Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It fits that account better than it fits others , including a probabilistic account of which a bit more will be said . |
| 2 | The mystified motorist whose car has gone wrong may know only that it needs repair and that he should take it to a mechanic : his competence to deal with the matter may go no further . |
| 3 | Similarly , Marshall Sahlins 's work on the Hawaiian islanders in his Islands of History , though far more acutely aware of contending multiple narratives trying to ascribe different significances to the same happenings , is also organised so that it allows Sahlins to present a narrative wherein conflicting stories/histories are mapped out in a framework which explores these histories ' interpenetrations , their assimilations of each other rather than their refusals of each other . |
| 4 | Again , this was not a PNP initiative but is reported here because it concerned parents , children and schools and gives an example of the practice from which the LEA 's unwritten policy on home-school links has to be inferred . |
| 5 | It stopped abruptly when it saw Rosie , an uncertainty shadowing its haunted eyes . |
| 6 | Well they were nine till seven , really six , but mostly seven o'clock before you got away and it involved wiring er coal cutting machines . |
| 7 | It has been his job to knock on the head any mutterings about this summer 's circus , notably those emanating from the Partito Sardo D'Azione , the Sardinian nationalist party , which proclaims sarcastically that it thought Sardinia 's days as a penal colony were long past . |
| 8 | It bounces alarmingly as it gathers speed . |
| 9 | Having learned from his first assignment that the general effectively controlled the hostage situation in Beirut , Coleman now came to realize that , in a broader frame but in the same sense , Kenaan also controlled the nature and scope of narco-terrorism itself — ; or , at any rate , could do so when it suited President Assad 's purpose . |
| 10 | ‘ I read somewhere that it cost £30,000 to do the season nowadays . |
| 11 | Labour 's apparent shift towards PR to woo the Liberals , Ashdown 's insistence that he would allow a government to function only if it gave way to PR , all seemed to point to a deal being hatched up behind the backs of the voters to secure power for the opposition parties . |
| 12 | It was not the huge success that Lotus Development had anticipated mainly because it demanded hardware that seemed excessive at the time — an AT with at least 1MByte of RAM . |
| 13 | Unless the court otherwise orders , an affidavit may be used notwithstanding that it contains statements of information or belief , but every affidavit shall state which of the facts deposed to are within the deponent 's knowledge and which are based on information or belief and shall give , in the former case , his means of knowledge and , in the latter case , the sources and grounds of the information or belief ( Ord 20 , r 10 ) . |
| 14 | I knew the train would n't stop again until it reached London . ’ |
| 15 | Those policyholders without index-linked policies have had to frequently increase their sum insured so that it keeps pace with inflation and continues to cover the full cost of rebuilding their homes . |
| 16 | THE Appeal Court hinted yesterday that it wants Hillsborough coma victim Tony Bland to be allowed to die . |
| 17 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State asked today whether it supported banding but received no answer . |
| 18 | These simulations allow weaknesses in an inspection system to be identified and rectified long before it enters practice . |
| 19 | Accordingly investment in this sector probably led more than it followed investment in agriculture or manufacturing . |
| 20 | It is unlikely to be possible easily or cheaply for the Purchaser to come to its own conclusions as to whether or not these Acts apply even if it has access to the contractual document . |
| 21 | During a violent storm it broke away and drifted westwards until it hit land on the barren headland of San Quentin . |
| 22 | The victim settles horizontally , floating downwind as it waddles side to side , then gently descends to the earth . |
| 23 | I have talked about interpretation which is accommodating so that it yields implications for language teaching . |
| 24 | It need only do what it does now when it examines doctors ' behaviour by asking them to justify that behaviour before a panel of their professional peers . |
| 25 | But planning officials and Labour councillors insist the scheme will works only if it gives shoppers maximum access to the road . |