Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Potential targets for arachidonic acid include not only the presynaptic terminal , where it may act to increase L-glutamate release , but also glial cells where it depresses L-glutamate uptake and the postsynaptic cell , where , for example , it can potentiate NMDA receptor-mediated currents . |
| 2 | The new year would see a disintegration of the unanimity of the DCAC 's supporters ; the committee had grave doubts about the wisdom of the PD march from Belfast to Derry , although it arranged material support and a welcoming rally for the marchers . |
| 3 | The CIA-backed contra war was an inconsequential affair in world terms , although it brought much destruction and suffering to the Nicaraguans themselves . |
| 4 | The opposition SDPJ failed to repeat its 1989 triumph , although it won 22 seats and maintained its pre-election strength of 69 upper house members . |
| 5 | Although it shares many features and concepts with the R22 , the R44 is an entirely new design . |
| 6 | Stirling Moss remarked that it had six gears but needed 16 , from which you can gather that it was a bit on the peaky side . |
| 7 | The Department of the Environment has rejected the report , claiming that it contained misleading information and that the existing statutory framework was effective in controlling pollution . |
| 8 | Its length was entirely related to the fact that it contained good news and , once again , Opposition Members did not want to hear it . |
| 9 | The essential feature of jobbing production is that it produces single articles or ‘ one-off ’ items . |
| 10 | The company has consistently denied that it allows dangerous emissions but , sirens have been installed to warn of escapes . |
| 11 | The real clincher was that it made better tea and beer than the pump muck . |
| 12 | Indeed , it was one of the great merits of manufacturing to the early eighteenth-century observer Daniel Defoe that it brought increased employment and greater prosperity to a district compared with those which remained wholly dependent on agriculture . |
| 13 | Chris Hook claims that it takes expert knowledge and a great deal of patience to hack into a computer system . |
| 14 | ‘ It teaches you to be patient and determined , and reminds you that it takes hard work and practice when things are n't going right . ’ |
| 15 | Here art orders our vision , deliberately interventionist in that it presents those uncertainties and anxieties of childhood where difference makes life a misery whilst providing poignant images for the artist . |
| 16 | To the extent that it avoids medical bureaucracy and so on , it is an improvement , but self-assessment is a radical change . |
| 17 | The distance between the water-level and the cover-glass should be at least 6ins ( 16cms ) , so that it gets sufficient heat and humidity . |
| 18 | The chief virtue of a private property system is that it achieves this dispersal and is therefore structurally antagonistic to coercion . |
| 19 | The answer is that it lacks human agency or human intention . |
| 20 | Its moral claims were , in the most literal sense of the word , conservative , in that it enjoined ancient truths and established values , and Samuel Johnson as well as William Blake was a hero . |
| 21 | But if an incident has occurred involving violence or which leads to a soured atmosphere at work , management may consider that it has little option but to take action . |
| 22 | Greenpeace anti-nuclear campaigner Bridget Woodman said : ‘ Nuclear Electric wants to operate Sizewell B in the full knowledge that it has sub-standard components and an increased potential for a disastrous accident . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It is certainly a polygon , and our historians , experts and researchers have come to the conclusion that it has 24 sides and is 100ft in diameter . ’ |
| 24 | Involved in the idea is the injecting of emotion into the relationship so that it has some substance and the subject and object are linked by feeling . |
| 25 | Sport as part of ‘ The News ’ means that it has national significance and is part of the cultural heritage of the audience . |
| 26 | The fact that it has well-defined aims and a specific medium of operation also augurs well for its successful continuation . |
| 27 | KPMG warrants and undertakes that it has full power and authority under the Financial Services Act 1986 and otherwise to make the Offer on behalf of Client . |
| 28 | A third consequence of Gandhi 's insistence on the imperfect nature of particular forms of religions is his plea for the spirit of toleration between religions on the grounds that it increases spiritual insight and gives a better understanding of one 's own faith . |
| 29 | Santa Monica , California-based Retix Inc warns that it expects net profit and turnover to be below analysts ' estimates for its first quarter ending April 3 : it expects operating results to be hurt by delays in releasing product enhancements for its RouterXchange 7000 series of routers to volume production , including support for IBM 's Token Ring network environment ; sales may be down up to 15% , and it may only break even or even worse . |
| 30 | ‘ Anyway , I really ca n't see that it matters one way or the other what I think , ’ Alison said . |