sentences of "[subord] [conj] it [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CD-ROM 's central role in multimedia is far more evident today than when it first emerged . |
| 2 | My main reservation about the book , which is more evident to me now than when it first appeared , is that Lodge has too direct and univocal an understanding of the elusive concept of ‘ literature ’ . |
| 3 | Cos when it first started I used to check in the Sunday paper every day but er I du n no it 's a waste of time . |
| 4 | Jane said that last week , cos I thought it was a disco , cos when it first described it me , it was real crap , and there was this colour guy and his friend , and all they wanted to play was black , they looked like they got no bones when they were dancing . |
| 5 | Especially if it 's if as when it first turns on or if the f the fan heater is not blowing very much . |
| 6 | I am bothered that it will never be as underground as when it first started . ’ |
| 7 | This brief in our series on the modern classics of economics looks at a paper that is still as controversial as when it first appeared — and suddenly much more relevant to the debate on economic policy . |
| 8 | The white man , as is his habit , acted as though it all came as an immense surprise , and having registered his perturbation at the undamned reservoirs of fury from those previously ‘ unheard ’ , called for reconciliation and mutual forgiveness and understanding . |