Example sentences of "[noun pl] it [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since foxes are basically nocturnal animals it takes a great deal of time and patience to shoot a fox , and also a good shot at close range . |
| 2 | When the pressure is expressed in atmospheres , the value of R is given by In SI units it becomes The general gas law for one mole of gas can now be expressed as where is the volume of one mole of the gas . |
| 3 | Together with the popular demonology associated in the public mind with these strange monsters called computers it produced a sudden upsurge of anxiety . |
| 4 | In other words it handles the conceptual processes . |
| 5 | In other words it represents the square root of 2 — the problem that so worried the Greeks because its answer was an irrational number ! |
| 6 | And it had the most money of its own to spend on the election campaign , though unlike many of the other parties it got no western aid . |
| 7 | Emergency admissions develop a momentum of their own , not least because in some areas it seems the only way to get a place in a local authority residential home ( Sinclair , 1988b ) . |
| 8 | Commentators in the Western press observed that the elections were characterized by " widespread apathy " , and one ZANU-PF official reportedly conceded that " especially in the urban areas it seems the working class has lost faith in ZANU-PF to look after their interests " . |
| 9 | For many women in coal communities it provided the only wage labour available to them , and for the first time it provided wages for the work they 'd always done . |
| 10 | But since passion does not come in bottles it seems a vain hope . |
| 11 | Fisher wrote a kind letter to Ramsey , who found that in the circumstances it showed a generous spirit . |
| 12 | For Christians it defined a national identity from which they were excluded . |
| 13 | These days it takes a long time to get into the ‘ left-hand seat ’ or captain 's position in a major airline ; indeed , as time goes on more and more airline pilots have to recognise the possibility of reaching retirement before they achieve command . |
| 14 | WITH so many flops in the West End these days it makes a welcome change to report a success story . |
| 15 | Ineffectual or not against lingering gases it seemed a wise precaution , even if it was only psychological . |
| 16 | Replying formally on April 5 , the Supreme Council repeated the call for immediate negotiations , but in conciliatory statements it acknowledged the Soviet leadership 's concern at events in Lithuania , and stressed that it did not seek to sever economic relations and " cultural and human ties " with the Soviet Union . |
| 17 | In small quantities it adds a tangy richness to mince pies and Christmas pudding . |
| 18 | Now the Presbyterian Church as the Church of Scotland enjoys a unique place in Scottish life and its structures it has a privileged place but I would suggest to you it has also therefore a number of responsibilities and one , I would suggest in this case , is to try and ensure that these local regional teams are in place . |
| 19 | First , can Quine be forced to acknowledge that questions arise which demand transcendental reflection — does his resistance to such issues flow naturally from his philosophy , or docs it require a stubborn closing of the mind ? |
| 20 | But Dickie Arbiter , his spokesman , said : ‘ He is not badly injured he can walk but obviously as with all back problems it hurts a good deal . ’ |
| 21 | Shortly after this he was attacked by a Bf110 , but as this approached to about 100 yards it received a direct hit from an anti-aircraft shell and blew up . |
| 22 | The emphatic denigration contained in this locational insult had to be heard to be understood , and in many ways it paralleled the dismissive tone used to deride the ‘ civvy ’ , for nuances of speech and tone have immense meaning to insiders . |
| 23 | In some ways it resembled a flying fox , common throughout Malaysia ; in some ways it resembled a rat , but its easy flight and way of walking proclaimed it a bird . |
| 24 | ‘ This spring collection is the most radical I 've ever shown and in many ways it marks a new beginning for me . |
| 25 | If you want decent trees it takes a long time to grow them ! |
| 26 | A big , glossy hardback with lavish colour pictures , it is handsome enough but now that so many general cookbooks include first-class vegetarian recipes it seems an expensive extra . |
| 27 | Its powers , however , do include a measure of budgetary control and the Commission is responsible to it and can , in the final analysis , be dismissed by it , so that in political terms it enjoys a potential influence of considerable substance which , however , it has not yet fully developed . |
| 28 | While the PC 's strategy means that the user can mix and match additional items like displays , mice and printers it has the immediate disadvantage of requiring many separate manufacturers to maintain the compatibility . |
| 29 | In most regions , the assassination tended to unite the badly fragmented Congress Party , but in a few regions it had the opposite result , which caused that party to gain less ground in those states ) . |
| 30 | Baldersdale was far too remote for any of the gentry to be interested in building a country residence there All the more accessible dales had their halls , manors and castles , but the high moors sweeping up to 1,500 feet above the valley of Baldersdale was the habitat of a creature which every aristocrat , and many wealthy merchants and other nouveau riche with aristocratic pretensions pursued , then and now , with fanatical zeal — Lagopus scoticus , feathered-footed member of the Tetraonidae family , otherwise known as the red grouse For the locals it meant an extra cash crop during the days following the Glorious Twelfth — the shillings and sovereigns tossed , somewhat disdainfully , at them for providing a back-up service , such as beating the heather to alarm the birds into the air and towards the buckshot , or placing their horses and wagons at the disposal of their lordships so that ammunition , lunch and the essential bottles of whisky could be transported to the guns and the day 's bag of slain birds brought safely to the all-important count . |