Example sentences of "it [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She progressed eventually to the title role , playing it 500 times . |
| 2 | Is it eleven years today she |
| 3 | Van Helmont envisaged the natural world as a system of seedlike entities , seminal spirits that penetrated matter giving it specific properties . |
| 4 | Instead they dismantled the Poor Law from outside , by removing from it needy groups by means of legislation on issues such as old-age pensions and national health insurance . |
| 5 | According to J.L. Missika and D. Wolton , politicians were suspicious of broadcasting and governments allotted it scanty credits ; at the same time , governments encouraged the cultural vocation of television , and information ministers ( including Mitterrand ) accepted arguments from engineers in favour of a high-definition standard of television that was technically satisfying but increased costs . |
| 6 | and Lot fourteen is the cabinet now showing , thank you , Lot fourteen , fifty for it fifty pounds anywhere at fifty at fifty pounds fifty at fifty pounds fifty pounds , anywhere at fifty unwanted then at fifty pounds fifty pounds . |
| 7 | ‘ If you go for a soldier ’ — she had said it fifty times — it will stop us getting wed . |
| 8 | Like Mary Kingsley she was down-to-earth and when her expedition reached Abu Simbel she was horrified to see that the colossal figure of Rameses II was disfigured by plaster left on it fifty years before by an enthusiastic cast-maker . |
| 9 | Give it fifty years and I 'll bet you that the baker and all the rest of the folks , it 'll be coming from a supermarket , but they 'll be delivering stuff that you 've put on your computer . |
| 10 | Call it fifty miles . |
| 11 | I 've got ta be catched I wo n't actually do it I 'll just come in run a mo just give it complete customers and and help |
| 12 | A WOMAN has sold her car back to the garage where she bought it 32 years ago — and got more than she paid . |
| 13 | In 1983 , when a much smaller number of students completed IT Advanced Courses , 14 per cent were unemployed at the end of their courses ( 1 ) , a figure which halved in the following six months ( 2 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ We call it bouncing stones across the water . ’ |
| 15 | Announced as the strongest environmental protection agency in Europe , Parliament gave it extensive powers . |
| 16 | The essence of Hollywood was that it used actors who became real before the camera ; they were not ciphers there to be manipulated by an all-powerful director but they were actors who were able to combine natural qualities and varied skills and techniques in such a way as to create an on-camera identity . |
| 17 | For a while the increasing national cost of poor relief after mid century did not bring with it harsher attitudes . |
| 18 | Quite often the limitations of its '50s design brought with it annoying problems you would n't think of in a more modern-thinking car . |
| 19 | While many feminists will abhor Segal 's conclusions about violence and pornography , I found them extremely relevant at a time when the British anti-porn bandwagon is sweeping along with it Labour women MPs and anti-censorship feminists , in company with the powerful , pro-family , homophobic moral right . |
| 20 | For the little good it 's supposed to do it brings with it inherent problems . |
| 21 | Record reviewers criticise from the standpoint of their own knowledge and experience , which is at once a strength , but carries with it inherent weaknesses . |
| 22 | KEEGAN 'S GLEE GUNS : Micky Quinn points the way to the Premier League for Newcastle — and the boss also has plenty to celebrate as the Geordies make it eight wins out of eight . |
| 23 | Moffatt , whose long lay-off was due to a facial injury , made it eight wins in a row ( five inside the distance ) by forcing Dhalie into retirement at the end of the fourth round with a damaged shoulder . |
| 24 | One could wish it eight times as long , a great compendium like Burton 's Anatomy of Melancholy . |
| 25 | Well it was just that erm erm erm was it eight weeks your hospital appointment ? |
| 26 | I was knocked out by how brilliant it was when I first read it eight years ago , and now I want to put on a national tour and direct it . ’ |
| 27 | But the SDLP expected to add another seat to its team , giving it eight benches to occupy in the council chamber . |
| 28 | And I mean recently I came across somebody who 'd got some part holdings in diamonds , and of course the diamond market 's gone into rapid decline because of the er is it Namibian diamonds , and , and the Russians er breaking up the De Beer market . |
| 29 | It has time to dissolve minute quantities of minerals which can give it definite characteristics such as hardness or taste . |
| 30 | Telford gave it hollow spandrels to lighten the load on the foundations , which also gives a deceptive appearance of lightness to the structure ; and the roadway does not rise to the crown of the arch , which was usually done to ensure that rainwater would not lie on the road surface . |