Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb -s] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And obviously it reaches an awful lot of people , because Community Centres cater for all ages . |
2 | A bird kept in captivity is fed all year round , so obviously it has an easier time than one in the wild which has to feed itself whatever the season , but it still has the hunting instinct . |
3 | So it produces an odd sensation to learn , again from Anna , that this superstition was in fact Dostoevsky 's . |
4 | Nevertheless it remains an excellent opening strike because , even more than the snap punch , it cocks the hips for a powerful reverse punch . |
5 | Finally it suggests an alternative approach to the standard studies of ‘ white collar crime ’ and the limits of legal regulation . |
6 | ‘ Now it seems an odd decision because the film was such a big success , but I did n't want to be under contract to anyone for any length of time with whom I did n't feel much in common . |
7 | A POTAGER was just a grand name for a plot , where vegetables were grown to make soup ( potage ) , but now it means an ornamental vegetable garden . |
8 | Overall it offers an acceptable balance between performance , practically and weight . |
9 | Eventually it reaches an open stretch of water which mirrors forests , mountains and the vast sky . |
10 | If reality is an illusion that we create — no more ‘ real ’ than Middle Earth or Valhalla — then it raises an important question . |
11 | Either it permits an obdurate East Berlin leadership to continue , at the risk of deeper disaffection among the population and growing isolation among its allies , or it encourages reform , and risks destroying the fragile foundations of East German statehood entirely . |
12 | yet it introduces an obvious conflict of interest . |
13 | The Death of Nelson is the most successful of Minton 's large-scale narrative paintings , yet it invites an ambivalent response . |