Example sentences of "it [conj] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 In philosophy , ‘ realism ’ ( usually with a small ‘ r ’ ) is broadly the view that whether a thing exists is a question about the world independent of questions about how we could know it or what statements concerning the thing mean .
2 He could not help it if his use of the colonial patronymic sounded like a challenge .
3 Financière Agache , which with the Company controls LVMH , has undertaken that the interests of it and its associates in the Company will not exceed the interests in LVMH attributable to the Company , which represents 24 per cent of the fully diluted share capital of LVMH .
4 After reading the play — there were now stencilled copies for all concerned — I would discuss it and its interpretation with the cast , then take a break until the dress rehearsal at five o'clock with accompanying music and sound effects .
5 Okun ( 1975 ) notes that high taxation of the rich may be interpreted as an adverse ethical judgement on economic success , altering attitudes ( preferences ) to it and its attractiveness as a goal .
6 The broker reckons although it is hard to fault Sainsbury 's performance in tough economic conditions , the rating discrepancy between it and its peers in the food sector is so great that Sainsbury 's obvious merits are discounted .
7 He retired from the royal library in 1828 , having overseen the transference of it and its staff to the British Museum .
8 I would have defended it and its people to the death and was understandably disillusioned when , on my arrival , I was beaten to a pulp because of the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 .
9 So who exactly are the Enforcers , why do they do it and what sort of a hold have they over their fellow MPs ?
10 The more fully we have developed ourselves the more cause for such gratitude we will have , and the more we understand the cosmos , particularly by grasping the true nature of detailed parts of it and their place in the total scheme , the more we will appreciate the sheer wonderfulness of it , and arrive at a kind of mystical adoration of it .
11 It was the first time Dana had stayed in an English house , and I think he was delighted with the difference between it and his home in the United States .
12 The judge said : ‘ I regard it as my duty at the earliest possible moment to order the discharge from prison of Lord Blandford .
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