Example sentences of "it [verb] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also calls on the government to act on the relevant commitments it made at the UNCED summit [ see ED 59/60 ] , and on the major supermarket chains to provide information on the biodiversity of the foods they stock . |
| 2 | There 's only one thing that struck me when I was reading through it but a as I say , we we got to look at this from point of view are we going to date this as it lies at the present moment and add to it pieces that we want , or do we start off by having the pieces o i its its now whe w w |
| 3 | It lies at the extreme edge of the constellation , and I have found that the best way to locate it is to use Beta Comæ , which is of magnitude 4.3 and lies rather off a line joining Cor Caroli to Arcturus ; though dim , Beta Comæ is rather isolated , and not difficult to identify . |
| 4 | Local authorities were anxious to redevelop the area as soon as possible , as it lies at the very heart of the town 's commercial district . |
| 5 | It stopped at the usual place , and a soldier in a red and gold uniform jumped down . |
| 6 | So what do you think about the overall situation as it stands at the present time ? |
| 7 | Basically a picture book , it looks at the great collections of Schukin , Morozov and Costakis , reproducing the well known photos of the interiors of their homes , but is probably more interesting for the lesser-known contemporary names . |
| 8 | It looks at the economic environment , end-use market and industries , and competition . |
| 9 | It looks at the ageing process with optimism and hope rather than despair . |
| 10 | It looks at the WORDY licence and sees that the licence does not prevent the transfer of the package to someone else . |
| 11 | It starts at the bottom line and scans across to ‘ see ’ what colours have been placed in this row of squares . |
| 12 | is it at the top end of the , it starts at the top end of the slope ? |
| 13 | Everything going into the hole dust clouds , light beams , stars , spacecraft , you anything crossing the boundary sphere marking the edge of the hole — it gets crushed out of existence when it arrives at the central point of the hole . ’ |
| 14 | It came at the right time . |
| 15 | Right the sheets are coming round , when you get yours , your name on it and today 's date on it please , that 's all , I 've already punched holes in it so it 's ready to go in your file Now is there anyone who does not have one of these sheets , it says at the top year seven , module one , survey on belief . |
| 16 | It happened at the Olympic games at Munich in 1972 . |
| 17 | Before it arrived at the Bate Collection , all that was known about the William Smith harpsichord ( illus.1 ) was to be found in a brief summary in Boalch 's Makers of the harpsichord and clavichord . |
| 18 | When it arrived at the Bate Collection the instrument was found to be basically well cared for . |
| 19 | Perhaps it acts at the lysosomal stage of the entry process outlined by Simons . |
| 20 | Illuminated in Tours around 1520 , it contains twelve full-page miniatures of the emperors and was possibly made for the library of Francois I. The manuscript has a distinguished provenance : it belonged at the Jesuit College de Clermont Library in Paris and later to the celebrated English collector Sir Thomas Phillips who considered it among the finest of his 60,000 manuscripts . |
| 21 | On most of the nationalisation stock ( paid to compensate former owners ) and earlier long-term borrowings they inherited at nationalisation ( much of it raised at the low interest rates of the 1930s ) they paid only 3 per cent . |
| 22 | ‘ This is all quite fascinating , ’ he said , drawing his umbrella from his starsuit and using it to point at the terminal entrance . |
| 23 | However , the back of the prostate is adjacent to the anterior wall of the rectum , and by gently massaging the gland from inside the rectum , a bead of fluid can be expressed and ‘ milked ’ along the urethra until it appears at the urethral meatus . |
| 24 | A simple way to appreciate what it means is to visualise the Spectra line being passed down a hollow tube ( the ‘ sleeve ’ ) until it appears at the other end . |
| 25 | In May 1947 the Joint Chiefs , while acknowledging that planning had to remain flexible , observed that " it appears at the present time that initial establishment of Allied forces in the Middle East is the most promising course of action " . |
| 26 | It chewed the bloody snow , gulped the entrails and the gore , growled in its throat as it worked at the tough tissues . |
| 27 | It follows that the angle a vertical edge subtends at the left eye divided by the angle it subtends at the right eye is greater than 1 for the left-hand edge of the pattern , but is less than 1 for the right-hand edge . |
| 28 | What remains is released into an elaborate system of drains , penstocks , pumps , flumes , and concrete-sided irrigation ditches , from which it emerges at the Mexican border , severely depleted and laden with salts and pesticides . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , the JMP-1 has no input on the back and so in some ways it falls at the final fence , because I ca n't really see how you can set it up to work in a neat and user-friendly rack ; you 'd have to wire the thing up every time you gigged it . |
| 30 | The conference theme was ‘ From a socialist to a market-oriented society ’ and it looked at the growing opportunities for women within the new social structures . |