Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For skills and thrills and nailbiting , edge-of-the-seat gladiatorial tension it knocks spots off its US counterpart . |
| 2 | History just burps , and we taste again that raw-onion sandwich it swallowed centuries ago . ) |
| 3 | In a pilot study it allows researchers to test out various lines of questioning , different ways of phrasing questions , gauge the tenor of likely replies , and so on . |
| 4 | In practice it makes mistakes all the time but Horizon showed its English as flawless . |
| 5 | Mummy it has magnets not hooks . |
| 6 | As Donald Davie has remarked , his concept of a minority culture was modelled on the ‘ gathered church ’ of the Dissenters — a communion of saints — and the irreplaceable charm of Scrutiny to the post-war undergraduate lay ultimately in the simple fact that on every issue it made things look simple : ‘ a present of perhaps a dozen authors or books or whole periods and genres of literature which I not only need not but should not read . ’ |
| 7 | St Clement 's was one of the better-known wool-churches of East Anglia , and even in winter it attracted tourists . |
| 8 | As the tool is n't linked to a compiler it allows developers to build applications across different language environments without adhering to specific compiler specifications . |
| 9 | But it 's given you a spreadsheet it takes ages to load it |
| 10 | He prefers the separation it gives actors and audience . |
| 11 | One advantage of corduroy , aside from its warmth and comfort , is the richness it gives colours . |
| 12 | By moulding the prevailing climate of opinion it influences values which in turn both influence events and fashion institutions . |
| 13 | The sound it emits scans the scene in front of it , rather like a beam of light , and its brain uses the echoes received to form a " sound picture " of the scene . |
| 14 | On the other hand if Herakleophorbia was eaten in excess it caused illnesses like tumours and cancer in humans . |
| 15 | It points like a finger to heaven and like a magnet it attracts strangers passing by to come closer and investigate its history . |
| 16 | In water it forms aluminosilicates , which are inert as far as living organisms are concerned , so long as the level of acidity stays low — the silicon will make the aluminium separate out harmlessly . |
| 17 | As Registrar it provides shareholders registration services to over 200 companies . |
| 18 | Funded by charity it offers relatives support and a place to stay while they 're children are being treated . |
| 19 | In size and character it matches regions on the Continent qualifying for European Community special regional status , which smaller areas scarcely do . |
| 20 | But if it is to do with relationship it needs witnesses . |
| 21 | A challenge was issued to the AKA membership in their February 1983 issue of AKA News It gave dimensions for an 80 x 96in ( 203 x 244cm ) Rokkaku and described how teams of two or more could fly against each other as in the traditional Japanese events . |
| 22 | The coming of the rains brought no physical relief to the besieged but in one respect it made things worse ; the smell from the decaying offal and from the corpses of men and animals became intolerable and hung constantly , undisturbed by wind , as a foul miasma over the fortifications . |
| 23 | If you have greenhouse or coldframe , a wise insurance policy it to root cuttings of susceptible species in July and over-winter these under glass just in case the parents do n't make it through a bad winter . |
| 24 | The Beaverton , Oregon-based company has been working over the last few months to staff up a new business unit to concentrate on low-end multi-processors , an area it feels offers great potential . |
| 25 | Sick of seeing Sunday morning ramblers waiting to catch car rides and buses out of the area , Cleveland County Council has made an offer it hopes walkers will not be able to refuse . |
| 26 | Also , the aquifer itself is slightly elastic ; the pressure of the groundwater it contains forces apart the mineral grains and increases the volume of the pores slightly . |
| 27 | ‘ I sometimes play half of a match good and half of a match bad , or not so good , and I have a feeling it gives opponents the chance to come back , ’ he said . |
| 28 | in big red writing it said snacks , and one er , I could n't make out what |
| 29 | Like the documents issuing from central Government it listed aims and pointed to the importance of linking teaching to exploration and experience as a means of helping young people ‘ know the real world ’ . |
| 30 | Sony Corp has a new ‘ booksize ’ workstation it calls bigNEWS NWS-3150 , and has priced it at $5,645 , making it just possible for the individual user to afford . |