Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may fatten GE 's profits but it sits oddly with talk about a partnership with suppliers . |
| 2 | It stands today in need of rescue from commercial interests to whom its traditions mean nothing , and likewise from administrators who would subordinate all else in deference to the supposed interests of the England squad . |
| 3 | Attracted , presumably , by the bright whites and reds , it flits deftly from shirt to shirt , with no intention of going anywhere . |
| 4 | In other words , it costs less per unit of body weight for large animals to run . |
| 5 | It concentrates particularly upon benefit in terms of deferment of long-term or short-term institutionalisation ( Was the project successful in sustaining at home people who without the enhanced care would have been in institutional care earlier ? ) . |
| 6 | The latter , although a mainly psychic state ( albeit drug induced ) , can be mistaken for non-responsiveness because of the patient 's agitation and apparent suffering ; it responds rapidly to reduction in opioid dosage . |
| 7 | There is no chart telling us just how many hours we should be sleeping ; indeed it varies greatly from person to person . |
| 8 | It varies greatly in form among different families in adaptation to the environment and habits of the species concerned . |
| 9 | Although the Law of Property Act 1925 , s196(5) , ( which incorporates the method of service therein prescribed ) applies to all leases unless a contrary intention appears it applies only in respect of notices " required " to be served by the lease in question . |
| 10 | It appears widely in panelling in office , shop and bank fittings , and also in the manufacture of traditional inlay motifs , lines and bandings . |
| 11 | I had hoped for some characteristic entry in his unflaggingly ironic Dictionnaire des idées reçues ; but it jumps pointedly from cognac to coitus . |
| 12 | It consists mainly of criticism of the theories of absolute monarchy and the divine right of Kings , for which Robert Filmer had argued in his posthumously published Patriarcha ( 1680 ) . |
| 13 | Today , quite apart from its scientific interest , the mule , offspring of a donkey and a mare , has enormous economic potential : as a work animal , the mule 's life is almost twice that of the horse ; it pulls more in proportion to its weight ; it needs shoeing less often ; and it can be worked in large teams without difficulty . |
| 14 | But the aim of radical reform is not merely to change the law 's approach so that it becomes more in tune with modern perceptions of sexual assault , but to address directly the problem of processing rape . |
| 15 | With articulated limbs and facial expressions which even allow the effigy to weep tears and gnash its teeth , it springs fully to life before the hypnotized community , dragging the priest behind it , speaking recognizably in the voices of the recently as well as more distantly departed . |
| 16 | It is worth pointing out that it does so in accordance with the normal justification thesis . |
| 17 | It behaves just like Tit for Tat itself after the first move , but — this is what makes it technically nasty — it does defect on the very first move of the game . |
| 18 | Astrology can not be allowed as a serious contribution to living because it fails empirically in relation to the natural world , and could be foolish , or dangerous , in political and economic affairs . |
| 19 | It provides also for management of resources outside the EEZs , both high-seas fish stocks and the resources of the sea bed ; the latter it declares to be ‘ the common heritage of mankind ’ and places it under the control of an International Sea-bed Authority . |
| 20 | Yet plutonium has been intensively studied , is well understood , and it decays away into harmlessness with a half-life of about 240,000 years . |
| 21 | One of the speakers was suggesting that a proposal should be judged on its merits when it comes forward for approval to the registering authority and that if it does n't fit into the set pattern , that should n't necessarily debar it . |
| 22 | After five minutes or so you will begin to see that your back is becoming flatter as it comes more in contact with the floor . |