Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] it [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Again it is generally definable only through social custom but in this case it has more significance since the breaking of social taboo may have adverse effect on the child .
2 create the illusion that the ‘ dangerous ’ class is primarily located at the bottom of various hierarchies by which we ‘ measure ’ each other , such as occupational prestige , income level , housing market location , educational achievement , racial attributes — in this illusion it fuses relative poverty and criminal propensities and sees them both as effects of moral inferiority , thus rendering the ‘ dangerous ’ class deserving of both poverty and punishment ;
3 On this basis it makes more sense for an investor to invest in promise than in reality .
4 In some way it conveyed utter disbelief .
5 In this way it facilitated public representation of the relationship between the state , capital , and an emerging working class as one of pre-eminent moral stature . ’
6 It had never hurt before in anything but high jump but this time it hurt long jumping .
7 This self-obsession , the looking inwards and away from the real world , represents a full circle turned in approximately twenty years , and this time it has official sanction and encouragement .
8 While it declined to say how much money it got this time , its four backers , the Mayfield Fund , Institutional Venture Partners , Menlo Ventures and St Paul Venture Capital , are now into it to the tune of $12.2m total .
9 4(5) This Act applies in respect of births after ( but not before ) its passing , and in respect of any such birth it replaces any law in force before its passing , whereby a person could be liable to a child in respect of disabilities with which it might be born ; but in section 1(3) of this Act the expression ‘ liable in tort ’ does not include any reference to liability by virtue of this Act , or to liability by virtue of any such law .
10 ‘ This Act applies in respect of births after ( but not before ) its passing , and in respect of any such birth it replaces any law in force before its passing , whereby a person could be liable to a child in respect of disabilities with which it might be born ; …
11 He then began adding back one food per day and when he included instant coffee it produced another bout of severe depression .
12 Although the merger gave Roh control of 216 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly it provoked widespread resentment on the grounds that it effectively removed the elected opposition .
13 In the case of the News International ban it offered clear guidance on how the professional should react .
14 Quorum , which says some of the blame for Equal 's delay has been on the legal hassle it had last year with Apple Computer Inc , which held up financing and staffing , will position the product as a Mac application adaptor rather than an emulator .
15 Quorum , who says some of the blame for Equal 's delay has been on the legal hassle it had last year with Apple ( UX No 393 ) which held up financing and staffing , will position Equal as a Mac application adapter rather than an emulator .
16 Well yesterday because of the long queue it happened that way .
17 In the short term it proposes increased monitoring to ensure that the highest standards of pesticide use are maintained .
18 Nonetheless , the significance of Lukacs 's theory is that even in a post-Stalinist epoch it presents socialist realism as rich in possibilities .
19 While there are obviously problems in developing and using this type of notional scale it has some utility .
20 At one level it celebrates sexual intimacy .
21 In the discussion of inter-generational talk it emerged that code switching from English to Creole was relatively infrequent , and was not usually as a response to another speaker using Creole , although it sometimes was .
22 Being an alkaline-loving plant it requires some calcium content .
23 Farmers Group , the American insurer it bought last year , showed a surplus of £205million in the nine months to September — and should now make more than enough money in the full year to cover the cost of its acquisition .
24 Farmers Group , the American insurer it bought last year , showed a surplus of £205million in the nine months to September — and should now make more than enough money in the full year to cover the cost of its acquisition .
25 As with the acquisition of any skill it requires conscious effort as each skill is practised to the point where it becomes effortless ( see Skilful behaviour on page 155 ) .
26 However , the enforcement agent in a compliance system regards prosecution as a sign of failure , where in a sanctioning system it becomes visible evidence that he has done his job .
27 At the same time it offered great entertainment for the onlookers .
28 Project English encourages learners to explore and experiment with language , but at the same time it provides firm support through a clearly structured syllabus , so that learners feel secure and confident .
29 In the New Testament it means total allegiance .
30 Liturgy has power to blend people into community and in the Catholic school it harnesses active participation between pupil and teacher both in preparation and celebration .
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