Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an alternative route from Canhas to Porto do Moniz , particularly to be recommended if the weather is cloudy up on the moor , although it does wind and twist . |
| 2 | This provides something closer to historical Marxism , although it does mean that he quickly becomes involved in assumptions about rationality and intentionality , and has to propose a ‘ principle of Humanity ’ , that is a common human nature , to hold them all together . |
| 3 | As can be seen , these are all fairly small , and in practice the lack of asset divisibility is not a major problem , although it does mean that a completely riskless arbitrage transaction may be impossible . |
| 4 | You can tilt it in any direction , and measure the genetic distance , and hence the minimum evolution time , between any point on the plane and any other ( annoyingly , that is not quite true on the page , because the computer 's printer distorts proportions , but this effect is too trivial to make a fuss about , although it does mean that you will get slightly the wrong answer if you simply count blips on the scale ) . |
| 5 | True fabric retention is rare with individual replacement minerals , although it does occur where the replacive phase mimics the precursor mineral . |
| 6 | We 're not even sure whether it 's a cichlid , although it does look like one . |
| 7 | He bit the dog 's ear until it let go but the terrier , called Dylan , then turned on Jimmy , causing arm and leg wounds . |
| 8 | you , you , keep ca n't actually tell until it does happen until something does happen and then you know how well that each side is prepared . |
| 9 | my my guess is that by a side wind er can mix all the erm items on the list , terms would include erm maybe committed and maybe not committed expenditure expenditure and that if it does affect because erm there are some items erm in the erm not clear whether it 's committed or not Market Square er which we do n't want to support . |
| 10 | Never mind if it does mean that lunch is ten minutes late . |
| 11 | Given trust as a first condition , the changes which followed each stage of review , assessment and evaluation came more easily — even if it did mean that some criticisms had first to be voiced and discussed ( JM Dobson conversation , 1990 ) . |
| 12 | Assuming the tribunal would not be so careless as to make such an oversight , it is submitted that if it did consider that the words ’ conduct of the employee ‘ in Sec 24 of the Industrial Relations Act , 1971 ( now Schedule 1 Para 6 ( 2 ) of the 1974 Trade Union and Labour Relations Act ) were impliedly qualified by something like ‘ in the course of his employment ’ , it was quite wrong . |
| 13 | Whether she had or not , he felt compelled to ask her a last question , even if it did annoy or depress her . |
| 14 | I want you to think about it during the in cos it does help if you think about this before . |
| 15 | Okay well if you do n't mind my I have to er because it does affect whether you 're you 're gon na be able to erm sometimes earn the right money . |
| 16 | It is very important to have the local member present to say his thing , because it does inform and influence outcomes . |
| 17 | And it is plausible that they should , because it does appear that the game is a true Prisoner 's Dilemma , albeit a somewhat complicated one . |
| 18 | And I do plead with this Committee to erm , let this go forward because it does mean that we will get our community centre up and running erm , in the spring with the assistance of this Committee . |
| 19 | Solitude adds a special quality to a walk and bad weather can do the same — though it does mean that many of us prefer to stay in the lowlands more often . |
| 20 | In literature I was going to offer both British and American authors , both prose and poetry , so that was no problem , though it did mean that I should have to read authors I disliked — Conrad , Hemingway , Woolf , Graham Greene , C.P. Snow — but I leavened this stodgy bunch with those I felt more in sympathy with , though they were not officially on the syllabus — Waugh , Firbank and Forster at their head . |
| 21 | At the time , I felt it was no bad thing , for it helped intensify that curious brooding quality which is such an important element in so many tropical landscapes , and especially those of Polynesia . |