Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It supplies both light and power to the works . |
| 2 | At the same time it became increasingly apparent that research using instruments like the PARI was not producing clear-cut relationships : on the basis of attitudinal measures alone it has proved difficult to predict child personality . |
| 3 | But it became increasingly obvious that Britain , the mightiest Imperial power , was having some difficulty in defeating a relatively small number of Boer farmers . |
| 4 | During the 1960s most of the Western world enjoyed steady economic growth and it became increasingly evident that companies ' main accounting apparatus ( financial reports in the form of income statements and balance sheets and annual budgets ) provided an inadequate basis for thinking ahead . |
| 5 | Although progress on the issue of the local elections had been made in August , it became increasingly clear that opposition demands for them to be held prior to the presidential poll were unrealistic . |
| 6 | It became increasingly questionable whether New Zealand did a gain a big advantage by being able to insert England , for when the early sideways movement died down , it was replaced not be a comfortable batting surface but by increasingly variable bounce . |
| 7 | Using word processors was already standard practice for us and it became rapidly apparent that desktop publishing was the way to go , so far as production systems were concerned . |
| 8 | In fact it became much worse as Diana would make herself sick four , sometimes five times a day . |
| 9 | To Carol Wilson , however , it became fairly obvious that Copeland wanted to sign Sting 's publishing to his own company . |
| 10 | It produced mainly copper and metal , but the high cost of its production methods and its heavy pollution have placed its future in doubt . |
| 11 | Do you remember much about the the attitude of the of the old L N E R management you know , er especially during the lead-up from Labour coming to power , and it becoming more obvious that nationalization would in fact take place ? |
| 12 | Skewness is a positively or negatively signed dimensionless number ; it has neither metric nor phi value and lies within the range -1 to +1 ( Table 3.5 ) . |
| 13 | More thought BBC-TV news was biased yet it scored marginally higher than ITV news on all three aspects of usefulness . |
| 14 | While this is not a reference book , it complements well those that Roger Freeman has written — and should interest an even wider audience . |
| 15 | However , it seemed rather strange that Shipton , a man with enormous powers of observation , should have failed to notice such an important recording of ancient life . |
| 16 | Even if there was still a peace to be saved in 1940 , it seemed most unlikely that Labour would win the election . |
| 17 | To everyone else at the meeting it seemed quite certain that MacDonald intended to resign and SB returned from it convinced that he would have to form a government . " |
| 18 | To every one else at the meeting it seemed quite clear that MacDonald intended to resign , and S.B. returned front it convinced that he would have to form a Government . |
| 19 | " You could say I grew up in service — and so it seemed almost natural that Sarah and I should go into service . " |
| 20 | And when Dermot Corcoran stepped back into her life , it seemed almost natural that Captain — now Major — Lewis should reappear also . |
| 21 | With the wheel turned almost full circle , it seemed almost inevitable that Dermot Corcoran and Katherine Lundy should marry . |
| 22 | It seemed so sad that Mrs MacAllister should have had so little time to enjoy this beauty and that he should be left here by himself . ’ |
| 23 | It seemed tantalisingly obvious that country life was healthier , but actually proving it was another matter . |
| 24 | All of a sudden , the morning gathering at Mrs Tiverton 's had lost a little of its terror , for just at this instant it seemed less threatening than Mr Aycliffe 's serious face , demanding of her this fatal choice . |
| 25 | Her mother , on the other hand , had been told her address the night before — but it seemed highly unlikely that Mrs Agathangelou would have splashed out on such an opulent bouquet to welcome her daughter to London . |
| 26 | It seemed very unlikely that Friend was from Madreidetic . |
| 27 | To me in that mood it seemed more important than philosophy , like the poetry of Keats or the music of Sibelius . |
| 28 | It seemed as bright as day out on the newly-laid forecourt and it was as if she 'd been caught by the lights , trapped and dazed like a rabbit on a long country road . |
| 29 | She had to cross the road again to get back to their apartment ; now that her eyes were used to the darkness it seemed as bright as day out of doors , and her blue cotton dress incandescent white . |
| 30 | Unisys Corp and Honeywell Inc say they have settled the pending lawsuits over the sale of the Sperry Aerospace Group to Honeywell in December 1986 — Honeywell reckoned that it paid too much because Unisys held back material information ; Unisys will make a pre-tax payment to Honeywell of $43.2m over three years toward a $70m total settlement , with the remaining funding coming from insurance and an investment banking firm ; as a result of the settlement , Unisys will report a net extraordinary charge of $26.4m against its first quarter figures for the period to March 31 ; it says the charge will be offset by a larger than expected net gain from implementing the FASB 106 and FASB 109 accounting changes that it already announced it would make . |