Example sentences of "of it [verb] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Apart from these , and the research described in the present book , there has been relatively little research in this area , most of it resulting in unpublished MA theses ( e.g. Tate 1984 ) or doctoral theses ( e.g. Wright 1984 ) . |
2 | Can a major part of a church be demolished without consent on the grounds that part of it remains in ecclesiastical use ? |
3 | That when women are given the vote it follows that children should be given it too is no argument at all , but a version of it occurs in modern debates over the justice or injustice of Mill 's famous disclaimer in his essay On Liberty . |
4 | He sat in shirt-sleeved , patriarchal majesty and his spreading , black waistcoat ( the shiny back of it cracked in long lines ) was strung with an impressive gold watch-chain , of the style favoured by Victorian pit-owners . |
5 | The exhibition includes some delicately-worked gold jewellery , most of it found in Celtic tombs in the past 100 years : typically gold or silver torques , or saddle and bridle decorations of gold , silver , coral and enamel . |
6 | Over the ensuing twenty years the last vestiges of a rural economy were erased , while the considerable physical presence of an industrial proletariat , much of it working in large plants , became increasingly apparent . |