Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They left his body lying where it fell for three days , as a warning to the other prisoners . |
| 2 | Moreover , under 1020 the death of Archbishop Lyfing is given first , although it occurred on 12 June , after Cnut 's return to England and the Easter meeting at Cirencester . |
| 3 | There is a striking analogy here with crystal growth , except that it happens in two dimensions , not three . |
| 4 | Following evidence produced at the Special Commissioners ' hearing , W purported to revise the accounting period by virtue of s 247(8) , TA 1970 so that it ran from 1 February 1977 to 31 January 1978 , rather than 25 October 1977 . |
| 5 | One is to telephone , or write to her beforehand , saying that things have been so hectic at your end recently that it seemed at one point that you might have to postpone your visit for a week or two , but that you are so keen to see her that you are absolutely determined to ‘ make it ’ somehow , even if it has to be just a ‘ flying visit ’ . |
| 6 | The noise in the Chamber tonight did not do the House great credit , but I do not think that it came from one side alone . |
| 7 | Thus if a close approximation to such a transformer features in the bridge circuit of figure 7.10(a) with its secondary winding tapped so that it divides into two portions having turns N 1 and N 2 , the ratio of the potential differences across these secondary portions will be near enough . |
| 8 | The swan became so attached to Sam that it stayed for twelve years . |
| 9 | The only good thing about it is that it lasts for six months , then immunity is acquired . ’ |
| 10 | Remember that it rhymes in two places : " " A tuba , " I said , " or some treacle , Or a toggle to sew on your mac , Or a tray or a ticket , a tree or a thicket , A thistle , a taper , a tack . " |
| 11 | A relation is said to be transitive if the fact that it holds between two elements A and B , and also between B and some third element C , guarantees that it holds between A and C. The relation ’ — is longer than — ’ is thus transitive , because if A is longer than B , and B is longer than C , we can be sure that A is longer than C. In the case of an intransitive relation , on the other hand , the fact that it held between A and B , and between B and C , would entail that it did not hold between A and C. For instance , if A were the father of B , and B the father of C , then A could not be the father of C ; the relation ’ — father of — ’ is thus intransitive . |
| 12 | Under Resolution No.6 to be put forward at the AGM the directors propose that the authority should be extended so that it applies for five years from the date of this year 's AGM . |
| 13 | Right , if you can leave your handset at the side , you can see that it matures after 75 seconds , brilliant . |
| 14 | Perversely it costs more per unit quantity to pack in drums than it does in 5 litre quantities . |
| 15 | The gravitational force between two bodies would decrease more rapidly with distance than it does in three dimensions . |
| 16 | If offers a clear choice to the electorate and it results in one party with a mandate from the people getting on with the job of governing . |
| 17 | A runner since the early fifties , Hugh had an 18-month spell of injury in 1988 , and when he started training again his weight had gone from 11 stone to 12st 4lb — ‘ and it felt like 16 stone when I was out running ’ . |
| 18 | Once they got there , however , they found the police would not allow them onto the tarmac with the welcoming VIPs and it looked at one point as though they were not going to get any pictures . |
| 19 | And it lasted about three quarters an hour , and it all damped down . |
| 20 | And it goes at sixty revolutions to the minute . |
| 21 | They 've had to do it during the weekend , a distance of eighty five miles , and it goes across five counties . |
| 22 | I always knew it probably could n't last because nothing goes on forever , but in that time , I had a great time in New York , and it seemed at one point that everyone was there when David was doing the week at the Universal Amphitheatre . |
| 23 | and it seemed like ten minutes , yeah , but like Jim came out and said do you realize you 've been out here for hours man |
| 24 | It would have been a public retirement , however — the first printing of the book was 6,000 copies , and it went through eleven impressions in as many years . |
| 25 | And it went to seven months because they did have a downturn in the business so it pushed the quantities back a bit . |
| 26 | And it took about two minutes to twig what I was going on about ! |
| 27 | The opening exhibition at Mitsukoshi Etoile is ‘ Ceramics in Japan , a major art form : fifty-eight contemporary creators ’ , and it lasts until 18 July . |
| 28 | It was in the kitchen and it consisted of three panels side by side . |
| 29 | Its molecular weight is about 95000 Daltons and it consists of two subunits : a larger alpha subunit with several membrane spanning domains and a smaller beta subunit . |
| 30 | Four other colourways are available and it comes in five widths , about £23.50 per sq m Accessories : Yellow photograph album , £12.50 ; Jennifer Tuckey stationery , £8.95 and £9.50 Best for : Any room , but especially suitable for halls and stairs |