Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] [noun pl] it " in BNC.

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1 And I forget which of my old colleagues it was who was canvassing , blue rosette ablaze , in a particularly Labour-dominated council estate in Sheffield , when he came upon an elderly voter planting primroses by the door .
2 To my jaded ears it is a stupendous musical achievement .
3 But in my early days it was quite common for some of the old horsemen to walk anything up to two or three miles , and sometimes more , to bring harness down to the shop .
4 Both through my background reading and my own observations it appeared that day care is perceived differently by different providers of services .
5 ‘ After my recent adventures it 's not really surprising , is it ? ’
6 Due to its generous Proportions it was Put to use on malefactors after its original owner had no further use for it .
7 Write a short essay on reciprocal dumping because define what reciprocal dumping is you 've also got to give at least one example of reciprocal dumping , right , so you do n't have to give any detailed examples just erm E E C waste er food policy in these days reciprocal dumping would be subsidized after exports in order for America to sell its few exports it has to so it is best subsidised definition define what it is give application of concept erm if the concept involves measurement , say how it , how it can be measured say an effective protection trade , er say how it could , how it could be measured
8 She got off the ground so quickly with her public relations it was squashed almost before it came to life . "
9 This was reorganised and changed its title in the following year , and again in May 1918 : like its British counterparts it drew its manpower from a variety of sources — the universities , the army and the professions — as well as from diplomacy .
10 For all its dream-like episodes it locates you firmly in the village of Macondo in the jungles of Colombia through a century of dramatic development .
11 Firstly , much of the research focuses on human embryos which raises ethical considerations hitherto unprecedented , and while such research is still in its early stages it is clear that the ability to manipulate human life itself requires well-defined and enforceable legislation .
12 In its early years it was called the Ulster Saturday Night , but this was soon extended to its present title Ireland 's Saturday Night .
13 In its early days it attracted support from a wide range of anti-Francoist groups , including Catholic workers ' organizations , but subsequently it came increasingly under the control of the communist party .
14 In her early years it met three days a week , but in the final decades was meeting on six or seven .
15 But for all its individual strengths it does n't evolve a satisfying shape .
16 Yet in spite of its obvious advantages it has not been received with any enthusiasm by the large corporations or indeed funding bodies of any description .
17 Today 's equipment — trains and track — is very expensive to provide and maintain ; to cover its basic costs it has to be in service providing revenue for up to say sixteen hours per day .
18 In its guidelines on the DMS and other ‘ courses for managers ’ issued in 1979 the Council defined access to the Diploma — which had been seen from the outset as a postgraduate award — in terms of flexible entry : in addition to the broad treatment of management studies and its supporting disciplines it incorporated
19 In its later years it came into the hands of the Wilkins family .
20 She was taken to a small Gestapo prison near the Bastille , and thanked her lucky stars it was n't Gestapo HQ on the Avenue Foch .
21 Peter McAleer of Ennex told the Sunday Tribune : ‘ When we bought Mogul of Ireland from its previous owners it was on the understanding that they would retain any responsibility for any earlier workings at Silvermines and that includes the tailings pond ’ .
22 With its powerful arms it threw the android over its shoulder .
23 In its cheaper forms it still suffers from the classical trouble of intolerable leakage in bad weather , especially because of the much higher loads put into the hull by modern rigs .
24 Although the sun shone on its ancient walls it looked cold and forbidding .
25 To its regular readers it is also renowned for its humorous In England Now column , introduced 50 years ago and now the subject of a new anthology .
26 Even to her inexperienced eyes it was clear he was no beginner , and frankly it was a pleasure to watch him .
27 In its legal forms it legitimates or ignores the voices under its control .
28 Secondly , Woolwich feared that if it failed in its legal arguments it might incur penalties .
29 Secondly , Woolwich feared that if it failed in its legal arguments it might incur penalties .
30 It has sixteen acres of pasture and an acre of most attractive and interesting gardens laid out on three levels — the top layer has very fine views across a valley over miles of rolling farmland , and amongst its beautiful trees it boasts a ‘ Parrotia Persica Pendula ’ , twenty feet high and ninety feet round .
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