Example sentences of "[noun pl] it [vb -s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this scene of confusion before his eyes it seems unlikely that he would have contemplated using any wheeled transport , even supposing that it had been available for his use at the time . |
| 2 | It is clear that ethanol has a duel action on the secretory function of the gastric parietal cell ; at low concentrations it stimulates gastric secretion and at high concentrations it has no effect or an inhibitory one . |
| 3 | In civil operations this affects revenue earning potential and therefore profitability and in military environments it affects operational readiness . |
| 4 | The policy with respect to pay is to be about 7 percent above the national norm ( as IBM determines the norm among companies it considers comparable ) . ’ |
| 5 | But they have made it perfectly clear that the council is prepared to fight for compensation if the companies it holds responsible do not pay up . |
| 6 | With regard to the second and third limbs it seems clear that the statute requires not only the exclusion ( or virtual exclusion ) of the donor from the enjoyment of the gifted property ( second limb ) but also the exclusion ( or , presumably , the virtual exclusion ) of the donor from any benefit to him by contract or otherwise ( Oakes v Commissioners of Stamp Duties [ 1954 ] AC 57 ) . |
| 7 | In non-competition trials the central target disappears at this point ; in competition trials it remains visible . |
| 8 | Reading between the lines it becomes clear that it is the address which was recorded , in a studio re-creation to cash in on the President 's assassination . |
| 9 | So , normally the boiler will malfunction on the D6 roll of a 6 , but if the Steam Tank has sustained 1 wound it will malfunction on a 5 or 6 , if it has 2 wounds it goes wrong on a 4 , 5 or 6 and so on . |
| 10 | The court will be permitted to have regard to any matters it thinks fit including : |
| 11 | ‘ Due to a series of fortuitous circumstances it embodies unique aesthetic , technical and even sentimental values . |
| 12 | Given these circumstances it seems remarkable that the proposed tax cut made any significant headway at all , but it had one enormously important advantage — the whole hearted support of Ronald Reagan . |
| 13 | In common with these base emotions it receives general condemnation as an anti-social force which , by its very nature , is inherently immoral and despicable . |
| 14 | As with the other trichostrongyloids it seems likely that only two cycles of the parasite occur during each grazing season . |
| 15 | ‘ When you have the Russian empire collapsing within a matter of weeks it seems ridiculous to say we can not move faster . ’ |
| 16 | AS Lyles customer base grows to include an ever increasing number of independent retailers it places increasing marketing emphasis on their point of sale material . |
| 17 | This is the only company whose entire membership appears to have figured in the loan ; in the case of such as the Goldsmiths and the Ironmongers it seems clear that only the livery was assessed . |
| 18 | He was involved in the most important questions of policy — negotiations for the marriage of royal children : Eleanor in 1170 and John in 1173 But in view of Eleanor of Aquitaine 's masterful political activity in later years it seems superfluous to look for a power behind the throne . |
| 19 | After two years it has strategic alliances with DEC , HP , IBM , NCR , SGI and Sun , 100 customers , 500 development seats , 10,000 run-times out and 10,000 deployed applications . |
| 20 | Indeed , Ramsay 's secret societies , the Nordic League and the Right Club , were so easily penetrated by intelligence agents , and the government has now released some of this material , that when this information is checked against independent sources it becomes possible to present a plausible account of what the British fascists were up to during 1939 and 1940 . |
| 21 | Yet as its name suggests the system 's most distinctive feature is the transferability of votes , and since they are in fact transferred in large quantities it seems paradoxical to ignore them . |
| 22 | Simply ideal for families it has direct access on to the beach and offers a wide range of holiday activities for children . |
| 23 | If the doctor 's right about the sandbag or lead piping in a sock , and from the look of things it seems right , they did n't want any blood . |
| 24 | If , however , you find yourself carrying three or four such problems it seems clear that there is nothing for it but to go back and attack the first difficulties again . |
| 25 | Amid talk of rebuilding and reorganising resources it appears suitable material is in short supply . |
| 26 | Thus , although he does not enumerate a catalogue of rights it seems clear that it is chiefly the conventional political and civil liberties , including a right to freedom of conscience , that are associated with the traditional doctrine of liberalism which would qualify as rights in the strong sense . |
| 27 | As for the drive towards egoism by withdrawing from emotional awareness , in competitive conditions it appears reasonable to detach oneself from the joys as well as the troubles of others , on the calculation that love or trust is likely to be betrayed , and any generous action may be utilized against oneself . |
| 28 | Atomstyle has been supplying the various bits for building PCs to dealers for quite some time by now , and so the cases and motherboards it supplies fit together really well . |
| 29 | ‘ For many farmers it spells financial disaster and few of the smaller ones have recovered . |
| 30 | In tightly organized pages it makes sure a reader can find needed information quickly . |