Example sentences of "[prep] it [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Eastons restored the ornamental paintwork , most of it imitation brickwork painted over the actual brick , and in the case of the wall paintings , have reinstated the full scheme . |
| 2 | A year ago Japan held an international meeting on aid for Mongolia , which produced pledges amounting to some $120m in credits and aid , some of it emergency assistance to keep Mongolia 's lights on ( literally ) . |
| 3 | In the middle of it Sniffy Wilson rang . |
| 4 | On the face of it electric traction has many advantages . |
| 5 | It is as if the creation of a regulatory bureaucracy carries with it implicit powers to achieve agency goals . |
| 6 | It was thought to be nothing more than a shattered argillaceous deposit , produced by repeated submarine landslipping and carrying with it exotic blocks ranging in size from small fragments ( plate 4.2 ) up to whole mountains . |
| 7 | In it old Joe writes : |
| 8 | On the one hand are those adult educators who see in it exciting possibilities to extend the concept of adult learning , making it more relevant to the issues and problems facing ‘ disadvantaged ’ groups , helping them to participate more effectively in society , gaining more recognition and resources , removing gross inequalities and injustices . |
| 9 | HERMS captures this associated data and adds to it spatial data generated in the CAD graphics data base . |
| 10 | It has the power to reform and transform lives ad through it countless people have been given new strength . |
| 11 | On the hills that crowded close around it black forest stretched up towards the skyline . |
| 12 | Beneath and down-wind of the ash cloud there is a steady rain of fine ash particles , sometimes falling so thickly that a dark curtain appears to be hanging beneath the cloud , while in and around it electrical storms rage , with lightning flickering frequently , so that the whole effect is much more dramatic than even the most ominous of thunderclouds . |