Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 From the end of the road at Bracorina , a track continues along the lochside to South Tarbet Bay where it crosses a narrow isthmus to Tarbet on Loch Nevis .
2 Texas is doing increasing and profitable business where it keeps a certain percentage of its dynamic memory chip production uncommitted until the last 90 days prior to release in order to fulfill the requirements of customers that are ‘ sole source ’ commitments and ‘ fab-less IC companies ’ .
3 The unpaired 5'T(-1) lies in the major groove of the next duplex , where it makes a Hoogsteen base pair with A17 to form a T.A.T triple helical interaction .
4 Chief executive Pierre Bonelli said that as a result , the company was able to concentrate on vertical markets , where it holds a leading position , such as defence .
5 The company also backed Sunrise Television — which outbid TV-am to secure the breakfast franchise — where it has a 20 p.c. stake .
6 If he does not , you may even wish to suggest one of them yourself , in circumstances where it seems a lesser evil than a final warning or dismissal .
7 In the case of the APT , the approach is diametrically opposite in that although it derives a causal relationship , it does not identify the determinant factors .
8 She also talked of naked greed , although it takes a curious kind of logic to see the deprived as greedy while company directors were awarding themselves large pay increases and the ‘ yuppies ’ in the city were making a great deal of money and spending it as conspicuously as possible .
9 Although it remains a popular option , for many organisations it is not without problems .
10 The conception of the international economy held by world-system theories is , in my view , less effective , although it gives a forceful account of contemporary changes in comparison with earlier periods .
11 Although it contains a considerable depth of sediment shed from the adjacent mountain ranges its floor still has a maximum elevation of just 74 m below sea level .
12 It sounds rather weird , and so in a way it is , although it finds a natural expression in terms of the quantum mechanical formalism .
13 Although it seems a good opportunity , it is no long term basis for a good relationship with our paymasters .
14 If such a strategy were to be an effective one — and the jury is still out , although it seems a promising idea — then reintegrative shaming would be a valuable method of reforming offenders , which ( as we have said ) is a valid reductivist aim to be pursued within a morally defensible penal system .
15 Although it carries a slight risk of giving false positive results , if followed by a rectal examination it gives a good indication of the presence of prostate malignancy , which can be further confirmed by ultrasound and biopsy .
16 It 's not just a little bit of science for the sake of science although it has a strong content there .
17 Although it has a long history , the paradox of the Prisoners ' Dilemma has recently been much studied for the light it may shed on the evolution of altruistic or cooperative behaviour .
18 Although it has a malevolent appearance , the primary chancre is usually completely painless and , unless secondary bacterial infection occurs , there may be no symptoms .
19 Chained to the chair is a Daemonette of unusually human and attractive appearance ( although it has a normal profile ) , captured as a concubine by Drachenfels long ago .
20 Arthur W. Adamson 's Physical Chemistry ( Academic , 2nd ed 1980 ) has less spectroscopy ( 80 pages ) although it has a useful table of 65 spectroscopy abbreviations .
21 Although it has a high price , this is a top quality tent .
22 Although it eschews a commercial position , optimised database packages and a transaction processing monitor are promised for the new servers in future and new relationships with Silicon Graphics ' existing suppliers are under negotiation .
23 The 200M-byte per second video and memory bus is exclusively shared between the 64-bit CPU and the 64-bit input-output master so it yields a high bandwidth for the 64-bit video system .
24 The 200 Mbyte/second video/memory bus is exclusively shared between the 64-bit CPU and the 64-bit I/O master so it yields a high bandwidth for the 64-bit video system .
25 Nabb also invoices in local currencies , so it runs a dual currency system , ie local currency and the base currency .
26 A tennis ball is more curved , so it has a greater curvature . ’
27 The dynamic level is quite low , so it makes a good background to a spoken narration or a solo singer .
28 In fact once it reaches a large size , or starts to breed , territoriality will almost certainly make private quarters a necessity — it is relatively peaceful in relation to its size , but — and this applies to many other Central American substrate spawners — it is unreasonable to expect a fish with a natural breeding territory of 10 or more feet in diameter to share a tank with anything else .
29 If a WC is blocked , a large sink plunger may work ( do n't use one with a metal flange which could damage the pan ) , provided it has a long handle ; alternatively , use a length of drain rod fitted with a rubber disc .
30 Blend together and gradually add the roe alternately with about 300ml/½ pint of olive oil until it forms a thick paste .
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