Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [adj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was pointed out that the education budget had grown each year since 1988 and that for 1991 it again exceeded the defence budget . |
| 2 | It 's got an image , it 's got an emotional contact and I think we 're gon na play that for all it 's worth . |
| 3 | In marketing terms it 's a tremendous card to play erm our marketing line in the States was always ‘ we speak your language , a common heritage , a common culture erm almost a common language ’ and erm the special relationship really exits at a time like this to a very marked degree , and we shall be playing that for all it 's worth , certainly . |
| 4 | ‘ And you say she said that eagles of Callanish carry a burden and that for some it is hard … ’ and her voice drifted into a distance . |
| 5 | Edward Thompson has argued that there was a change in popular sentiment in that after 1791 it was no longer possible for the " establishment " to pressure radicals by raising " Church and King " mobs against them and their property . |
| 6 | America , hitherto an exporter of metals , began to import half of those it needed . |
| 7 | ‘ About half past eight it was , ’ she added , impressed by her own powers of recollection . |
| 8 | So we kept opening the door it blew out once again and he put it on again and we were still getting these fumes till about oh about half past five it seemed to stop , u we had the windows open . |
| 9 | At half past seven it 's curtains . |
| 10 | Half past three it had been when they 'd arrived at Mr Grady 's , the last name on the list , his fish and chips congealed and inedible . |
| 11 | After half past three it is Irene . |
| 12 | Erm with some of these it may even be possible to y'know there 's a number of different adjectives that you could try with with some of these things like erm y'know how would you feel about knowing that you 're attractive to your own sex ? |
| 13 | visiting , so just have n't seen one another at all it was really annoying . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's about how you live and how you want your children to live , having certain attitudes , such as that it 's important to be polite and respect your elders and that you should want to work hard at school , ’ was one typical comment . |
| 15 | In a study of metal development such as this it is essential to examine datable or chronologically ordered artefacts . |
| 16 | Of course , this alone did n't meet the cost of the hats or the debt owing , but she said if we could find a buyer for such as this it would , in a way , alleviate some of the debt … ’ |
| 17 | For reasons such as this it is important to ensure that the ‘ final edition ’ of the interview schedule has been adequately gone over and tried out before it is used in the full-scale field survey . |
| 18 | In a report such as this it is possible to attempt only a limited review , and the concern of the present chapter is chiefly with communities in the Anglican tradition . |
| 19 | In passages such as this it is not only the content which is important ( the attack on organized vice and male expertise ) but the language through which the ideas are expressed . |
| 20 | With a background such as this it is hard to be optimistic about renewed efforts to achieve consumer success with a medium so firmly rejected by the market . |
| 21 | The creative mind is moved at least as much by those it knows as by what it reads , but the matter is largely obscure and often simply undiscoverable . |
| 22 | it 's just that with this it means that you 've finalized it in your name . |
| 23 | I have accepted part of it , and I 've amended it to ensure that we can overcome the criticisms er that would have been involved if we 'd left it er as it was , er and above all , and I think this is the most important thing , we 've made sure that it will work , er and that it will meet our objectives of getting competition into the franchises , if we 'd just ended up with one great monolithic British Rail , after all each franchise remember will be coming gradually , they wo n't be doing them all at once , there will be one next year , several the year after , and so on , if British Rail had been able to go around and pick them off , and say , Well we can run this now in the future much better than we 've done it in the past , so we 'll bid , and we 'll bid a low bid , that really would n't have been getting fair and proper competition into the system , so what i what I 've done is ensured , as I 've done all the way through in this bill in accepting amendments , that we make sure we achieve our objectives , and that above all it 's workable , the , as it was it would n't as it was the Paignton amendment would n't have been workable , because there would have been total chaos and confusion |
| 24 | All of this it seemed might make the Prince less unacceptable to France and so would give the candidacy an air of reasonableness to the rest of Europe . |
| 25 | In all of this it has been assumed that the general rule applies and that X , not being the owner could not confer ownership on Y who in turn could not confer ownership on Z. It now remains to examine those exceptional situations where the original owner may lose his ownership , i.e. where title may be conferred by someone who himself has no title . |
| 26 | So that idea of yours change them all into twelfths it 's a brilliant one . |
| 27 | All in all it was not turning out as badly as he had feared . |
| 28 | All in all it had been very enjoyable . |
| 29 | All in all it 's an experience I would not like to repeat . |
| 30 | All in all it adds up to power . |