Example sentences of "it [verb] in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am inclined to say that ‘ Here ’ , in answer to ‘ Where are you ? ’ is true only in so far as it basks in the reflected glory of such genuine truths as , ‘ Here ’ , said as I point into the flower-vase , having been asked , ‘ Where is it ? ’ in the course of a game of hunt-the-thimble . |
| 2 | As for the residence requirement , despite the fact that it applied in the same way to British nationals , it constituted covert discrimination on grounds of nationality in so far as , by the very nature of things , nationals of other member states were less likely to be ‘ resident ’ in the United Kingdom than British citizens . |
| 3 | The remainder of this chapter will investigate this type of system as it operated in the international economy from the Second World War until 1973 . |
| 4 | Lord Justice Neill said an examination of the Royal Charter under which the Jockey Club was set up and of the powers conferred on it suggested that in some aspects of its work it operated in the public domain . |
| 5 | As a rule of thumb , moving a nearly new greenhouse will only cost about the same as it would to have it erected in the first place . |
| 6 | It trades in the primal delight which the hills bring ; in their clean innocence and the wonderment they inspire . |
| 7 | It rippled in the light breeze like a sea . |
| 8 | Either you have lost the letter or you did n't have it to lose in the first place , in which case the king never gave it to you , i which case he gave it to me , in which case I would have put it into my inside top pocket in which case ( Calmly producing the letter ) … it will be … here . |
| 9 | yeah it goes in the dry weather does n't it straight away ? |
| 10 | It goes in the right direction in so far as it does aim to re to continue to reduction in migration , but it does n't go far enough . |
| 11 | Oh come on Christopher come and sometimes it in the right panel , that 's the right panel there and then it goes in the left hand and then it goes to the right hand and then it goes to the left then right , the left , the right , left , right , left , confusing , but it 's that hand to start with |
| 12 | Actual quantities , which exceed internal expectations of only a month ago , boil down to between 100,000 and 200,000 units a quarter , which in turn means that by the end of the current quarter Sun expects to be able to fill all the back orders it has for Model 41 Sparcstation 10s plus the orders it receives in the intervening weeks . |
| 13 | On the other hand , it may change financial reporting practice because of what it represents in the continuing controversies about professional self-regulation . |
| 14 | Ford has added a turbocharger to provide a better performance for the 2.5-litre diesel it offers in the spacious Granada ( as well as a 1.8 turbo diesel in the Sierra range ) . |
| 15 | He went on to add that some of the ancient magic could still be found in its raw state , recognisable — to the initiated — by the eightfold shape it made in the crystalline structure of space-time . |
| 16 | It argued in the early days that to be too closely allied with Catholicism would deter a broad membership , which is now drawn from among protestants , muslims , baptists , Jews — and , it emphasises proudly , atheists . |
| 17 | If the choleretic response to feeding is mediated by a vago-bagal reflex , then it is likely that it relays in the solitary tract nucleus in the brainstem , which is the first relay nucleus for all afferent bisceral sensation . |
| 18 | But when it arose in the 16th Century , it simply denoted a man who had opted for worldly pleasure by marrying , in contrast to a cleric who stayed celibate . |
| 19 | If there 's one hope in the farming community these days , it lies in the private tenant farming , which began under Gorbachov . |
| 20 | It lies in the immediate background of another family of views of consciousness which , at the time I write , is propagated with the zeal which once went into behaviourism . |
| 21 | It lies in the western shadows of Thunder Mountain , and was discovered by the Dwarfs who mined into it creating a labyrinth of tunnels , caverns and partially complete workings . |
| 22 | It lies in the sporting feelings it draws aht o' people . |
| 23 | The key factor lies elsewhere : it lies in the political environment of tsarist Russia . |
| 24 | It lies in the same field as the rather reddish Nu² ; ( 3.9 ) , forming a triangle with Nu² ; and Sirius . |
| 25 | The current deteriorating standards of living and acute social problems that owe so much of their origin to the decline in the economy suggest that the inheritance at the time of Independence of a highly developed mining sector was a very mixed blessing : the lack of balance it occasioned in the economic base has resulted in serious economic and social disequilibrium with the locus of control resting as much with decisions made in the London Metal Market as with policies established in Lusaka . |
| 26 | I have certainly heard of it happening in the present day , but the old methods are dying out as people become alienated from the countryside they live in . |
| 27 | It moved in the same half — crouched , shambling run as it had the night before , quietly , stealthily , purposefully . |
| 28 | It was short , like Mr Hyde , and it moved in the same light , quick , active way . |
| 29 | Psychiatrists , too , have been periodically sceptical of multiple personality disorder , though cases of it appear in the medical literature as far back as the mid-1600s . |
| 30 | It stands in the pretty hill village of Crayke with magnificent views over the Vale of York , and the Dales . |