Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When the Iranian government abrogated its CENTO membership it branded any neighbouring country that remained in CENTO as a lackey of imperialism and as hostile to Iran . |
| 32 | The policies of the ILP had lost it much support but in its opposition to the war and to conscription it regained some of its influence on the Left . |
| 33 | Though this was a less controversial aim it had less emotional kick . |
| 34 | In the Tokugawa period it enjoyed some autonomy , and was permitted a certain degree of self-reliance and self-government . |
| 35 | Before the cinema opened the men on the staff were given cigars to puff , so that when you came into the foyer it had that smell of luxury . |
| 36 | I am not sure that on record it makes all that much difference to have 24 baroque oboes , as here , instead of 12 or so , but the sound of so many along with 12 bassoons , nine trumpets , nine trumpets and four sets of timpani is mightily impressive , and the more attractive for a rhythmic bounce . |
| 37 | She lay perfectly still , knowing that when the light , filmy shift settled over her body it revealed more than it hid . |
| 38 | In fairness , too , one has to admit that Marxism is not monolithic , and that in literary and cultural criticism it provides many possible positions . |
| 39 | Fighting continued on July 3 , but the army had clearly gained the upper hand and by the end of the day it controlled most of the area surrounding the two camps . |
| 40 | The whole point about this absurd saga , however , is not so much the wonderfully comic detail but the fact that from start to finish it takes all the predictable twists and turns of your classic affair . |
| 41 | On paper this hardly looks a version competitive with those listed above ; in the event it has much to offer , which only shows how dangerous preconceptions can be . |
| 42 | Based on Berkeley BSD4.3 Unix and built on Carnegie Mellon Mach 3.0 foundation it supports all Macs from Powerbooks up and runs off-the-shelf Apple applications whilst simultaneously running Unix programs . |
| 43 | When they crested a wooded hill shortly before sunset and saw cultivated fields stretching down towards a small village in the distance it took all her will-power not to beg that they stop there for the night . |
| 44 | From a distance it resembled some piece of modern sculpture : disjointed planes , random angles , a lot of holes . |
| 45 | All are searching for peace of mind and for a while it seem that Ilmorog can offer this . |
| 46 | For a while it preserved some of its glory in South Park as the rare postcard ( borrowed from the collection in the Bygones shop in McMullen Road ) shows . |
| 47 | Enthoven pointed out that whereas the NHS efficiently contained costs at the macro-level it provided few incentives to consistently reward efficiency and high performance at the micro-level , and indeed penalised both . |
| 48 | It should n't be simply out of guilt or duty — if you already have a good relationship it helps such a lot . |
| 49 | At first this premise may seem difficult to accept , but as he maps the argument it becomes more and more plausible . |
| 50 | Air fares are the most expensive in the world ; for example it costs more to travel from Fiji to Papua New Guinea than from Fiji to Canada . |
| 51 | In this case he has and they 've an and conveniently of course for this example it 's all been put into , into a statement . |
| 52 | In this respect it resembled another favourite hotel of mine , the Quirinale in Rome , where I like to stay in the room where Ronald Firbank died . |
| 53 | Well yesterday because of the long queue it happened that way . |
| 54 | The second number of the 1993 volume , which has now gone to print , contains an extra selection of book reviews , and as well as the usual listing it has several other items that will be of interest to anyone who wants to keep up to date with what is being published . |
| 55 | No it 's not it 's it 's quite mild , there 's no frost on the ground it 's all gone . |
| 56 | You 've got a frown Sandra , on the notice board above the fridge it says this is to be included in next years record of achievement which I presume will have to go into yours as well after my year |
| 57 | On the one hand claiming Darlington is in such a bad state it needs more Government help , on the other claiming the town is a thriving local centre . |
| 58 | While there are obviously problems in developing and using this type of notional scale it has some utility . |
| 59 | In a broader sense it includes all relatives living together or accepted as a family , including adopted persons . |
| 60 | Thus as a formal method of scrutiny it has little value . |