Example sentences of "the [noun] [noun sg] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once public debate is permitted in the election period it becomes hard to prohibit it at other times . |
| 2 | At the undergraduate level it offers two ordinary half courses in European Community Law , and four honours courses available to LLB honours students . |
| 3 | On the revenue side it meant such devices as changing the weighting of the staff mix so that a greater proportion of unqualified staff were employed than might ideally have been desired . |
| 4 | Logix UK Ltd , Redhill , Surrey , the computer division of Korean giant Lucky Goldstar 's London-based international operation , is threatening to sue Logitek over the the Logix name — used for the conference event it hosted last week , as well as figuring in its on-going marketing plans for the coming year . |
| 5 | Whatever the future of the ferry industry it seems clear that the Channel ports are bound to suffer sharp job losses in the short term . |
| 6 | Out across the mud patch it looks empty . |
| 7 | Mr Widdup said : ‘ Having lost the planning battle it looked likely that we would have had to allow our property to be dug up for services like electricity and sewerage . |
| 8 | On the plus side it tolerates high temperatures . |
| 9 | A medical supplies shop in the back streets of Shanghai is not the average travellers idea of an attraction , but for the tack traveller it contains hidden treasures . |
| 10 | They point to the poster campaign it launched last September , through Ogilvy & Mather , which effectively relaunched Wisk as a mainstream colour care detergent , and the new label design as evidence of Lever 's determination to boost its sales . |
| 11 | As the traffic thickened towards the rush hour it got easier , but more boring , to stay fairly close behind him . |
| 12 | David Reynolds had arranged to meet Diane Rohmer in the Science block , because unlike the Union building it had open access and he would n't have to be signed in . |
| 13 | It also has some integration work underway designed to tie-in its servers more closely with workstations from NeXT Computer , following the reseller agreement it announced last year . |
| 14 | To the agriculturist it offers a basic form of protection against urban influences , and for the minerals industry it retains accessible , cheap , and exploitable natural resources . |
| 15 | In the Tokugawa period it enjoyed some autonomy , and was permitted a certain degree of self-reliance and self-government . |
| 16 | But for the time being it gives Japanese firms a small advantage . |
| 17 | I think it 's a perfect example of rumour feeding on rumour , that once something gets into the market place it causes all sorts of entrepreneurial people out there to think there 's an opportunity they ought not to miss . |
| 18 | For the language teacher it provides powerful clues concerning the causes of the sensation of floundering in conversation to which we referred earlier . |
| 19 | As he approaches the garage door it swings open as if by magic — in fact by electricity , activated by a remote-control device in Vic 's pocket — a feat that never fails to give him a deep , childlike pleasure . |