Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adv] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Well really , what I 'm trying to tell the children is that plants need water , it drinks up water in order to live . |
2 | And when you consider that it measures only 17mm in depth at the first fret , it 's the closest yet to an invisible neck , from a purely tactile point of view . |
3 | It describes how deliverance from evil is achieved through the payment of a price . |
4 | It costs approximately £1.95 per gallon , unleaded £1.85 . |
5 | One in five of the ‘ 303 Times Top 1000 companies ’ interviewed believed that it costs less than £4000 per person , one in three estimated costs in the range of £4000 to £6000 and a further one in three thought it costs over £6000 per employee . |
6 | And it is not priced in the luxury category — it costs just £249 plus VAT to install Cozydry in any bathroom . |
7 | It costs about £4.27 from DIY stores . |
8 | It costs about £2.40 from DIY stores . |
9 | Supplied with an energy-saving 16 W 2D fluorescent bulb , it costs about £23 from Omega Lighting |
10 | In four natural shades it costs around £29.95 per metre . |
11 | It rules out incitement to violence and threats of armed action ( what Mr de Klerk calls ‘ war talk ’ ) . |
12 | It creeps up insidiously ; it creeps up step by step ; and all of a sudden the unfortunate citizen realizes that [ freedom ] has gone … |
13 | Not only is SmartDrive superfluous , it wastes almost 1Mb of RAM . |
14 | Of these , the most northerly is the orange K-type Theta , with a declination of 36 degrees south ; therefore it rises anywhere south of latitude 54 degrees north , whereas the two Pointers to the Southern Cross , Alpha and Agena , can not be seen from any part of Europe . |
15 | Gamma is quite definitely variable , and is an unstable star , with a luminosity about 6000 times that of the Sun ; periodically it throws off shells of material , though these can not be detected visually . |
16 | It means simply freedom from coercion by others and it is achieved when a sphere of private autonomy is created . |
17 | However , the preamble to this convention reaffirms certain broad humanitarian principles of considerable potential relevance to the nuclear weapons issue , and inter alia it repeats almost word for word the terms of Article 35 of 1977 Geneva Protocol I , already quoted . |
18 | It brings in supplies from gas fields in the North Sea and the Irish Sea through five coastal terminals . |