Example sentences of "[vb infin] it [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may never know it in this world but I shall be told it in the next . |
| 2 | If he knew the path blindfold after one month , how well would he know it after fourteen years ? |
| 3 | If she felt the presence of a man she had never known here in this house , just how much did Marguerite feel his presence and just how much did she need it at this time ? |
| 4 | That 's what this house is here for , it is here to introduce primary legislation if we need it and in my view we do need it in this area and it is it 's high time the government recognised that and should not be afraid t t t to take action simply because primary legislation is required . |
| 5 | If you are sent incomprehensible bumf , find someone locally who can translate it into readable English . ) |
| 6 | ‘ You can translate it in various ways . |
| 7 | ( Who knows , they may even enjoy a book so much that the next time the author is published they may even buy it at full price ! ) |
| 8 | Describe the nature of qualitative factors and give three examples that may influence a decision to make a component rather than buy it from another firm . |
| 9 | ‘ But we did n't buy it from some grave-robber , you know . |
| 10 | Er the erm the environmental health check I think he did discuss it at fantastic length , the question of our public lavatories an an and the savings that can be made and the judgement it came to in the end was a , was a very one I think on the outlook against of what you can reasonably do , erm nevertheless I do gather that erm erm it is no longer necessary under standing orders , for erm amendments to the budget to be self financing because you can move amendments to simply increase the budget and er the amendment that I reserve I suppose , it 's not very much . |
| 11 | Aside from the fact that he does n't actually discuss it in any detail , there is little more than a disappointed huffing and puffing at the exhaustion of the avant-garde 's shock value ( backed up by a particularly crass quotation from Peter Bürger about Duchamp 's readymades ) and some utterly routine panting over the outlandish prices being currently paid for Van Goghs — plus a quotation from a sub-Warholian Manhattan ‘ artist ’ answering an art magazine questionnaire with a few smart remarks about business and producing art for the market . |
| 12 | This would ensure that the broadcasting institution was ultimately accountable to Parliament but at the same time would free it from direct government control in its day-to-day affairs . |
| 13 | And you you you have to sort of attack it in that way . |
| 14 | I can only describe it as naked lust . |
| 15 | If , like me , you love the country , maybe one way you can help preserve it for future generations is to stay away from it . |
| 16 | If we wish to preserve a landscape in its present form we must actively direct it towards that end . |
| 17 | You can brown it in hot fat beforehand if you really want to . |
| 18 | If you 're planning a formal herb patch , do n't edge it with conventional box — use edible plants instead ( above ) . |
| 19 | The second argument about the origins of the incest taboo is the one that relates to the major theme of this chapter and I shall consider it at some length . |
| 20 | If it is readily intelligible so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and the Legal draftsman can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance … . |
| 21 | If it is readily intelligible , so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and legal draftsmen can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance . |
| 22 | Then , when we are ready , we can reconstitute and display it as new information which human beings can once again understand . |
| 23 | When it has grown strong and healthy , you can display it in various ways . |
| 24 | His sideways glance told her he 'd noticed the manoeuvre but he merely smiled as if , knowing he could curtail it at any time , he was allowing her that small freedom . |
| 25 | Those who have experienced deliverance by the hand of God , and who live under his sovereignty , must show it by distinctive behaviour . |
| 26 | leaving it and then going back to it to see if you could integrate it plus some graphs . |
| 27 | They must keep within the budget , but if they spend less than their limit they can reallocate it to other purposes within the practice . |
| 28 | Tsetse flies find the breath of cows equally enticing and can smell it from many kilometres away . |
| 29 | There is an aesthetic , if we can dignify it with that word , which distinguishes blood sports from each other . |
| 30 | Would you watch it for three hours ? |