Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb -s] [pron] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My view would be that it does nothing of the sort and that if we think it does we delude ourselves . |
| 2 | The matches are made of a wood so flimsy that it reminds me of the balsa with which I tried , unsuccessfully , to build model aeroplanes . |
| 3 | The fourth and most important implication of the placebo response is that it reminds us of the beneficial effect of the successful physician-patient encounter . |
| 4 | The original entries for 995 and 996 may have been lost , and it says nothing of the hostile relations which probably existed with Normandy for a time , and only hints at the troubles in the Irish Sea mentioned above . |
| 5 | When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago . |
| 6 | By comparison housework is boring , lonely , unrewarding work , and it has none of the prestige associated with meeting famous people and working in a glamorous establishment like Claridges . |
| 7 | But it does nothing of the sort . |
| 8 | I do not think this experience is confined to women , but it symbolizes something of the quality of the Great Mother , and it shows how we have the ability to conceive and carry to birth on a level other than the physical . |
| 9 | It 's a favourite because it reminds me of the most exciting part of political campaigning : the roadshow . |
| 10 | Such rationalization is , however , of great interest to the historian because it reveals something of the social processes involved in gaining respect for scientific work both inside and outside a scientific community . |
| 11 | He wrote that it was ‘ not cruel to animals but , rather , indulgent to men … since it absolves them of the suspicion of crime when they eat or kill animals ’ . |