Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [subord] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Mr Delors claims that ‘ binding procedures ’ do not break the principle of ‘ subsidiarity ’ — the idea that decisions should be taken at EC level only when it makes sense to do so . |
2 | The exception was clothing , which bucked the trend of the rest of the UK textile industry partly because it supplies Marks & Spencer , and partly because it makes very little in the UK . |
3 | According to the crew of a USAF storm-tracking WC-130 Hercules which penetrated the eye of the hurricane just before it struck Homestead , peak wind speed was 170 knots and pressure dropped to 993 millibars . |
4 | But Brown did not tell Pincher that some of those agents had been betrayed with the knowledge and authority of MI6 , as part of Blake 's supposed role as a double agent , because the government had suppressed that part of the story just as it had Blake 's part in the Berlin tunnel affair . |
5 | SHARES in HSBC Holdings , parent of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation , firmed 7p to 602p yesterday after it revealed profits had nearly doubled last year . |
6 | Adam was trapped in the open and he sprinted towards a deep tank track as the aircraft swung towards him , nose low as it gathered speed . |
7 | I invariably gain weight if I 've eaten rice the evening before because it retains water and is often served with spicy food which is dehydrating . |
8 | As the work of a man who is not only a poet but a Catholic poet , Paradiso is hardly a typical case , but the sheer volume of fiction produced in Spanish America in recent decades — and continues to be produced — scarcely betokens a general collapse of confidence in the written word , and it is noteworthy that Cabrera Infante 's Three Trapped Tigers , for example , re-creates the atmosphere of pre-revolutionary Havana even as it casts doubt on the feasibility of such an enterprise . |
9 | Well it used to be the Victoria Station in them days then before it come Victoria Centre . |
10 | The United States has said it will guarantee ten billion dollars in loans to Israel only if it stops building settlements in the occupied territories . |
11 | Kuwait had been wary of Iraqi territorial ambitions ever since it gained independence from the UK in 1961 . |
12 | Her verbal spontaneity ruffled far too many feathers even if it attracted admiration from thousands of radicals and feminists . |
13 | The party cell was afraid to have open meetings mainly because it feared criticism from what it called the ‘ kulaks ' . |
14 | I 'll tell you about Evan Roberts later , and there 's plenty to tell even to those who buy a magazine simply because it says Climber on the cover . |
15 | Also , the neighbouring wine bar sponsors activities on the rink and it 's in their interest to hold the tournament there since it provides entertainment for their customers . |
16 | ‘ There were obviously a lot of people there when it took place . |
17 | Plysu , the plastics containers and housewares group , was stable at 248p even though it pushed profits ahead last year . |
18 | However , the Oakes Report 's recommendations concerning the financial management of advanced further education were rejected by the Conservative government soon after it assumed office in May 1979 . |
19 | And that will hit Britain hard if it becomes community law . |
20 | Encore Computer Corp , Fort Lauderdale , Florida has persuaded the Gould Inc subsidiary of Nikko Kyodo Co Inc — which wanted to be shot of Encore altogether when it bought Gould , but has had to keep the company in the fold and bankroll it to have a chance of realising any value from it — to increase its revolving credit facility by $20m ; the pact also extends the maturity dates of Encore 's $50m term loan agreement to April 2 1995 , and the $35m increased revolving credit pact to July 3 1994 . |
21 | Five Ethiopians hijacked an Ethiopian Airlines plane soon after it left Addis Ababa airport on Aug. 28 . |
22 | Possibly these entered an ancestor of D only when it reached York or Worcester . |
23 | Again this troubled Joan less than it did Anne , who wished her friend , as she insisted she was , to share everything . |
24 | In other cases it is not true ; for example , a flight will be available in an airline booking system long before it takes place . |
25 | A second objection is that where both parties carry on business in Contracting States they can reasonably be subjected to the Convention automatically since it forms part of their national law , whereas parties carrying on business in different non-Contracting States who agree that their contract is to be governed by the law of a third State which is a Contracting State may well have in mind only the domestic law of that State and arguably ought not to be bound by the Convention unless they contract into it . |
26 | The Russian right flank guard was , in any event , beaten and fell into retreat southward until it reached Olschienen and Wallen , more than 32km/20mls away . |
27 | His recommendation to other caterers is to consider a unit with an internal filter system simply because it means oil can be re-used , maybe three times a day . |
28 | The Labour party can not have it both ways : it attacks the system either because it expects people to claim or because it requires a register . |
29 | How strategic is NT anyway after it moves NT stuff like memory management and multitasking into Windows 4.0 and DOS 7 ? |
30 | SNIPERS ambushed an aid convoy run by the French charity Equilibre yesterday as it entered Sarajevo , killing a French woman and wounding two Polish drivers . |