Example sentences of "[vb infin] it [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a bold manifesto and the APB will expect it to receive careful criticism from all interested parties . |
| 2 | Not that Eliot harboured any illusions about the efficacy of his work — although Notes … was selling well , he did not expect it to have much influence . |
| 3 | Let's be fair , now ; I do n't expect it makes much difference to Mrs Morgan , or her cat , " Mr Smith said , and a small smile played over his lips as he glanced at Dan Ashton , who grunted and looked down at his feet while Smith continued , " whether you were joking or in deadly seriousness . " |
| 4 | Every aspect of the trip is analysed to see Where we went wrong and how we can prevent it happening next time . |
| 5 | You can shape it using traditional hand tools such as rasps and spokeshaves . |
| 6 | I can see it snaking this way and that through Laverne 's flapping fringe . |
| 7 | And erm they 're loyal to the society because it , they know really it 's partly through them supporting the Guilds that we are able erm I do n't know whether I would get the membership there if you 've got , you see we pay a subscription to , see it costs five Pound a year at the moment to be , to be a member of the Womens ' Guild , which we , we send dues as I say to these three sections you see . |
| 8 | I 'd like it to stay that way , do you hear ? |
| 9 | Other measures would involve more combined heat and power ( CHP ) stations , which , instead of discharging into the atmosphere the 60–70 per cent of the primary energy input which ends up as waste heat , would use it to provide hot water and heating in homes and commercial and industrial buildings ; and , of course , a switch from coal — which produces more carbon dioxide per ton than any other fuel — to nuclear , gas , oil and ‘ renewables ’ such as windfalls and tidal barrages . |
| 10 | At the Federal level there is an Office of the Co-ordination of Soil and Water Conservation , but it has a tiny staff and its position within the Ministry of Agriculture does not enable it to have much influence on land-use decisions . |
| 11 | North Korea was also believed to be constructing a nuclear reprocessing plant which would enable it to extract unused plutonium and uranium by-products from spent nuclear fuel rods . |
| 12 | At the summit meeting last month between Bill Clinton and Japan 's prime minister , Kiichi Miyazawa , America insisted that Japan should come up with specific measures that would enable it to meet new import targets . |
| 13 | The company believes the strength of its Rosemary brand , plus the ‘ state-of-the-art ’ technology installed at its new Bedworth plant , will enable it to achieve this aim . |
| 14 | Natural selection does favour those animals that are most successful in the competition for resources , but that does not mean it favours unrestrained aggression . |
| 15 | Sorry , I did n't mean it to sound that way . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't mean it to sound that way , ’ Ruth huffed . |
| 17 | I did n't mean it to happen this way . ’ |
| 18 | You did not mean it to happen this time . |
| 19 | As we stressed in Chapter 9 , the Rover Group may produce a large share of the motor cars manufactured in the UK but this does not necessarily mean it has significant market power . |
| 20 | This photograph , this swipe of grain , so briefly glimpsed : I could tell it contained extraordinary information . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't think it made any difference to my career or Peter 's , ’ says Finney . |
| 22 | " I do n't think it makes much difference where we do a bit of scratching , " he said . |
| 23 | But , I do n't think it makes any profit , but , you know , profit . |
| 24 | Do n't you think it makes any impact ? |
| 25 | I , I , I take all the planning and what the officer is saying , but I mean do n't you think it makes more sense from our point of view than we realize . |
| 26 | At the end of the day I do n't think it affects everyday life in Darlington . |
| 27 | Must be the leaves I think because I do n't think it flowers this shrub here . |
| 28 | Erm and I do n't think it looks good hanging out because it 's , you , you paying in the skirt and the belt and that . |
| 29 | I think it means they 're all just older family , I do n't think it means six year olds . |
| 30 | No you 're not put it down , go away that 's for Benjamin 's birthday , I do n't want it getting dirty while were having er tea |