Example sentences of "[pron] it [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helicobacter pylori infection increases the serum concentration of gastrin , and this may be one of the mechanisms by which it predisposes to duodenal ulceration . |
| 2 | The final testimony to the vitality of European civilization in this period is the small concession which it made to reciprocal influences from the world outside . |
| 3 | The respect in which it lags behind competing products — recent versions of 1-2-3 and Quattro Pro — is in its printing and presentation facilities — often referred to as ‘ spreadsheet publishing ’ . |
| 4 | At the same time , the rise of this new class , and the transition from feudalism to capitalism which it accomplished in Western Europe , were made possible by other transformations and political or cultural conflicts ; by the establishment of centralized , effectively administered nation states , and by the religious struggles from which emerged the Protestant sects and the diffusion of the Protestant ethic , which at the very least contributed to the self-confidence and determination of the bourgeoisie , promoted a climate of opinion favourable to its activities , and perhaps hastened its triumph . |
| 5 | And also last Friday at education committee there was a long debate , both on the procedure which would be adopted by the working party , in discharging it 's remit and in particular the policy which it recommended regarding small schools , and also an extended debate on one of the areas which was a subject of recommendation by the er , district auditor which concerns the organisation of first and middle schooling in the Meer area , and there the working party did look very specifically at the recommendation that was made by the district auditor that decided on balance that that was n't likely to produce the best and most cost effective education in that part of the county . |
| 6 | Often , indeed , students of social policy go further and explicitly analyse the extent to which it contributes to social equality . |
| 7 | It is time to identify and explode the powerful myth of critical doubt and dispel the clouds of defeatism which it lowers on Christian faith . |
| 8 | This is especially the case with the liberal democratic form of the state whose claim to legitimacy rests on the access to the political system which it grants to non-dominant interests . |
| 9 | Each gang , called a crew , had its own area which it defended against other skins and non-skins . |
| 10 | Town is on everyone 's lips today , and for the proud position which it occupies in public esteem it has very largely Mr Chapman to thank . ’ |
| 11 | They had waited for the Darkfall to blow itself out , which it did in spectacular fashion . |
| 12 | An infallible belief would be justified but would not derive its justification from any relation in which it stood to other beliefs ; it would not need any support from elsewhere . |
| 13 | Land acquisition , site assembly , land reclamation , infrastructural improvement and environmental enhancement are the means through which it engages with local authorities , the Department of Environment and most importantly , the private sector to lever investment that will lead to economic growth . |
| 14 | Were Lascars and Chinamen to benefit from the improvements in food , accommodation , repatriation etc. which it provided for British seamen ? |
| 15 | First , the robot made a plastic body which it covered with soft plastic , like a skin . |
| 16 | Marxism 's claim to the status of a science proper thus functions as a device to avoid the historicity through which it accounts for other phenomena . |
| 17 | There is nothing in the criteria which it stipulates for rational behaviour that confines its application to a market clearing framework . |
| 18 | During this syndicalist period the ‘ official ’ movement was wholly committed to participation in the programme of modernization in which it participated with regional capital and the associated regional élite ( see Ben well CDP , 1978 ) . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , this would be to empty the term of most of the meanings which it carries in actual discourse . |
| 20 | DEC UK 's workstation product manager , Tom Yeates , says sales of VAXstations running VMS exceeded targets by two and a half times over the last quarter , something it attributes to increased confidence in VMS due to the launch of the Alpha chip . |
| 21 | Wycliffe had no maxims , but that was exactly what was being done , though to him it seemed of paramount importance to build a clear picture of the victim himself . |
| 22 | This can explain why some dogs dislike an owner of one sex , or children , whom it associates with previous maltreatment . |
| 23 | But the committee was hopelessly divided on what it meant by Christian hope — whether it was hope for peace and perfection in this world , or hope for a future life , or hope only of forgiveness at the last . |
| 24 | What it meant in human terms was that black UK citizens excluded from their own country ( Britain ) were and still are being forced to live in countries where they have no right to live or work . |
| 25 | If you do n't get rid of acid you know what it does to even metal , if it sits on metal it eats through it , so you imagine what it does to your bones when it sits on them . |
| 26 | Unusual in many ways-including its gentle liquidy texture — Turnaround Cream is exceptional in what it does for oily skins . |
| 27 | What it lacked in glossy technique it made up for in sincerity . |
| 28 | The relationship between professionals and the state is also changing , as government imposes a more entrepreneurial and competitive pattern on what it perceives as genteel cartels . |
| 29 | ‘ Les has got what it takes for international football . |
| 30 | That assessment has only to be read to indicart to indicate what it fortended for future success in her chosen career . |