Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few months ago it seemed that oil markets were in for a chill spring . |
| 2 | Because the sandwich is only a few angstroms thick it transmits visible light — but it reflects longer wavelength heat radiation . |
| 3 | Two hundred years ago it took five days for news to get from Paris to Strasbourg . |
| 4 | When he first became the candidate more than two years ago it caused considerable controversy . |
| 5 | Broomfield and Alexander , a seven partner firm based in south Wales , had been the club 's auditors for many years when it hit financial difficulties . |
| 6 | If it is necessary to draw a clear distinction between social problems and sociological questions then it follows that sociology must maintain a critical distance from the ideas — whether dominant or otherwise — of any particular society at any particular time . |
| 7 | Although this regulation of tortious liability is not of itself a contractual issue , there are some situations where it has great importance for business contracts , for instance in the area of pre-contract negotiations . |
| 8 | Secondly , the Director of Social Services has got the authority to waive any of these charges where it causes financial hardship and the whole mechanism has been put in place to inform people that this waiving waiver process is in place and to allow them to apply for waiving of those charges . |
| 9 | There are several reasons why it received greater emphasis as the years went by . |