Example sentences of "of it [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Shaker has become fashionable and ‘ Shaker style ’ furniture is appearing all over the place , very little of it bears much relation to the real thing . |
| 2 | However , the non-markers again included the three informants who read very little science fiction , and the fact that the phrase occurs towards the end of the passage suggests that readers have become accustomed to the science fictional discourse model to the extent that elements of it display diminishing values of foregrounding . |
| 3 | So , if you would be so kind as to get into a position where you can see what I 'm doing without being too close it means that if we do splash any acid by accident er the likelihood of it causing any problems to anyone are minimal . |
| 4 | None of it brought any response from him . |
| 5 | Not one word of it made any sense at all to him . |
| 6 | What was the object , I know we discussed it at great length , but what was the object of it going that way in the first place ? |
| 7 | Although there was a flurry of Jacobite plotting and conspiracy in the period 1689 – 97 , none of it stood much chance of success . |
| 8 | I 'm a free man , and all that you hold dear , you rich men — and beggars too — none of it has any power over me . ’ |
| 9 | Though it travels through some wonderful hill country the Way is n't a tough route — much of it follows level footpaths with plenty of riverside walking . |
| 10 | The view that certain types of fiction occupy a mediatory position between the ‘ reality ’ of a cultural heritage and contemporary ‘ true ’ accounts of it elevates these texts to a status which the novel has not held for quite some time . |
| 11 | A rainforest receives at least 4,000mm of rain every year , 200mm of it falling each month for ten months . |