Example sentences of "it [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The South Korean government said that all domestic electronic communications companies will be freed to operate voice mail and wireless data communications services later this half : the communications ministry said it planned to reinforce financial and tax support to foster these sectors , currently dominated by Korea Telecom before it opens the market to foreigners next year . |
| 2 | I gathered , however , that they expected it to continue to get worse and that there was nothing they could do except give me vitamins . |
| 3 | Is it not time that we took the Agenda for Peace seriously and gave the UN the resources it needs to save this and future generations from the scourge of war . |
| 4 | If nursing is to gain the professional status it is striving for , it needs to attract motivated and able students . |
| 5 | It must work properly , and if you bought it as new , it has to look new and be in good condition . |
| 6 | ‘ It has to look open and attractive , yet incorporate a mass of authoritative detail . |
| 7 | THERE are some Conservative voters who , believe it or not , are hoping for a Labour victory , on the simple logic that ‘ it has to get worse before it gets better ’ . |
| 8 | Erm that 's when it starts to get busy because there 's like the there 's like the eleven til three kind of kind of kind of busy time er |
| 9 | It wants to make sure that everyone knows what harassment is , that harassment will not be tolerated and that there is a procedure for dealing with the problem . |
| 10 | He says that it seemed to take more than half an hour . |
| 11 | As I investigated further , it seemed to become clear that if this question could be answered it could only be in a complex way . |
| 12 | In the sheltered darkness , out of the wind , it seemed to grow louder and more piercing . |
| 13 | Aerate the lawn if it tends to become waterlogged or growth is very poor . |
| 14 | This is typically a thin , irritant discharge with a characteristic ‘ fishy ’ odour , and any skin that comes into contact with it tends to become excoriated and sore . |
| 15 | Of course I admit there 's an alcohol problem , but then again it tends to look worse than it is because the res is dry so everyone congregates at the nearest bar , which is two miles south , in Nebraska . |
| 16 | And if we 're doing a bunch of dates in the same venue , it gets to sound better and better each night . |
| 17 | It began to seem impossible that the rock , huge as it was , could contain this labyrinth they were treading . |
| 18 | Chatterjee wondered about this as it began to seem more than simply coincidence . |
| 19 | Then it began to rain hard and I sheltered for a long time in a barn , but I could n't stay there all night so I just walked and got thoroughly soaked . |
| 20 | They were not in fact the same thing — they were two separate things — and up until this point , it seemed like it was all one thing — that MainMan and David were the same — but it began to become apparent that they were n't . |
| 21 | As the reorganised schools began to settle and establish themselves it began to become apparent that the curriculum , the vehicle for educational progress , needed to be reorganised also . |
| 22 | In 1739 , for example , when Lord Panmure held the Angus parliamentary seat , it began to appear likely that the Earl of Strathmore was contemplating a challenge to Panmure 's position in the county . |
| 23 | Each year it seems to get busier and busier . |
| 24 | I also like the area because of its prehistoric relics , abundance of wildflowers and , on a more mundane level , because in my experience it seems to get more than its fair share of decent weather . |
| 25 | However , no equipment will last for ever and it started to become obvious that I would need to update before too long . |
| 26 | We all worked and lived at the same place and it seemed pretty cool to me at the time , but it started to become more and more negative until it got to the point where I wanted to leave … and I realised that they would n't let me ! |
| 27 | The first bird lay pinioned there for four or five seconds before it managed to break free and fly off . |
| 28 | It helps to detail one or two of the other adults to ensure you do not lose anyone on the way but this is a fun activity if the conditions are right and the weather reasonable . |
| 29 | Sometimes it helps to produce two or three alternative structures , embodying quite different approaches to the same material . |
| 30 | Does it tend to look limp and lifeless no matter how much time you spend styling it . |