Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Information is also collected about the quality of teaching received , and although this has not yet been formally used in allocating money , one department did have part of its grant withheld for several months until it introduced clear teaching objectives . |
| 2 | Indeed , it had even baulked over the European Payments Union for five months until it gained complete assurance that it would still be able to retain sole control over sterling as an international reserve currency . |
| 3 | This latest book turns the spotlight on the human aspects and it offers excellent entertainment . |
| 4 | Graphic Communication is a new subject in Scottish schools and it replaces Technical Drawing . |
| 5 | Firstly , harmonisation of national policies , especially in areas where it offers obvious advantages , e.g. labour mobility . |
| 6 | By 1800 there was a widespread argument in the medical and moralistic texts that it caused physical illness , and features such as acne , epilepsy and premature ejaculation . |
| 7 | The organisation has developed an assessment package which enables members to determine their quality positioning against internationally recognised role models and it runs common interest working parties where member companies can work together solving problems of quality progression and sharing knowledge and experience over such issues as benchmarking and the cost of non-conformance with quality . |
| 8 | It would also have many applications in Third World countries since it uses rubber tyres in both modes and thereby has an incline capability of ⅙ This means that in Third World countries instead of flattening the mountains and filling the valleys to make them level to one could follow the contours of the countryside and enormously reduce civil engineering costs . |
| 9 | America 's close association with Israel led to expectations that it enjoyed indirect control over the behaviour of the latter . |
| 10 | The unfavourable prospect for exports is perhaps the most damaging of Africa 's economic weaknesses since it implies continued dependence on unstable , and on the whole , unfavourable commodity markets . |
| 11 | For weeks he was the trouble of my dreams and it took real courage to go to see him in Attila the Hun . |
| 12 | If a large customer is late in making payment , a firm may be unable to pay its suppliers unless it has spare liquidity . |
| 13 | The electricity distributor yesterday cut tariffs by 1pc for 1.3m customers as it announced pre-tax profits of £111.2m . |
| 14 | The electricity distributor yesterday cut tariffs by 1pc for 1.3m customers as it announced pre-tax profits of £111.2m . |
| 15 | An area of mystery is rational to God , but faith must suspend judgement and not press human reason to answer questions when it has insufficient information . |
| 16 | Avoid flailing the vegetation in the gaps in the hedges because it prevents natural regeneration . |
| 17 | Counter-intuitively , keeping imports low may boost France 's trade deficit in manufactures because it prevents French firms specialising in what they do best . |
| 18 | Taken in by the slow-breathing soil creatures , the toxin accumulates in their bodies until it reaches lethal proportions . |
| 19 | This approach to viscoelastic theory is reasonably successful in the low modulus regions but it requires considerable modification if the high modulus and rubbery plateau regions are to be described . |
| 20 | This kind of access to recording facilities is not of course practicable in many language teaching situations but it has considerable potential on intensive courses where students have many contact hours . |
| 21 | The model is couched in ex-ante terms as it specifies expected security returns as a function of the expected return on the market portfolio . |
| 22 | Underlying inflation , which provides a better guide to cost pressures as it excludes volatile mortgage interest rates , was slightly stronger at 3.4 per cent , up from 3.2 per cent in January . |
| 23 | It enrolled less than 50 members but it attracted active support from up to 2,000 sympathizers . |
| 24 | There are final decisions still to be taken over the introduction of the speed controls but it seems likely humps would be in place by September this year . |
| 25 | The Commission is only likely to open proceedings if it has serious concerns about the impact of the merger on competition in the EC . |
| 26 | Size provides a cushion to the vicissitudes of markets but it creates other problems . |
| 27 | Bornstein ( 1979 ) also suggests that fingerspelling would not be useful for young children since it involves fine perceptions and handshapes which they themselves may not be able to form . |
| 28 | A pushchair for the smallest one , a bag of shopping , a handbag which carries more in the way of pins , wipes and sweets as bribes than it does personal possessions . |
| 29 | Auslan Cramb reports on claims that it causes severe illness |
| 30 | Although few have the physical strength to repel their attackers , even a relatively feeble animal can deter aggressors if it has chemical weapons . |