Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 With a boat neck it had short sleeves , and Kate bit her lip as she realised it was going to have a pretty powerful impact .
2 According to the Health and Safety Executive it costs British Industry more than £2 billion a year in absenteeism .
3 As a foundation material it has numerous advantages : it is strong , does not lose its shape and can be spun into strands sufficiently thin to allow fine weaving .
4 Texas Instruments Inc has developed a new low-cost multi-chip packaging technology it calls Multichip Module Laminate/Overlay in which the key element is Polyimide plastic .
5 Once a Bill or a proposed measure requiring parliamentary approval enters the lists and it is realised that an environmental impact assessment must be produced , and once it is decided to commission an environmental impact assessment it becomes public property .
6 For turbulence the problem manifests itself as follows : when one formulates an equation for the double correlation function it involves triple correlations , an equation for these involves fourth-order ones ; and so on .
7 David Reynolds had arranged to meet Diane Rohmer in the Science block , because unlike the Union building it had open access and he would n't have to be signed in .
8 On the plus side it tolerates high temperatures .
9 In these days of restrictions on capital investment it makes good sense to adapt to current and probable future needs when incurring capital expenditure .
10 A medical supplies shop in the back streets of Shanghai is not the average travellers idea of an attraction , but for the tack traveller it contains hidden treasures .
11 As well as a beautiful polished brass fire it has central heating , a shower and a flush toilet .
12 Football had been a traditionally rowdy and sometimes violent game , but as a regulated spectator sport it provided novel opportunities for conflicts between the players , referees and fans , and there is a well documented history of pitch invasions , attacks on referees and players , and fighting between rival fans throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and into the new century .
13 For the language teacher it provides powerful clues concerning the causes of the sensation of floundering in conversation to which we referred earlier .
14 But for the time being it gives Japanese firms a small advantage .
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