Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] [adj] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Welsh Office is similar although it has fewer devolved powers . |
| 2 | We had such happy family holidays in the drizzle waiting for the sun to try and come out that it seemed churlish to spoil things with science . |
| 3 | Technological hazards are more unpredictable and may be extremely rare , so that it becomes difficult to use probability concepts to quantify risk , especially those which rely on notions of relative frequency . |
| 4 | The arguments among wartime commanders focused both on the ineffectiveness of indiscriminate bombing ( there was strong evidence , confirmed in post-war surveys , that it did little to disrupt war production and had a reverse effect on popular morale ) , as well as legal and moral unacceptability . |
| 5 | In reality of course the effect of individual measures depends upon the combinations in which they are used , so it becomes important to test packages of improvements against each other and against control areas in which no changes have been made . |
| 6 | As land gradually ceased to be the major source of middle class wealth , and as salaries became more important , so marriage ceased to be an essentially dynastic settlement between two kin groups and it became possible to grant women more freedom , both emotional ( to marry whom they wished ) and legal , within marriage . |
| 7 | This compromise did not last and it became necessary to appoint Lord Charnwood , President of the NID , as mediator between the BDDA and aggrieved local organisations . |
| 8 | And it became fashionable to market records in various editions , with alternative sound mixes and different lengths , editions pressed on coloured vinyl , editions incorporating pictures , and editions in funny shapes . |
| 9 | As Alice Walker has pointed out , Blackwomen must read history for clues not facts , and it seemed essential to leave clues as to a more holistic range of our artistic pursuits . |
| 10 | And it 's all got Christmas lights and |
| 11 | While the Combination Laws of 1799 and 1800 , enacted as a response to a fear of the spread of revolution from the continent , had been notoriously ineffective , prudence remained the order of the day even after their repeal in 1824 , and it remained convenient to take advantage of friendly society legislation . |
| 12 | It was the first show of emotion she had made and it did more to make Wexford believe her story than all the documentary evidence she had furnished him with . |
| 13 | The full sized engine would then have been worked on until it became feasible to exploit steam engines commercially . |
| 14 | Certainly if it became possible to detect problems earlier in the pregnancy it would make it easier for mothers to abort their children . |
| 15 | That would include such areas as Burma , the northern part of Indo-China , if it became desirable to suppress communism in that country . ’ |
| 16 | This disc is being sold in Britain , but it seems unlikely to win favour amongst large microcomputer manufacturers . |
| 17 | Experienced bar and kitchen staff were recruited fairly easily in Melcaster , but it proved difficult to find restaurant staff of the same calibre . |
| 18 | Here , Walden Beck drops into a deep stone hollow fringed with trees before it flows downdale to join Bishopdale Beck and finally the river Ure by Adam Bottoms . |