Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( g ) the perceived advantages and disadvantages of the takeover ( in a contested bid , the offeror will need to think carefully about what arguments it will put forward in order to persuade the target 's shareholders to accept the offer against their board 's recommendation and , where it needs its own shareholders ' approval , its arguments justifying the proposed bid ) ; and |
| 2 | Then there is the 39-member-strong Royal Society of Portrait Paints which operates from the Mall Galleries where it holds its annual exhibition . |
| 3 | In practice , Clarence 's grant was a dead letter in Richmondshire , although it gave him extensive interests elsewhere , notably in Lincolnshire and East Anglia . |
| 4 | In practice , Clarence 's grant was a dead letter in Richmondshire , although it gave him extensive interests elsewhere , notably in Lincolnshire and East Anglia . |
| 5 | Whilst DCE gets UI 's blessing , it describes OSF 's own Distributed Management Environment as ‘ too large and unwieldy , ’ although it supports its general aims . |
| 6 | The interest of some countries , notably Romania , in a doctrine of ‘ national defence ’ has not impressed Poland 's military commanders any more than it has their Soviet patrons . |
| 7 | If it turns out that this is not the case , if it is discovered that the prohibition denies the would-be rapists more of a chance to pursue the good life than it gives their possible victims , then one may have to adjust other features of the political framework to make sure that this does not result in inequality of ability to pursue one 's conception of the good . |
| 8 | ten ninety five and , and we had two bottles last night so it costs us sixty pounds . |
| 9 | This is illustrated in Fig. 1 where a household , which at first is paid an income of £100 per week , is assumed to spend all of its income in a steady stream until , at the end of each week , it has nothing left until it receives its next £100 . |
| 10 | The Ship slowed its fall and drifted down across the scrublands until it met its own shadow . |
| 11 | From that time on , the photosynthesizing organisms emerged as the predominant life forms , and the atmosphere was altered by the increasing out-pouring of oxygen , until it reached its present state . |
| 12 | Geoffrey watched the red flush creep up James Grierson 's neck and continue until it reached his receding hairline . |
| 13 | If it 's a merger there 's a gradual shifting of the sands until it finds its own level . |
| 14 | If it maintains its present determination to keep little more than a naval force in the region , it will have to convince others ( the Egyptians ? |
| 15 | It is one of the world 's fastest growing industries and if it maintains its present rate of growth it will be the world 's biggest industry by the year 2000 — larger even than the oil industry . |
| 16 | Even if it took me ten years I would get my own back . ’ |
| 17 | If it took you 15 minutes then you were walking at 4 m.p.h. : Speed = Distance/Time = 1 mile/0.25 hours |
| 18 | And the world , if it flunks its own test in the Gulf , will have no right to ask it to . |
| 19 | Madame Gloriana turned away murmuring to herself , ‘ That 's what they all want to know , although I 'm not at all sure if it does them any good . ’ |
| 20 | If it strikes you this way , let me remind you that Peter 's particular values are not the point at issue , and invite you to sit down quietly and compose your own , very different equivalent . |
| 21 | ‘ If it takes me seven centuries , I shall do it . ’ |
| 22 | Cor even if it takes you three days ! |
| 23 | It had been saddled up ready for him and as Li Yuan stood there , it turned its head curiously , its large dark eyes meeting the prince 's as if it knew its new owner . |
| 24 | TVR 's £17,699 2.9-litre S3 is a fine reminder of the big Healey philosophy and the new 3.9-litre Griffith , if it matches its claimed 148mph and 0–60 in 4.9seconds , could be a fine poor-man 's Cobra . |
| 25 | It was one thing for his guardian to tell Harry to forget the circumstances of his birth , but would he do so if it meant his beloved daughter had to share that stigma ? |
| 26 | But you would still not be surprised if it ended its useful life after ten years or so of daily use . |
| 27 | So this is , there 's going to be an X cubed term in here somewhere , and there might be X squared and Xs and anything else , but if it cuts it three places , it 's got three r three roots . |
| 28 | If it brings you any comfort , sergeant , her life expectancy was already very short . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ If it gives you any pleasure . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ If it gives you any satisfaction to know that . ’ |