Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the arrival of scientific methods in the twentieth century , we have been able to determine the essential nature of a healthy diet , and with it make dietary changes based on knowledge . |
| 2 | East Anglia and the South-West continued to grow , as did the South-East until 1966 , then it experienced net loss owing to the massive haemorrhage from the capital . |
| 3 | It was only after the rebellion of autumn 1483 had demonstrated that Richard had lost the support of a significant number of his brother 's men , that it made political sense to indulge in general criticism of Edward IV 's reign . |
| 4 | It was only after the rebellion of autumn 1483 had demonstrated that Richard had lost the support of a significant number of his brother 's men , that it made political sense to indulge in general criticism of Edward IV 's reign . |
| 5 | Later it made economic sense to plan for the vehicle to carry things which had been given free in England but which were too heavy for me to manage for the whole way . |
| 6 | The model is couched in ex-ante terms as it specifies expected security returns as a function of the expected return on the market portfolio . |
| 7 | In respect of the Genocide Act , the judge said , it created criminal offences described in the Genocide Convention that were not previously criminal . |
| 8 | It exhibits other features found in the Avenue mosaic ( e.g. the fan-flower of sixteen petals with a guilloche knot at its centre , and the lotus buds which occupy the angles of the pavements ) , and which are here associated with pelta-urns with volutes of two or three bands , ( i.e. motif stylistically closer to those at Chedworth ) . |
| 9 | One is whether a form is morphologically basic , or whether it needs extra material added by way of an additional rule . |
| 10 | Harney 's death was a political assassination , it triggered nationwide riots followed by the biggest murder investigation South Africa has seen . |
| 11 | As well as distributing the new version 1.2 of Aspect , due out at the end second quarter , Goldmine claims that it has other distribution deals in the pipeline to be announced over the next few weeks . |
| 12 | Table 4 shows the bank 's initial position ; it has total deposits amounting to £10,000 and is just maintaining its 10 per cent cash ratio by holding in its tills £1,000 in cash . |
| 13 | The rattlesnake is a more formidable enemy , because it has infra-red detectors to see in the dark and makes virtually no noise as it glides along . |
| 14 | A rare native of Southern England , it has bell-shaped flowers chequered with pink , purple and white . |
| 15 | Mind you do n't your tongue with that I tell you what they had in er Woolies market as well , I do n't know whether you 've seen them and I do n't , I 've not got you know an old Argos catalogue to compare prices , cos they 've not got it in the summer one , but they have them in the winter ones , it 's like a , a tool box , but it 's on wheels and you make it up , you , you know all the screws and the wheels come out and you 're not , it 's all plastic , I think it must be from age three , because of the little bits , and it 's like erm , I 've seen it somewhere , where I 've been , it has little figures sat in this erm , what would you , it 's like erm , a bit like a truck , yeah , and it 's got the , the figures in it |
| 16 | It is hoped that this chapter will not be dismissed as an arid academic ground-clearing exercise , since it has important things to say about the most appropriate way to approach the subject of the book . |
| 17 | A Bill may be ‘ hybrid ’ , i.e. whilst the Bill as a whole is of general application , it contains particular provisions applying to particular persons specifically . |
| 18 | It helped fourth-century Christians to come to terms with the paradox that the privileged , wealthy , and powerful post-Constantinian church actually was also the church of the martyrs . |
| 19 | The solar wind carried its own magnetic field , and as this sweeps past it causes electrical currents to flow in the Moon . |
| 20 | The second part is a V version of the 68040 for laptop computers : it adds power-saving circuitry designed to double battery life . |
| 21 | It plans new satellite launches in the next two years which will provide full global coverage . |
| 22 | It features patterned papers to buy by the sheet : 20in by 25in is £4.83 ( first quality ) , £2.41 ( second quality ) : or you can buy it made up into boxes , albums , desk sets , lampshades and photo mounts . |
| 23 | Robbins ’ Dances at a Gathering could be called a romantic ballet because it uses classical technique coloured by natural emotional expression . |
| 24 | In Yugoslavia 's biggest postwar strike , nearly 700,000 workers in Serbia 's textile , leather and metallurgical industries stopped work on April 16 to demand that the Serbian government pay them the guaranteed minimum monthly wage , backdated to January , and that it abolish new taxes introduced at the end of 1990 . |
| 25 | In the early 1970s he introduced a type of tournament competition called knockdown , which , since it allows full power strikes to the body , he believed was the only true test of a karateka 's fighting ability . |
| 26 | Actually , that is too great a relaxation , sinced it allows genetic values to range from minus infinity to plus infinity . |
| 27 | Although that has meant that not much can be done , in principle it is a good idea in that it forces underwater sites to compete with land sites for funding , and tends to keep the attention on the point that it is archaeology we are talking about . |
| 28 | In 1971–79 it approved financial assistance amounting to £87.5 million ( at 1979 prices ) for the Highlands and Islands as a whole , of which £52.2 million for loans and shares ( including projects directly administered by the Board ) and £35.4 million grants ( see Appendix 3 ) . |
| 29 | It predicted future power needs in the classic manner , by assuming they would continue to grow at 9 per cent per year . |
| 30 | It begged male comps faced with a female colleague to " Be kind to her if you ca n't wed her or shift her , " and went on : State broadly and fully wherein we are sinners Remembering that many of us are breadwinners For mothers and sisters whom we must assist , hence We claim with yourselves equal right to existence |