Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [noun] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also involved a religious foundation — the Charterhouse — in his scheme ( although it appears that in practice it played little part ) and wanted his Master to be a Scholar of Eton or of Winchester ( if such could be found ) and to be appointed on the recommendation of the Provosts of Eton College and of King 's College , Cambridge . |
| 2 | I am not sure that on record it makes all that much difference to have 24 baroque oboes , as here , instead of 12 or so , but the sound of so many along with 12 bassoons , nine trumpets , nine trumpets and four sets of timpani is mightily impressive , and the more attractive for a rhythmic bounce . |
| 3 | There was one girl she 'd erm she 'd burnt her leg right down the front of her leg er on the bone in the front of her leg and er her mother just wrapped up something an old stocking I think she put in it , and of course it went bad did n't it . |
| 4 | It had never been done before , but I had this premonition , and of course it proved true . ’ |
| 5 | She could imagine that Tom would go out and leave his door open if he was working about the place but not if he had quitted it , and in winter it seemed foolhardy to say the least to leave it and let the cold air invade the house . |
| 6 | If we go on to books erm , I think that Longman performance is exceptionally good erm , of course for book business it 's very much first half , second half , most of the profit coming in second half , but er , erm , Longman only dropping seven percent on the year before seems to me a particularly good performance given the environment and in fact it generated more operating cash flow than the year before . |
| 7 | The policies of the ILP had lost it much support but in its opposition to the war and to conscription it regained some of its influence on the Left . |
| 8 | And at £85 it offers great value for money . |
| 9 | And at times it criticizes class-based politics , for its omission and marginalization of gender issues . |
| 10 | Stony Stratford was the town nearest to Wolverton , and by comparison it had considerable charm . |
| 11 | But in principle it seems inexcusable to penalise the company for breach of a duty not owed by it but by its directors and intended to protect , among others , the company and its members . |
| 12 | In men it increased from 59.1 to 113.4 , but in women it remained unchanged ( mean 35.0 ) . |
| 13 | To those with no operational experience such as MPs , Courts of Enquiry , magistrates etc. , it can appear a sensible and foolproof system , but in practice it has many deficiencies . |
| 14 | Mill 's ‘ harm-to-others ’ principle seems simple , but in practice it has many problems . |
| 15 | Its inclusion in the categories of capital murder had originally been defended by the Government on the grounds that the presence of a gun was an indication of a pre-meditated offence , but in practice it proved impossible to maintain the distinction between deliberate killings committed with a gun , or a knife or other weapon . |
| 16 | The constant impression given by the Prague School is that the sort of description and analysis they call for is essentially objective and scientific in character , but in practice it seems impossible to exclude a strong element of subjectivity from this kind of structural study . |
| 17 | Zambia achieved political independence without a prolonged conflict , but in Zimbabwe it took more than a decade of military and political struggle to overthrow white minority rule . |
| 18 | Without the original bill we can not be certain of the government 's objectives ; but on balance it seems unlikely that it wished to replace statutory legislation by proclamation . |
| 19 | offers potentially to enhance citizen participation in local government , to inform citizens of their rights and duties , and to provide new information-services to citizens , but on balance it reinforces local dominant coalitions , makes local government more expensive to run , makes it less responsive to the general public , and tends to exclude many interests ; |
| 20 | Uncertainty about the situation under eastern and central southern England will remain until further data are released , but at present it seems unlikely that the Variscan sole under much of this region will be deeper than 10–15 km . |
| 21 | Do n't ignore it just because at times it seems impossible to deal with . |
| 22 | The authors concerned assume that the word " father " ( or its equivalent in other languages ) has a single meaning in itself , whereas in fact it has many different meanings depending upon what other term forms the other half of the dyadic relationship . |
| 23 | Recently books have been written querying the efficiency and use of Bomber Command aircraft in the night bombing of Germany , and asking whether it did help in the final defeat or whether in fact it made little difference . |