Example sentences of "it [Wh det] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If something happens at the school or to someone associated with it which may reflect badly give facts but no opinions . |
| 2 | It can be evaded by careful drafting such as the addition of " whatsoever " , or some synonym for it which may prevent its application . |
| 3 | Despite the noise of the traffic out in the piazza , the room had a peaceful sense of intimacy about it which may have had something to do with the large low beds and the subtle green and white colours . |
| 4 | The distinction may not seem an essential one , but there is a difference : " strike-breaking " suggests a degree of capability for the work and willingness to do it which may have been possessed by the " rats " of " London and Liverpool " , 28 but was unlikely to have been displayed by the handful of girl apprentices actually engaged during the strike . |
| 5 | Because once you 've got a computer running for your main application then you can always find other things to do with it which may help you to improve your business . |
| 6 | British Airways examine every official accident report that is published by a national accident investigation authority to see whether there are any features in it which might lead to an improvement in the safety of their own operation . |
| 7 | To the linguist , it is clear at once that she has not really managed to speak JC , she has just made an imitation of it which might fool people not really familiar with that language . |
| 8 | So much so that I deliberately avoided anything outside it which might affect my emotions or disturb my thoughts . |
| 9 | Maybe they even try to swim against it which might account for the length of time that passes before they reach European waters . |
| 10 | It should also check whether there are any special restrictions binding on it which would prevent the buy-back ( eg in loan or security documents ) . |
| 11 | I now turn to the adoption minutes of city hall and now it is a process of in that city hall did not endorse a recommendation from the finance panel , the budget that came from finance panel erm so we are in the slightly unusual position of having to debate the proposals of finance panel as we were recommended to do by city hall , erm that means as I understand it that er the chair of city hall will now present the annual budget statement erm and since he is going to do that in a form of an amendment er that seven other unusual features about the way in which we would normally do it which would mean that there would be er a budget statement and where there would then be the the formal proposals and amendments themself , erm so what I would propose is to try and make sure that everybody has , has maximum opportunity to have their say erm because no two amendments can be on the floor at one time er to take what the leader of the council said first of all erm then to allow the other two leaders to present their budget alternatives as it were , without it be , this is just not did n't take it at that point if they do n't want to . |
| 12 | There was an intensified sense of a gap between present and past , and of the need to find a way of bridging it which would make possible an adequate statement of belief for the present day . |
| 13 | What then is it which would make label switching alone something which adversely affects or usurps the right of the owner ? |
| 14 | There is a popular idea that when the flight data recorder is recovered from a crashed aircraft the investigator has merely to read an indicator inside it which will tell him just what the cause of the accident was , eliminating the need for all the tedious investigation practices which used to take so much time . |
| 15 | So you 'll get a big erm warehouse erm which may be typically erm computer controlled , retrieval systems , storage , inventory , stock control and all the rest of it which will employ a certain number of people . |
| 16 | It causes an electric current to flow through anything moving across it which can conduct electricity . |
| 17 | She agreed with Gilbert that the souls of the dead are in the hand of God and , as for herself , she was persuaded that there is nothing in this world or out of it which can separate us from the love of God . |
| 18 | A basic interest in questions about the meaning and purpose of life ( a ) to challenge secularist assumptions and to appreciate that religious truth-claims can not be easily dismissed ; ( b ) to understand what is distinctive about religion , that is , what it essentially concerns , and be able to distinguish between that and features of it which can vary and perhaps be dispensed with altogether ; ( c ) to realize in particular in how many different ways religion can masquerade as something else , and fail to be what it claims to be ; ( d ) to appreciate the highly controversial nature of religion and of almost everything that is said about it by anyone , whether religious or not ; ( e ) to have a firm grasp of criteria by which to evaluate precise examples and manifestations of religion in practice ; ( f ) to appreciate the force of the question-mark with regard to the ultimate divide between religion and non-religion , and to appreciate the reality of the dilemma , and the ways in which religion needs to be questioned for its failures , negative attitudes , hypocrisy and externalism . |
| 19 | Skin the turkey breast and lay it what would have been skin-side down on the table . |
| 20 | Not any particular one so then you 've got to think well I do n't know ca n't remember well let's try it what would happen let's try zinc maybe you 'll vaguely remember we tried zinc and hydrochloric |