Example sentences of "it [adv] [adj] [conj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be less embarrassing if , without apparently knowing what had been said , she made it abundantly clear that Didi Lombard had been totally wrong , she was n't smitten , and as for eating out of his hand … ! |
| 2 | This kind of repetition has been a method of construction used by composers from Franck , through the French Impressionists , to such as Delius and Lennox Berkeley , and Ravel found it so fruitful that phrase repetition runs through entire movements of his music : In this example the melody does not change on repetition , and Ravel uses the technique to create a series of semi-static periods . |
| 3 | The objective will be a realistic specification that can be met by a wide variety of suppliers , but the final say in the specs will be left with the service suppliers , making it highly likely that Unix System V.4 will be at the core of the specification . |
| 4 | ‘ But I think it highly unlikely that Mr Clowes could have found any means of ensuring that investigation of the matters in question was averted , while at the same time satisfying the Department that his operations could properly be licensed . |
| 5 | The rest of the United Kingdom now seems to be beginning to move out of recession ; is it not true that Northern Ireland is about to move deeper into it ? |
| 6 | Is it not outrageous that coalfield areas such as Nottinghamshire which have been waiting nearly two years for this money are still denied it because of the party political games played by the former Cabinet Minister and now Labour Commissioner Millan ? |
| 7 | London in the 1950s suffered horrendous ‘ smogs ’ ( smoky fogs ) largely through burning coal in domestic grates ; the one of 1952 had an estimated pH of 1.6 , which made it more acid than lemon juice . |
| 8 | Emerged out of the clouds at the Fenêtre to find it more crowded than Blackpool beach . |
| 9 | This CCOAC makes it more likely that Person Y was involved in the things we think he was involved in but … ’ |
| 10 | The difference in attitudes toward welfare between the USA and Europe has been highlighted to show that trends toward contraction of municipal housing and urban programmes , when coupled with the process of deinstitutionalization , make it more likely that hospital leavers will be marginalized in a competitive environment . |
| 11 | Such strength in depth makes it hardly surprising that England A struggled in their recent ‘ Test ’ series over there . |
| 12 | English forces occupied it about 1290 and Robert Bruce ordered its partial destruction about 1305 . |
| 13 | Is it really true that Watership Down was rejected by over a dozen publishers before it was taken on and became a bestseller ? |
| 14 | The deal makes it almost certain that Mr Sam Nujoma , president of Swapo , will become the country 's first president . |
| 15 | In his writings on the military press , Trotsky made it quite clear that party interests came first and the military second . |
| 16 | I think erm there is some dispute as to erm what size the new settlement must be to become what 's termed an integrated and balanced community , and given the importance of this issue , and it has been with us for the last three years , ever since the new settlement was first proposed , erm I find it very surprising that North Yorkshire County Council have not undertaken any work of their own on this subject area , and have relied instead on a a residual approach to find the new settlement size , and I must say I find that very unsatisfactory , what North Yorkshire County Council are inviting you , erm , to accept is whatever size the residual for Greater York is , you know , has been in the past I should say , proposals from the public , from the private sector have come forward , an and the County Council have used those proposals as confirmation that the new settlement of that particular size was viable , it 's a sort of self fulfilling prophecy , now I think that 's unacceptable , what they have n't done is the second part of the technical exercise , which is to look at the thresholds of the various services and facilities required in the new settlement . |
| 17 | The presence in the ASFV genome of genes encoding proteins similar to the two largest RNA polymerase subunits of poxviruses and eukaryotic organisms makes it very likely that ASFV transcription is carried out by a multimeric , virus-encoded , RNA polymerase . |
| 18 | It is true that , for a variety of reasons to do with the structure of wage bargaining in Britain , Keynes did not consider it very likely that money wages would fall , even in the presence of substantial unemployment . |
| 19 | I find it very depressing that personnel directors and personnel managers are still , in some companies , questioning the importance and effectiveness of a computerised personnel information system . |