Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] many [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The transition from water to land required not only the perfection of a walking limb , but modifications to the hearing system , palate , eyes and so on , and Ichthyostega had already established most of these terrestrial modifications , so it is in no sense an ‘ ancestor ’ , although it has many ancestral features . |
| 2 | The sentencer regarded the case as an exceptional one The Court considered that it had many exceptional features which would allow a sentencer to reduce the sentence which would otherwise have been imposed , but it was seldom in such a case that a sentence of less than seven years would be appropriate . |
| 3 | She believes that it prevented many Labour supporters from registering on the electoral roll ( in the hope of avoiding payment ) , thus depriving Mr Kinnock of a large number of votes . |
| 4 | It is only when we remember that it has many internal parts , all obeying laws of physics at their own level , that we understand the behaviour of the whole body . |
| 5 | However , the view of style adopted here implies that it has many mundane aspects , and that style is not simply a property of poetic or even just literary texts . |
| 6 | The Calderdale TEC says that it has many young people waiting . |
| 7 | One important part of the citizens charter is not so much that it contains many individual ideas and proposals for change , but that it is intended to change the entire attitude of public servants and the way in which citizens approach them . |
| 8 | Flying a new type of glider is always fun , but it worries many inexperienced pilots : there is always an extra element of risk if an unexpected situation occurs on the first flight in an unfamiliar machine . |
| 9 | It has large and influential cereals and sugar barons in the north , but it has many small livestock farmers as well . |
| 10 | Britain is geologically interesting because it contains many different rock formations containing a large range of metals . |
| 11 | The erosion of consensus politics overtook local government as it did many other areas of public life . |