Example sentences of "a [noun] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next week , Mr Irons and Sheriff Nicholson are to petition the Court of Session to reverse a decision it took last year , effectively removing them as Torrie trustees , and making the university the sole trustee of the collection . |
| 2 | An amino acid is a chemical sub-unit of a protein , and ultimately everything that happens in a cell it produces some kind of protein , so you can see that erm the triplet or produces erm which is one of the , one of the er amino acids and so on and there are also punctuation marks U A A or U A G means stop , as does U G A , so when , when a R N A template running through a gets to a sequence which reads , where was it now , U A A it stops reading because it knows it 's got to the end of the gene . |
| 3 | This gerbil is strictly nocturnal in contrast to some of the more common rodents , and as a result it suffers more predation by the owls than do the others . |
| 4 | It was at a height of nearly 3,000 metres & the air outside was well below freezing , but the lava tunnel was in an area of recent activity , and as a result it boasted beautiful underfloor heating . |
| 5 | As a rule it contains varying proportions of base or less precious metals . |
| 6 | A company has set up fair value provisions for the reorganisation costs of a subsidiary it acquired last year . |
| 7 | ‘ When I was a girl it took twelve yards of cloth just to make an underskirt for a ball gown . |
| 8 | From a distance it resembled some piece of modern sculpture : disjointed planes , random angles , a lot of holes . |
| 9 | For a while it organised mass meetings outside Eastbourne and Rye and sought to push up wages during the harvest season . |
| 10 | All are searching for peace of mind and for a while it seem that Ilmorog can offer this . |
| 11 | Chased by police vehicles and a helicopter it rammed three cars as it careered down the wrong side of city centre roads . |
| 12 | A property it acquired many years ago is carried at a valuation . |
| 13 | each , each time you pulled a handle it did one job and er could n't tell you really now what it was , you know but er you 'd pull the five handles in a few minutes and the damn thing was done . |
| 14 | At least five shots had now been fired from Foster 's Police Positive , and being a revolver it held six rounds . |
| 15 | As a forum it involves larger numbers of working-class men and women than any other form of adult education in Britain , and it appeals to them as representatives of a wider movement of working people , banded together into continuing and accountable organisations . |
| 16 | This is a sentiment I strongly agree with , but as an argument it has three problems . |
| 17 | This may not seem too controversial , but when one of the team leaders is an ex-alcoholic it requires tremendous openness to God to go down a risky and unexpected route ! |