Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb past] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | such informal group norms were important to the workers even to the extent that an individual worker might refuse promotion if it meant leaving the group ; |
| 2 | It 's about time somebody killed this ‘ debate ’ dead in its tracks , even if it meant stating the obvious ; that postmodernism is nothing more than Situationism without the socialism , the archetypal assimilation of revolutionary technique and terminology . |
| 3 | Perhaps Cromwell , when he passed , also found the door of Coldingham Priory locked and decided that he would get in anyway , even if it meant removing a whole wall in order to do so . |
| 4 | The other part questioned whether in fact she really did want to get engaged to Harry if it meant leading a dreary life waiting for him to make his way in the world . |
| 5 | But Elton probably would n't mind exchanging his sparkling shorts to suffer Adams ' lumberjack shirts if it meant having a song at number one for 16 weeks like the Canadian rocker did |
| 6 | He questioned whether it would be possible to prosecute them with any chance of success with the present rules of evidence and he would be against proceeding if it meant changing the way in which the courts worked . |
| 7 | In his notice of appeal he contends that the judge was wrong in law to reject the submission made on his behalf that any consideration of the welfare of the children in the context of the exercise of a judicial discretion under article 13 ( a ) of the Convention was only relevant as a material factor if it meant placing the children in an intolerable situation under article 13 ( b ) . |
| 8 | Not by cheating … but if it meant trimming the petals with a pair of scisasors ten minutes before walking out the hall and the judge wo n't notice it … |
| 9 | The new French Agriculture and Forestry Minister , Louis Mermaz , said that France would not be pushed into an accord even if it meant extending the December deadline for completing the GATT talks . |
| 10 | If one of us was really late , but could be seen running to catch the tram , Carnera waited , even if it meant starting a little behind time . |
| 11 | This did not mean that he was at all sympathetic to evolutionary ideas , which seemed crude and mechanical ; but he was not patient either with ‘ Bridgewater writing ’ , because it meant seeing the hand of God more in some things than others . |
| 12 | McNeill was reluctant to accept because it meant asking the club for 14 tickets . |
| 13 | Only because it meant knocking the others over like , you know . |
| 14 | The Government would do nothing about it , because it feared causing a nationalist reaction , he said , urging the sealing of the border and claiming that the explosives involved came from the Republic . |
| 15 | A German draft monetary union treaty presented on Feb. 26 was critically received , principally because it envisaged delaying the establishment of an EC central bank until at least 1997 . |
| 16 | The High Court in Edinburgh does not lay down sentencing guidelines , and in a case in 1987 ruled that the practice of giving a discount for a plea of guilty was objectionable , because it involved offering an accused person an inducement to plead guilty early , and disabled the judge from exercising his discretion fully and freely in any particular case . |
| 17 | Since it began using the gas phase process in 1979 , ICI has been at the forefront of process control and development and has succeeded in covering the whole product range with this new technology . |
| 18 | Microsoft Corp says that sales of the MS-DOS 6 upgrade topped 3m copies in April , the first month after it began shipping the product , bettering the previous record set by MS-DOS 5 and Windows 3.1 upgrades combined ; sales of the upgrade were still supply-constrained , resulting in a backlog . |
| 19 | It took about nine months before it started getting a grip of us really . |
| 20 | all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this |
| 21 | ACT was a computer bureau and systems house until five years ago when it started selling an American machine called the ADDS . |
| 22 | She turned in that direction even though it meant leaving the path . |
| 23 | After a successful return the crowd again got at the youth and Chapman decided to let him go , ‘ though it meant sacrificing a player who , I was convinced , had exceptional possibilities of development ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ I turned down a new contract at the end of the season , even though it meant getting a testimonial next year because I 've got to be playing in the Premier League to confirm my place in the Irish side . |
| 25 | Newman accepted the job , even though it meant taking a drop in salary . |
| 26 | In this it met with the approval of the US Senate , as it avoided committing the USA to any action overseas , while answering the great yearning of the American people for peace in the world . |
| 27 | Such pugilistic interludes were usually short-lived however , for it meant incurring the wrath of the landlord , one Nathanial Nelmes , better known as ‘ Knocker ’ . |