Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Trail starts at the south-east of Brighstone Forest where it meets another long distance route — the Tennyson Trail . |
| 2 | Thus the theory of light was unified with the theory of electromagnetism , although it took another 30 years before Heinrich Hertz was able to demonstrate positively that electromagnetic waves did exist . |
| 3 | That does n't necessarily mean biggest , although it requires some critical mass in each country , and only in selected industries in each country ’ Carroll said . |
| 4 | What is perhaps most remarkable about this grassland is that it is only maintained under active management even rabbits were introduced by the Normans and , although it resembles some periglacial assemblages of plants , it must have been reconstituted after the forest maximum unless there were extensive grazed glades in that period . |
| 5 | The transition from water to land required not only the perfection of a walking limb , but modifications to the hearing system , palate , eyes and so on , and Ichthyostega had already established most of these terrestrial modifications , so it is in no sense an ‘ ancestor ’ , although it has many ancestral features . |
| 6 | This engrossing spectacle fascinates the predator who may eventually devour the tail , although it has little nutritional value . |
| 7 | He was so strong a character — and he meant so much to me — that although it 's many many years since I worked with him , he was in a way always there — it has been a strength in reserve — that there was Basil if you needed him . |
| 8 | I addressed first two ancient problems : the relationship between Luke and Acts ( I found that Acts resembled Luke more than it resembled any other book of the NT ) and the relationship between the Apocalypse and the Gospel of St John ( I found that they differed from each other more than any other two books of the NT ) . |
| 9 | But the beginning of the end of economic growth in the seventies resulted in massive unemployment which affected the minorities more than it did any other group . |
| 10 | Once it had this raw patch on its nose and I went with Davey when he took it to the vet . |
| 11 | A verbal agreement to sell , provided it embodies such essential elements as a correct description of the property and the price , is enforceable in France , though there are obvious difficulties of proof . |
| 12 | If scratching by the human host removes the roof of the burrow , the mite will wander away until it finds another suitable site . |
| 13 | If it detects any sudden absence of juice , it automatically kicks in with its battery , allowing you to shut down gracefully with no loss of data . |
| 14 | No company can call itself truly global if it neglects such potential customers . |
| 15 | therefore investigated recognition memory for conversation in a ‘ soap opera ’ and found that the surface form of an utterance was remembered if it carried some pragmatic meaning . |
| 16 | Nobody asked the Public Service official anything , and Yggdrasil would have spoken up if it had any strong objections . |
| 17 | He really must get back to the library and see if it had any more books on the subject . |
| 18 | He held the book out between finger and thumb as if it contained some dangerous virus which at any moment could threaten the whole school . |
| 19 | If it fails this latter test then it is difficult to attach the label of intelligence to it , for surely the raison d'etre of a commercial building is the provision of an environment that maximises comfort and organisational efficiency at a reasonable cost . |
| 20 | Still , she did n't mind at all having the blame laid at her door if it saved some other female from having to put up with his unwanted attentions . |
| 21 | " Pictures for the People " was a grand slogan , and if it extracted some national treasures from London for display in Middlesbrough and Huddersfield , it might even do some good . |
| 22 | even if it means that this year Yeah yeah . |
| 23 | It is always wise to examine a flower very carefully before placing it in the blotting paper as if it contains any tiny insects they will think they are being provided with a picnic lunch and eat their way through the contents of your press ! |
| 24 | But if it has that civil capability it is all too easy to turn it to less than peaceful purposes . |
| 25 | It may also be prudent to advise the client that the standard terms may not be suitable for all transactions and that , if it has any regular business partners , or long-term contracts , it may be better to have a specially negotiated contract for that customer/transaction . |
| 26 | On the other hand there may be publications on your media list which will be interested in showing the packaging , particularly if it has any unusual features or uses new techniques . |
| 27 | Reading this poem urges us to ask what ‘ essential history ’ is and wonder if it has some ritual pattern . |
| 28 | This filter examines every character to see if it has some special meaning or if it is to be translated into another character or sequence of characters . |
| 29 | Hire purchase , credit sale and conditional sale advertising had to give a comprehensive picture of costs ( if it mentioned any financial terms ) , and any interest rate it quoted had to approximate to a true annual rate of interest , but the formula used was different from the one in the Moneylenders Acts . |
| 30 | ‘ It would be gratifying if it held some more revelations , but perhaps that would be too much to hope for . |