Example sentences of "it [vb -s] an [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It offers an impressive teaching faculty , and at the same time a small college atmosphere . |
| 2 | It drives an elaborate root system deep into the tissues of the unfortunate crab , and sucks nourishment from its body . |
| 3 | It has an enticing colour photograph of palm trees and white sand . |
| 4 | It has an external control unit , which can be sited up to 30 metres from the detector , and an automatic prism wiping device . |
| 5 | The lounge is moderately spacious and somewhere between shabby and cosy : scuffed velvet curtains , heavy old wooden furniture , lots of plump embroidered cushions , and — on a massive table in one corner — an ancient IBM PC ; it has an external disk drive and a modem connected and the casing is sitting slightly askew . |
| 6 | The magnitude of erosion is reflected in the silt content of the Huanghe River : before it enters the Loess lands it has an average silt content of 2 kg m-3 of water , but when it leaves the region after its confluence with the Weihe the average silt content is 35 kg m- which can rise to several hundreds of kilograms after storms ( Smil 1984 ) . |
| 7 | It has an appalling unemployment record , just as it has had since the war an appalling national health service waiting list record . |
| 8 | It has an integrated input-output system — with an IEEE and optional FDDI interface , 20Mbps SCSI II , EISA slot , two RS232 and a Centronics interface . |
| 9 | It has an Elizabethan porch tower and in 1678 the mullioned windows were changed to sash ones . |
| 10 | It has an unmatchable symphony orchestra that seems to be the envy of the entire Japanese nation . |
| 11 | To ensure that this is being achieved , watch out for two essential ingredients : One is that the combi-steamer produces fresh clean steam from its own generator , and the other is that it has an efficient waste air quenching system . |
| 12 | It has an impressive enrolment count and a strong place in the local community . |
| 13 | It has an inclinable viewing lens and automatic cooling facility . |
| 14 | It has an open air swimming pool and offers and variety of leisure activities including : putting , bowling , cricket and tennis . |
| 15 | It has an open referral system , so girls can be recommended by their schools , educational welfare officers , maternity hospitals , and a variety of other sources , or they can come along on their own initiative . |
| 16 | The new model joins the previously-announced 16-port model , although it has an earlier availability date : the company is aiming for late this quarter for the eight-port model , while the 16-port version is not expected until the third quarter . |
| 17 | It contains an imprisoned Chaos Warrior , mutated by Drachenfels as he felt befitted a servant of Tzeentch . |
| 18 | It uses an optoelectronic sensor system and a microcomputer unit that tracks the temperature accurately . |
| 19 | This exchanger is in some respects a ‘ mirror image ’ of Na + /H + exchange in that it possesses an intracellular modifier site which is sensitive to hydroxyl ( OH - ) ions and thus , although reglatively inactive at baseline pH i , is activated by intracellular alkalosis . |
| 20 | It concerns an informal training scheme developed by a voluntary youth work agency , which decided to build on its existing contacts with a group of long-term unemployed young people by offering a course combining social skills with basic business skills . |
| 21 | It includes an ultra-sonic head tracking device that sits on top of the monitor and lightweight three-dimensional goggles . |
| 22 | Analysis of police culture is therefore particularly suited to the anthropological method , for it requires an extended field study to reveal much about the unspoken agenda which determines many aspects of police practice . |
| 23 | ‘ It fires an explosive acid cap . |
| 24 | Where scum settles on wetted surfaces in kitchens , it creates an ideal breeding ground for bacteria . |
| 25 | The Child Support er Act says that when a Child Support Assessment is carried out it supersedes an existing court order . |
| 26 | A POTAGER was just a grand name for a plot , where vegetables were grown to make soup ( potage ) , but now it means an ornamental vegetable garden . |
| 27 | As I understand the way need has been calculated , and the County will correct me if I 'm wrong on this , er the method does actually take account of unemployment , and it sets an eventual employment level of three percent as a goal . |
| 28 | It gives an inflated work-in-progress figure . |
| 29 | Nevertheless it remains an excellent opening strike because , even more than the snap punch , it cocks the hips for a powerful reverse punch . |
| 30 | Er perhaps it is impossible to answer it in this forum but I think it remains an open question sir . |