Example sentences of "[vb infin] [subord] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 8th will live in my mind forever , I do n't know whether it does Nick 's . |
| 2 | It is a disequilibrium situation which can not survive as it offers investors a profitable arbitrage opportunity . |
| 3 | The Department of Health said it would not comment until it received details of the proposals . |
| 4 | It may be that initially it is difficult for people to express their hopes and goals and their fears and needs in their Christian life , and we do n't mind if it takes time . |
| 5 | This is particularly important at a time when we as trainers are concerned with the ‘ communicative approach ’ to language teaching ; when there are no specific methods , there is no one way of doing things , when a eclecticism rules , when almost everything the teacher does is fine provided it involves variety , the use of authentic language and authentic materials based on the learning needs of the individual and achieves effective communication — whatever this may mean . |
| 6 | It would not work because it assumes compliance by those who own the assets and resources , other than labour , of industry ; and that assumption ignores that there inheres in ownership an inalienable right to determine whether , and if so how , to use those assets and resources . |
| 7 | Such action ‘ simply does not wash if it means children exposed to wholly unsuitable material . |
| 8 | This train does n't stop until it reaches London now , and I 'm not moving from this seat . |
| 9 | Sometimes it went to sleep on the rag rug before the electric fire and snored quietly , or its paws would twitch as it chased rabbits in its sleep . |
| 10 | One is how far advanced the Labour Party 's thinking was on the nature of planning it might undertake if it took power at the end of the second world war . |
| 11 | The problem is to determine how far this shaped perception can go before it becomes deceit or manipulation . |
| 12 | This fitted in neatly with Spencer 's philosophy of self-help as the driving force of evolution , and Lankester drew the obvious implication from his theory by warning that the human race might degenerate if it made life too easy for itself . |
| 13 | After the 1979 Conservative victory , it is less clear that a party will suffer if it advocates policies which are a clear break with the past . |