Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb -s] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I was recently offered a second-hand hard drive — apparently it has a capacity of 33Mb , but I do n't know much else about it . |
2 | What is in that file is not as yet available to journalists , but apparently it contains an affidavit by an ex-policeman who was present at the discovery of the treasure . |
3 | Would you say that , perhaps it shows a flaw in the examination system if someone could do this ? |
4 | Well c certainly I mean obviously it has an impact on on individuals who feel |
5 | Oh yes , you only had to listen to this afternoon like , with the crowds and that , obviously it means a lot to them and there 's a lot of you know , stick I suppose goes around between the two clubs , so I just want to go out there , hopefully have a good game and keep a clean sheet . |
6 | So it plays a part in that sense . ’ |
7 | So it entails a break with not just the importance of content , but also with traditional and established aesthetic form . |
8 | Right , what we 're now going to do is incorporate that dummy variable as the regressor in our model as an explanatory variable , so what 's going to happen is that that dummy variable is turned off , alright in the first part of the sample right up until the war that dummy variable 's going to be off , right so it has a value of zero , right , then in nineteen forty through to nineteen forty five it 's switched on and what it 's going to do is to pick up any differential effects , right , in the intercept between wartime and peacetime right , we 'll talk a little bit more , more about that in a second , we 're going to add it in as a regressor , right , because it only comes on during the wartime it will pick up any shift in the intercept , right , that occurs due to the war if there is one , of course there may not be but it 's quite likely that there , there may well be , so if you type Q to come out of the data processing environment , go back to the action menu and test estimate forecast okay at the dialog box just add D one to your list of explanatory variables , alright then press the end key , right , yeah we 're gon na use the full sample right , we gon na use O L S , right you have now estimated the model with this dummy variable now just to see what 's happened to those coefficients the er incoming elasticity was at nought point six is now doubled right to one point one four more importantly , right , its T ratio has jumped from one point eight five right to six point eight , as a result , we now say that the incoming elasticity , the income coefficients , right , the significant zero , it 's important to explain the textiles as such the er , we are now getting a very different estimate for our |
9 | There is , as has been said , all party support for the Children Act and it is nice to see the Labour Party agreeing with Conservative legislation , as with the care in the community , asking us to rush our legislation , so it makes a change for us to be united on something . |
10 | I do not however accept that in addition to the hours of care which she provides at home during the school holidays that there should also be an enabler for twenty hours per week as she suggests that would mean that the number of hours of care , and I appreciate of course , that there is some artificiality in dealing with this in pure terms of numbers of hours of care , but nevertheless it provides a sort of common denominator , which can give some indication , that would mean no less than ninety hours of boarding and care per week fifty during the week erm and twenty during the weekend and a further twenty for the enabler , I think that that er is too great and I make no allowance for an enabler at home . |
11 | Clearly a full inspection has a degree of formality because of its import and scale ; thus it involves a team of inspectors , finite time ( of the order of a week ) , a timetable of observation and discussion for each HMI , and a formal written report . |
12 | Admittedly it makes a change from Stratocasters , but whatever happened to originality ? |
13 | The cloister has three open arcaded sides and above it runs a gallery with a brick frieze along which winged griffins compete , each holding a shield with horse 's heads . |
14 | Technically it has an advantage over percutaneous cholecystolithotomy in that it requires a tract only 12 French in diameter as opposed to 30 French . |
15 | Korg 's A4 is n't claiming to be the last word in processors , but still it offers a lot for the money . |
16 | Also it looks a bit like the West Brom shirts of the late 70's . |
17 | Now it takes a matter of seconds . ’ |
18 | Entire focus on the second person is elsewhere a mark of affection and respect : now it throws a spotlight on the Friend 's degradation , isolated so that we can ‘ mark ’ it better . |
19 | Simultaneously it protrudes a pair of blood-red filaments from its tail and squirts formic acid . |
20 | It implies a great degree of uncertainty , but equally it presents a challenge to the management of British Coal to fight for every ounce of viable business that it can obtain . |
21 | It 's taken ten years to convert the whole farm and today it offers a vision of what organic farms of the future could look like . |
22 | Today it has a pip in almost every pie from computers to cosmetics . |
23 | The percentage of sales accounted for by each of these market segments is given below : At the 1986 level of demand the company was operating at full capacity , but today it has an excess of manufacturing capacity . |
24 | In the next chapter we consider events which are unexpected and which shock the couple into making a response ; for example , the discovery of an affair can destabilize a relationship to the point of breakdown , although more frequently it triggers a re-evaluation of the partnership and some heart-searching as to why it was necessary to draw attention to problems in the marriage in this way . |
25 | You 're going to say , ‘ How can anyone tell the difference ? ’ or ‘ Well it makes a change from being on holiday , ’ or something nasty and bitter and hurtful like that . |
26 | Well it gives a schedule of housing conditions in Greater York erm and I 've been comparing in in turn that schedule with the schedule produced by the City Council on a more updated basis . |
27 | A picturesque bridge carries the path across the water to continue very pleasantly to the head of the valley , and here it turns a corner into Trow Gill . |
28 | But here it reveals a concept of women very close to that found in dominant discourses of femininity . |
29 | Reportedly it wants a shot at Novell Platinum dealers . |
30 | Fundamentally it requires a dialogue between you , as reader and apprentice-historian , and the author , as writer and professional historian . |