Example sentences of "[adj] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To do this it uses raw materials that are drifting around in the cell , being , very probably , the products of other protein machines . |
| 2 | You see , if a performance lacks this it becomes boring ; and with Strauss you always had the sense of the music moving forward . |
| 3 | To answer this it becomes necessary to invent a global conspiracy theory in which the ‘ objective interests ’ of capitalism and racism always and already coincide , and are actively co-ordinated by the many agents of the ruling class . |
| 4 | Evidence that long tails impose viability costs is very limited , yet without this it remains possible that tail elongation has sometimes been driven by natural selection , perhaps because it improves aerodynamic efficiency , manoeuvrability or stability . |
| 5 | In view of this it seems appropriate to study mucosal metabolism in ileal as well as colonic mucosa in UC patients and controls in the expectation that any abnormalities that could be detected in the histologically normal ileum of ulcerative colitis patients would be unlikely to be secondary phenomena . |
| 6 | children that er , this it seems unlikely that er |
| 7 | But in spite of all this it seems likely that during much of the nineteenth century this subterranean aspect of international relations was less important , and less prominent in the minds of both diplomats and policy-makers , than at any time in the last 300 years . |
| 8 | From this it seems evident that Jacques brought to London examples of Hotteterre instruments . |
| 9 | the ‘ fiction theory ’ must remain unsatisfactory unless it can explain what are the real facts in terms of individual rights and duties which underlie the fiction , and this it seems unable to do . |
| 10 | What was really said on that occasion is not on record but Wilberforce had just written a long review of Darwin 's book in the Quarterly Review and from this it seems clear that the good Bishop was by no means the fundamentalist reactionary which he is commonly supposed to have been . |
| 11 | To achieve this it separated operational and functional responsibilities within the practice and brought in outside professional managers who were non-accountants : principally Ray Pierce ex-chief executive of the Mortgage Corporation and a former general manager of American Express — as chief executive , and Mel Smaje , a quietly determined former rugby player with experience in the pharmaceutical and computer industries , as director of human resources . |
| 12 | Such a system was effectively harnessed by the energy and skill of Thomas Cromwell ; but deprived of his control after 1540 it became corrupt , inefficient , and unpopular . |
| 13 | I 'm afraid it went bust all of … . ’ |
| 14 | By November 1985 it became apparent that the real antagonists were neither the Westland company nor British Aerospace , but Michael Heseltine , as a vigorous champion of the European link , and Mrs Thatcher . |
| 15 | As such it had serious defects : like all other Spanish parties , the Masons were distinguished by their domestic divisions . |
| 16 | In 1991 it offered handsome tax incentives to encourage the creation of big trading companies that would do the job more efficiently than lots of little sellers . |
| 17 | The administration was always poor and in 1991 it became chaotic . |
| 18 | The actions of the central authorities , in the event , served to rally local opinion still more closely around the nationalist leaderships , and when the issue of full independence was put to the republican populations in the spring of 1991 it received overwhelming endorsement The Lithuanian vote , in February , produced a majority of over 90 per cent on an 84 per cent turnout ; in Latvia and Estonia , in March , there were majorities for independence of 74 and 78 per cent on a similar turnout . |
| 19 | In the 190s it seemed intolerable to the then bishop of Rome , Victor , that the churches in Asia Minor celebrated Easter on a different date , and to the distress of many he threatened excommunication on those who did not adopt the Roman date . |
| 20 | Yeah but , I think if you straighten lines and mess around with them too much it leaves little bits in underneath the other one . |
| 21 | In 1798 it took amazing moral courage to publish a poem which said ‘ the world is alive ’ . |
| 22 | In the decade after 1833 it became apparent that the district courts , which had original jurisdiction in all civil cases and most criminal ones , were unable to handle the litigation brought before them without long delays . |
| 23 | By 1891–95 it had average total deposits of £83 m. — an average individual deposit of £14.75 . |
| 24 | The boat was a modern German vessel with fittings so basic it looked unfinished . |
| 25 | Reporting first quarter figures for the first time — nothing like good news to encourage such a move — SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV said net profit for the first quarter of 1993 was $24.4m on sales up 28.1% at $439m ; in the year to December 31 it had net profit of $3m compared with a loss of $102.6m the year before ; first quarter orders soared by 91.2% to $726.8m . |
| 26 | I 'll go up Tescos way sure it gets busy over here , dun n it though ? |
| 27 | The world-famous hospital is facing closure , but doctors and nurses are working very hard to make sure it stays open . |
| 28 | They might say How do you make sure it 'd pure ? |
| 29 | Mrs McMahon offered inadequate comfort and made bad worse by saying she was sure it looked lovely and not to be so silly . |
| 30 | ‘ On the other hand , you also need to make them feel that this may be their one chance to make a record — and they 'd better work pretty hard to make sure it sounds good . ’ |