Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adj] [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems reasonable to draw these strands together and to presume that considerably more than a thousand teachers are now working in off-site units . |
| 2 | Since demonstrative pronouns typically involve a gesture , it seems easy to assimilate such acts of reference to general theories of action ; if one can then show that other kinds of referring expression are related to demonstratives , the case for viewing reference in general as a species of action is made plausible . |
| 3 | Other factors such as the personal and public importance of the event are equally likely to be of significance and it seems inappropriate to regard such memories as providing evidence for a general enhancement of memory related to increased arousal or emotion . |
| 4 | Are you so anxious to know what it feels like to have both eyeballs gouged out , one at a time ? |
| 5 | It becomes important to say these things in view of the fact that Christian people tend to look to Jesus ' teaching and actions as exemplary of what human relationships should be . |
| 6 | When modelling vertical restraints , it becomes important to incorporate these features ( see e.g. Dixit , 1983 ; Mathewson and Winter , 1984 ) . |