Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] [noun] [subord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers was held on 2 January 1818 with eight founder members present , but it made slow progress until in 1820 Telford , who never joined the Smeatonians , agreed to become the first president . |
| 2 | In the course of its report it made several suggestions as to reform of the law to increase the availability of credit by removing what were perceived to be legal handicaps : Specifically , the Banking Commission recommended changes in the law of security . |
| 3 | Not that it carries the equivalent of flab — merely that it needs extra strength because of its different combustion process operating under compression ratios twice that of petrol engines . |
| 4 | Senior detectives have told TODAY : ‘ While we must treat these deaths as another murder , it has political overtones because of the tourist business with your country . |
| 5 | It contains vital information as to the ability of to survive . |
| 6 | It caused endless trouble because of all the bride-prices being paid in cattle . |
| 7 | On the back of a postcard it says , you know , write for further information from your , does it give any indication as to what fair trading means ? |
| 8 | Necessary as legislation was in terms of public safety , for years it was unattractive to Ministers since it required considerable expenditure whilst at the same time being unlikely to attract any votes . |
| 9 | It gives little guidance as to the individual weightings to be attached to explanatory variables for evaluating between them , or the precise ways in which they interact , and lacks predictive power ( Gill , 1969 ) . |
| 10 | The question is important because it gives some clue as to the likely rise in the long-run house price to income ratio ( because demand for housing has shifted upwards , while supply remains relatively constant ) . |
| 11 | No mention about the difficult task that the County Council 's got in living within a budget , a capping level of three hundred and seventy million , and it would be reasonable , in in a , in a , in a sense that when somebody 's proposing opposition to a budget , it gives some indication as to what within the budget , would have to be cut . |
| 12 | Frustratingly , however , the IPG was unable to view these publications in advance and so it had little idea as to how useful they would be . |
| 13 | Unlignified cellulose is birefringent , that is to say , it rotates polarized light because of its highly directional nature and it also stains brightly with certain dyes . |
| 14 | It stayed that way until near the end when Campbell Wilson scored from the penalty spot . |
| 15 | TI says it has switched to a 0.7-micron process from 0.8 , and will be analysing product from every angle before it makes any declarations as to what it 's really getting . |