Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rebuilt Lower Gate matches it at the other end . |
| 2 | Very painstaking stratigraphical work put it beyond doubt that men had been contemporary with animals now extinct , and that human history must therefore go back long before the 4004 BC computed from Genesis . |
| 3 | Many will welcome that sensible proposal , but can the right hon. Gentleman underline it with a categorical assurance that the Government have no intention of privatising water in Scotland either this side of an election or afterwards ? |
| 4 | When I drew the attention of the Leader of the Opposition to a previous threat of this kind , made by the hon. Member for Coventry , South-East ( Mr. Nellist ) , the right hon. Gentleman withdrew it at once . |
| 5 | Far from taking money away from British farmers , will my right hon. Friend bear it in mind during his negotiations with Mr. MacSharry the inequity in national aids ? |
| 6 | The Social Democratic Party considers it to be its positive and principal task to further the self-determination of the proletariat in each nationality rather than that of peoples or nations … it is only in isolated and exceptional cases that we can advance and actively support demands conducive to the establishment of a new class state . |
| 7 | Will he consider bringing the Conservative party , and talking to the Scottish National party to bring it into the Scottish Constitutional Convention so that we can then have a genuine debate on which way the constitution of Scotland should go ? |
| 8 | Van Gelder had just left the bridge when another loudspeaker came to life , the repeated double buzzer identifying it as the radio-room . |
| 9 | ( It is tempting to call this curve ‘ the tail ’ , though in fact the old mythological figures show it as the Bear 's head . ) |
| 10 | Yet , during the late 1930s , Labour 's clear hostility towards European fascism , and its support of the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War confirmed it to be a party which was prepared to face up to fascism . |
| 11 | Any chariot may have an additional giant wolf to pull it at a cost of +4 points . |
| 12 | The GATT estimates that the cocaine industry still provides up to 15% of Bolivia 's gross domestic product ; official Bolivian statistics value it at $180m a year . |
| 13 | However , the following two sentences show it to be an expected trait : |
| 14 | Virtually all the Japanese martial arts use it as a means of producing extra power from within the body — just as weightlifters make great grunting and groaning noises when attempting a particularly heavy lift . |
| 15 | If that individual is not its mother but a human foster parent feeding it from a bottle , the lamb imprints on whoever held the bottle . |
| 16 | The Presidium of the Czech National Council approved the draft on Feb. 12 , describing it as " the basic point of departure for the talks … on the final wording of the agreement " , but the Presidium of the Slovak National Council rejected it on the grounds that the Slovak delegation had made too many concessions . |
| 17 | The incredible red head distinguishes it from all of them except ‘ C. ’ fenestratum , and these too , are easily differentiated as fenestratum has horizontal bars on the head , a longitudinal band , and a series of vertical bars on the body . |
| 18 | In addition to the services of every kind asked by the voters , effective management would also involve the politician in substantial expenses , for any major political figure owed it to his position in society to give generously for any public concern . |
| 19 | ‘ No , ’ replied Mum , ‘ the stupid old man had it in his coat pocket ! ’ |
| 20 | Ireland is presented as a place whose feminine nature makes the country require a more powerful masculine presence to keep it from the savagery of the giant who is unmistakably a Roman Catholic monster . |
| 21 | In its 16-valve guise , the Calibra is claimed to reach 140mph ; the less powerful 8-valve engine pushes it to 126mph . |
| 22 | It was reported on Feb. 14 that China had appointed the 40 members of the Chinese People 's Political Consultative Committee to advise it on the affairs of the territory , leading to concern that the Chinese government might use the group , composed of business executives , conservative politicians and pro-Chinese sympathizers , to strengthen its control over Hong Kong in the run-up to 1997 . |
| 23 | One of the country 's biggest banks recently hired a European consulting firm to advise it on how best to sell life insurance . |
| 24 | Independent soft-commission brokers regard it as an acceptable method of payment so long as they deal at the best price . |
| 25 | What has also developed is a kind of unofficial contest between himself and Warren Beatty which is all about women , i.e. , their famous conquests and their alleged insatiable quests to make it with the world 's most attractive women , or some alluring beauty either may have encountered in a bar or restaurant . |
| 26 | That this ‘ fourth channel ’ was the last available national channel transformed it into a very valuable national resource and , consequently , there has always been some concern lest one make a terrible ‘ mistake ’ in allocating it to some unworthy body or organization . |
| 27 | When eventually its report , Lead and Health , was published in 1980 , various environmental groups damned it for being too meek . |
| 28 | It goes through various pressing processes to mould it into shape . |
| 29 | Facing defeat on their compromise , the southern African delegations withdrew it on March 10 , but warned that they would confer with their governments on the question of remaining within CITES . |
| 30 | A rather different view of endogenous technical advance sees it as the product of experience or ‘ learning by doing ’ ( Arrow , 1962 ) . |