Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Langdale Head from Wallend , ’ is an impressive little print : as well as aquatint it appears to have soft-ground etching on the fell and rocks . |
| 2 | Yet within a month it had received additional funding and increased sessions and would be able to meet demands previously unattainable . |
| 3 | In the past it has taken great efforts by the Merseyside and Greater Manchester police to keep supporters apart in what is widely thought to be the most intense antagonism in the League . |
| 4 | … ultimately the real value of this book may lie in the intellectual stimulation it provides to view traditional material in physical geography in a new light . |
| 5 | In addition it has encouraged other landowners to create 460 acres of new woods . |
| 6 | Yes I think that over the course of our married life we had a number of moves for various reasons , generally to improve the accommodation , erm as standard of life increased so the desire to have a better house to live in or rather in those days a house was out of the question , we generally had rooms in a house , erm , they , the flat for instance that we were bombed out from was a basement flat , erm according to the estate agents it was a garden flat , erm and it meant that you had access to the front garden and the back garden , but as for being a garden flat it was below the level of the garden in the front and at the back it was on the level with the erm green grass at the back of the house , it was also along side of the trolley bus depot , so there it was considerably noisy , nevertheless it was a self contained flat , the first one we 'd had , no the second one we 'd had and we were perfectly happy there although of course it did have minor difficulties , the fact that you used the front door with people who had flats on the other remaining three floors , but nevertheless it did involve you in a certain amount of community living , you were aware of your neighbours , you had to be very conscious of them and they were very conscious of you . |
| 7 | It gives local government in Wales the money it needs to provide high quality services and to get on with the job . |
| 8 | What can be done to harness this interest and give the public the scientific background it needs to make informed decisions on subjects like acid rain , the greenhouse effect , nuclear weapons , and genetic engineering ? |
| 9 | Encouraged by the long minority of the new Stadtholder it helped to influence Dutch policy in a pro-French and anti-British direction during the Seven Years War ( the Orange family , now closely associated by marriage with that of Hanover , was generally pro-British in outlook ) . |
| 10 | I really I was seeing her , because I was n't happy about the publicity , the way it had described audio description I did n't think it was good and Alex was unhappy about the way they were describing some language things , which cos they 're not doing erm , and we just went in and he just said right just , erm well I 've kept you some seats for a performance on the sixteenth of September , this was about the |
| 11 | It is part of the European Community , but the other Europeans are worried about its economy and deeply irritated by the way it has treated new-born Macedonia next door . |
| 12 | In that way it has used economic means to promote the central political objective of ’ ever closer union among the people of Europe ’ . |
| 13 | The way it 's got grated ends . |
| 14 | Ken talked a lot about suicide , but in Orton 's company it had to have sexual connotations , as though he were constantly — and whatever the subject of his conversations — having to keep up with the Joneses , in this case Orton and his assorted friends if not specifically Orton and Halliwell . |
| 15 | Though the commission could buy by agreement it had to have effective powers of compulsory purchase if it was ‘ to ensure that the right land is made available at the right time ’ . |
| 16 | Commuting hassles ate up the time it took to re-stock one-off designs . |
| 17 | The time it takes to receive local land charge search results varies greatly depending upon the particular local authority and can take between one and four weeks to obtain . |
| 18 | Drinking with meals the correct way can actually be ‘ slimming ’ , in that it can helpfully add to the time it takes to consume high-fibre meals . |
| 19 | The Smaller Firms Council of the Confederation of British Industry is to press the Government to introduce changes in court procedures which would speed up the time it takes to pay bad debts . |
| 20 | At that time it had commanded fine views : south all the way to the river ; north and west over the lush pastures of the region towards the tiny village of Hampstead . |
| 21 | The examination not only confirmed the findings of the comparison stage of the FAOR study , but also highlighted the difficulties and expense that would be involved if the proposals were to be implemented at the level suggested ; at the same time it helped to dispel certain misconceptions about the needs of the users overall . |
| 22 | During that time it has had numerous facelifts , and in what must surely be the last of its nine lives , the Big Cat has had another . |
| 23 | The river has been cutting downwards for five million years and more , and in that time it has laid bare rocks spanning half of the earth 's history . |