Example sentences of "[coord] it [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its lights flickered at random and it made odd beeping noises . |
| 2 | The new consumer durables ( TV , washing machines , refrigerators ) were much in demand , and it made sound economic sense to enjoy the use and benefit of such things at once and pay for them out of rising real incomes . |
| 3 | Sharon formally submitted his resignation to the Cabinet on Feb. 18 , and it became effective two days later . |
| 4 | And it provokes disturbing theological questions . |
| 5 | It was adjacent to Saint Cloud , but it was of manageable proportions and it had great romantic charm . |
| 6 | Mephenesin was not a good drug : its effects were too short lived , and it had other unwanted effects . |
| 7 | It costs thousands of pounds ( a recent acquisition of a mainframe computer by a polytechnic cost £300 , OOO ) and it needs dedicated professional staff to operate and maintain it . |
| 8 | The programme represented a departure from previous campaigns in that it concentrated on building belief in the ability to make decisions for oneself , and it used social cognitive theory techniques to ‘ inoculate ’ children against chronic self-doubt or learned helplessness . |
| 9 | If the barriers to trade in the EEC are removed and it makes sound economic sense to do so , well and good . |
| 10 | This ‘ technology transfer ’ is a process of innovation , but it involves spreading existing technology from sectors where it is conventionally used throughout industry so as to provide added value and competitive advantage . |
| 11 | The result edged Liverpool into ninth place , 11 points behind leaders Norwich , but it had great personal significance for Souness . |
| 12 | By 1880 this was more and more a matter of Great Russian chauvinism within the boundaries of the Russian Empire , and tsarist imperialism abroad , but it had great sentimental appeal among Slavs living under non-Slav rulers who were encouraged by it to look to this ‘ big brother ’ . |
| 13 | But it had great sentimental value . ’ |
| 14 | It was never greatly used in food , even in mediaeval times , but it had considerable medicinal application , and still has , for certain ailments . |
| 15 | But it replicates egalitarian feminist psychology 's over-attachment to certainty , and to closed , self-sufficient explanatory systems . |
| 16 | But it created a new kind of assignment , which was a legal assignment in the sense that the assignee might sue directly in his own name without making the assignor a party ; but it made certain special requirements : |
| 17 | This final scene of the novel leaves the reader free to believe , if he so wishes , that Pip and Estella will eventually marry , but it seems clear that CD 's intention was that we should understand that Pip 's renewed hopes were not to be fulfilled . |
| 18 | This is much smaller and less pretentious , but it has good geometrical window tracery above a ground floor arcade . |
| 19 | This might be slightly bending the letter of the law in that the prospectus should be a single document but it makes good economic sense . |
| 20 | The editor 's role is one that is very time-consuming and tedious but it demands good critical evaluation as well as sharp observation of consistency of presentation . |
| 21 | But it means Irish international Roy Keane moves from his favoured central midfield role to the right wing in place of Kingsley Black . |