Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there is the 39-member-strong Royal Society of Portrait Paints which operates from the Mall Galleries where it holds its annual exhibition . |
| 2 | When Gilgamesh later dreamt that Enlil , the father of the gods , had decreed his destiny , it was Enkidu who interpreted for him , explaining that it indicated his certain mortality as well as the gifts of unexampled supremacy over the people and victory in battle . |
| 3 | According to the leading present-day authority on this sector , Professor Supple , it was over the course of the eighteenth century that it assumed its modern form and structure , with agencies and branches , inter-company coordination of premium rates and policy conditions , and averaging of claims . |
| 4 | A physical longing so strong that it seemed her very survival must be linked to it . |
| 5 | The ANC also firmly rejected the government 's insistence that it disband its armed wing , Umkhonto we Sizwe ( MK ) , before a full transitional government was in place . |
| 6 | Before long , he agreed that it suited his single-minded purpose to make peace with his co-star . |
| 7 | When I first acquired a cube , Conway and Roger Penrose , from Oxford University , had already solved theirs and remarked that it took them some time to realise the power of conjugation . |
| 8 | It was thus that it acquired its unique form : 35 km long and about 1.6 km wide with steep sides sloping to a flat bed . |
| 9 | IBM Personal Systems Business Unit Europe/Middle East/Africa says it had record volume of sales in the first quarter of this year , and points to Dataquest figures suggesting that it outshipped its nearest competitor by 66% during the last quarter of 1992 and the first quarter of 1993 — gaining 4% in market share over the previous six months ; the company also said it reorganised its manufacturing and distribution operations at its Greenock , Scotland , plant , cutting distribution costs for its ValuePoint and ThinkPad brands by more than 65% , cutting its inventory by 17% since the end of 1992 ; this magnitude of savings will also be realised for the PS/2 and PS/1 lines this year . |
| 10 | Her longing for him was so intense that it filled her traitorous body with more waves of nerve-tingling sensations . |
| 11 | She had taken in the grey dress so that it hugged her thin body more closely , but that was her sole concession to fashion . |
| 12 | It is therefore not unusual for junior nurses to feel that it takes them some time to " settle in " on a surgical ward . |
| 13 | The only dish she made that we could tolerate was syrup tart , which we praised extravagantly , with the result that it became our unhealthy staple diet . |
| 14 | Texas Instruments Inc reports that it delivered its 100,000th SuperSparc chip early in the first quarter and is now able to produce 50MHz Vikings in quantities of tens of thousands a month and in hundreds of thousands a quarter . |
| 15 | No more than the fact that a company owning a fishing vessel is incorporated under the laws of the United Kingdom does the fact that it has its principal place of business in the United Kingdom and that 75 per cent . |
| 16 | Newcomers to CAD say that it has its own jargon . |
| 17 | He held her eyes as he said it , making her heart skid inside her , the touch of his gaze suddenly so soft , so caressing , that it suffused her entire body with a glow of sensuous pleasure . |
| 18 | The clue to the GL 's satisfying performance is that it develops its maximum torque at a modest 2,500 rpm , pulling strongly from low revs , making it an easy-going cruiser without the need for constant recourse to the five-speed gearbox . |
| 19 | can I say that it gives me particular pleasure to introduce Steven not least , because Steven Hughes is one of our colleagues in parliament who does a fantastic job for the trade union movement . |
| 20 | The presence of maids obviates any need for husbands to undertake traditionally female tasks and so , while a woman following her career does challenge a husband 's machismo in the sense that it gives her some independence ( both economically and socially ) , it does not do so in the sense of changing his role in the home . |
| 21 | Do n't forget that it gives us another chance to make progress in Europe this season ; success for Linfield and of course Crusaders may yet lift us away from the bottom of the ladder and give us a chance of avoiding those detested preliminary rounds . |
| 22 | This work offers a good illustration of the range of economic support which is given between kin , and is also important in that it stresses its two-way nature . |
| 23 | She felt slightly ashamed that it gave her such satisfaction . |
| 24 | Opposition Sajudis members objected , without effect , to the timing of the election on the grounds that it gave them inadequate time for preparation . |
| 25 | Among them , the suggestion that during surgery her head was n't properly supported , or that a surgical hammer used in the operation was applied with so much force that it damaged her spinal cord . |
| 26 | Another noteworthy aspect of Circumspecte agatis is that it reminds us that legislation at that time was by no means limited to parliamentary acts , but could result from decisions of the king and his councillors , expressed in general writs to his justices and sheriffs . |
| 27 | Making it clear that short-termism is not an affliction from which Siemens AG suffers , the company says that it expects its loss-making semiconductor division to show a profit in the 1995-96 business year , which starts October 1 1995 : it looks for sales of some $2,000m that year , compared with about $1,187m last fiscal year ; the company aims to achieve profitability via tight cost control , strategic cooperation with other companies and the moving of labour-intensive activities to south-east Asia ; the division 's workforce will be just under 12,000 in 1995-96 compared with some 13,200 at present . |
| 28 | I declare you are so much like your papa — whose soul God pardon — that it eases my sorrowing heart ! |
| 29 | Kaye enjoyed helping the group but found that it eroded her own identity . |
| 30 | On Dec. 18 Bush instructed the department to reverse its decision on the grounds that it contradicted his stated intention to increase educational opportunities for minorities . |