Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Leigh 's retainer as a consultant has supported the space , which held five exhibitions until it closed this fall . |
| 32 | There are 98 ways that a quark can travel between two points if it interacts three times with gluons . |
| 33 | The Commission is only likely to open proceedings if it has serious concerns about the impact of the merger on competition in the EC . |
| 34 | The rule that costs follow the event is important in negotiations because it adds another factor to the equation . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | The firm has been deluged by applications for tickets after it offered two flights to Europe with every Hoover product bought worth more than £100 . |
| 37 | Launching a report on the changing face of England over the past 50 years , Burton called on the government to target the 150,000 hectares of derelict land in cities before it allows more building in the countryside . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | Although few have the physical strength to repel their attackers , even a relatively feeble animal can deter aggressors if it has chemical weapons . |
| 40 | This shy creature is good news for gardeners because it eats many pests |
| 41 | But at the end of the road was the big white house where Edward Morris lived , a gracious house standing out from the others because it sported white railings which guarded the small , well-kept garden . |
| 42 | It used to hold young offenders before it closed two years ago.Now it 's just about ready to take immingrants detained by the Home Office . |
| 43 | Time itself is finite — a government will not devote it to passing less desirable and more controversial laws when it has better things to do with its time . |
| 44 | It hardly seemed to augur well for the firm 's chances when it goes head-to head with the likes of Brown Boveri ASEA or GEC Alsthom . |
| 45 | This position requires strong written and verbal communication skills as it involves close interaction with synthetic chemists , biologists and biochemists in addition to the other members of the Analytical Chemistry Group . |
| 46 | A second technique is deconcentration — although functions may be departmentalised in a single central government department , it may nevertheless be desirable for administration to be dispersed from the geographical centre and into the regions and localities where it takes actual effect ‘ on the ground ’ . |
| 47 | Potential targets for arachidonic acid include not only the presynaptic terminal , where it may act to increase L-glutamate release , but also glial cells where it depresses L-glutamate uptake and the postsynaptic cell , where , for example , it can potentiate NMDA receptor-mediated currents . |
| 48 | The Royal Ulster Constabulary is solving twice as many crimes as it did 10 years ago . |