Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For present purposes it is sufficient to note that the expression embraces the period of two years prior to the onset of insolvency in the case of transactions at an undervalue and of preferences given to a person connected with the company , provided that at the time of the transaction the company was unable to pay its debts or it became unable to pay its debts by reason of the transaction . |
| 2 | Similarly , the broad , low , peat-covered plateaux of central and north Lewis is repeated only in central North Uist where it resembles similar extensive , windswept and empty surfaces in mainland Sutherland and Caithness . |
| 3 | This orientation , Siemens suggests , was imposed from Teotihuacan where it had special astronomical and ritual significance . |
| 4 | The report of the European Parliament , entitled ‘ Blue Europe ’ ( document A 2-0319/88 ) , was to the same effect where it stated that |
| 5 | It was only in the tenth and eleventh centuries that it became normal or common for giant churches to be built . |
| 6 | Although Next Computer Inc has stumbled , Data General Corp , which last year signed to resell Next boxes , will maintain a relationship with Steve Jobs ' firm — it says it was always more interested in the NextStep software anyway , and will market the environment on its OEMed 80486 personal computers once it becomes available . |
| 7 | However , the fact that the ‘ soft left ’ has lost even the illusion that it runs Labour ( it lost the reality years ago ) opens up the possibility of realignment within the party . |
| 8 | There was so much snow that it seemed impossible that this was not the natural surface of the earth . |
| 9 | Offerings of food are placed before the figure and so it assumes a role almost equal to that of a human , and it is in this light that it becomes understandable why the sanctum of Indian temples is usually taboo to all but the priests who attend the icon and perform the ceremonial prayers . |
| 10 | Indeed , it was one of the great merits of manufacturing to the early eighteenth-century observer Daniel Defoe that it brought increased employment and greater prosperity to a district compared with those which remained wholly dependent on agriculture . |
| 11 | These are so ponderous and unwieldy and so vulnerable to obstruction that it seems remarkable that major decisions are ever made outside of crisis situations . |
| 12 | Amid demands that it replace all ethnic Albanian deputies , of whatever political leaning , the Serbian Assembly voted on July 5 to dissolve the Kosovo Assembly permanently and thereby dismiss the government , and to terminate the contracts of all Kosovo parliamentary officials , transferring the Kosovo body 's responsibilities permanently to the Serbian parliament . |
| 13 | Working the 2 Step programme becomes progressively more relevant on a daily basis in the recognition that it provides such a superb philosophy of life than many recovering people come to consider that they were fortunate to have addictive disease because it led them to the 12 Step Programme . |
| 14 | Mr Lawes and Mr Whatling said they had signed a partnership deal once it became clear how important the find was . |
| 15 | However , ‘ Motherese ’ is composed of many different characteristics and it seems reasonable to suppose that there is considerable variation among adults in respect of how far these features are reflected in their speech to young children . |
| 16 | You were asked to phone in , so , erm , so our phone was out of order , so I had a phone card and it had four units on it . |
| 17 | If you , in case A , if you imagine that you 're presented with with a piece of paper or card and it has two symbols on it , right ? |
| 18 | When , for example , a previously repressed anger comes back into consciousness and it becomes safer for a person to acknowledge his hostility , desire is also freed . |
| 19 | Toxoplasmosis infection is caused by a parasite and it affects 50 per cent of us by the time we 're 70 . |
| 20 | The further into the future the perceived crisis , the more the chief executive will need to rely on introducing some flexibility into the corporate strategy to facilitate a change in direction in future if it becomes necessary . |
| 21 | Her shoulders sagged in defeat and it became clear to the watching man that she accepted their veracity . |
| 22 | in fact all of our horses main meeting , me mother and Jim they were all up and running and if , they were front runners , you know and they were all finished and James he backed a two hundred to one shot , I says you 're joking , aye it was up there with 'em mind and it finished twelfth , he said well it was a good bet |
| 23 | Capacitor C charges through resistor R until it reaches two-thirds of the supply voltage , the timer then resets and C is discharged through pin 7 . |
| 24 | 3/Slowly darkening the area , continuing to smudge and highlight with the eraser again and again , I work the piece until it looks right . |
| 25 | Slowly darkening the area , continuing to smudge and highlight with the eraser again and again , I work the piece until it looks right . |
| 26 | Staphylococcus aureus and alpha haemolytic streptococci were the most commonly identified organisms and were usually isolated from the biopsy channel of the endoscope and it seems likely that needle tip contamination is the chief culprit . |
| 27 | It is evident that Ollier ( 1981 ) , although making a plea for a more evolutionary geomorphology , does not cite the quantitatively expressed geophysical research and it seems unlikely that geomorphology can contribute in such areas unless it is willing to adopt the methods and language of other practitioners . |
| 28 | The fact that my slimmers felt so much healthier encouraged them to continue on the diet while they were losing weight and it became clear that they had no intention of falling back in to their old habits . |
| 29 | again there is no answer to that question , simply because the answer is so horrific , it does n't bear thinking about , but thank God all maybe safe , all will not be safe , but all maybe safe , God has provided a salvation that is available to all and if we are not safe it is because we choose to reject his s , his offers of mercy , so we thank God that all may be safe , but the solemn fact remains is that all will not be saved , well that leads us on to , to this third proposition , not only that the bible teach that all maybe saved , not only does it teach that all will not be saved , but it is quite clear that some will be saved whom we did not expect to be saved , we can be quite sure about that because judgment does n't rest with us , way back Abraham says perhaps one of the most important statements in his life when he said there in , in , in Genesis chapter eighteen and we actually sang the wo tho the quotation in the song we just sang a few moments ago where he says will not the judge of all the earth be right , judgement is not yours and mine , that 's God 's prerogative and the other song that we 've been , the song that we 've been singing , that song by faber there 's a wideness in God 's mercy lets be honest we are so narrow with our mercy , our gra , our expressions of grace is so limited , but there 's a wideness in God 's mercy and faber says it 's got the wideness of the sea , there 's a kindness in his justice , which is more than liberty , David knew all about that when he was given the option , he said oh I 'd rather fall into the hands of God than into the hands of men , I 'd rather that God dealt with me than that my fellow man dealt with me , because with him there 's mercy , with him there 's grace , with him there is , there is long suffering and there 's compa compassion and there 's love , and faber goes on with the love of God is broader than the measure of man 's mind and the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind , now that 's all very well for the song writer to say that in a hymn and it sounds nice and it 's , it sounds good but is there a scriptural authority for this , is it really true , or is it just a nice song that we sing with , it does us good because we feel it 's a nice , there nice thoughts , well , surely we have it in the passage we 've been reading that there is there is a mercy with God , there is a kindness with God in ver in verse thirty of that chapter behold some who are last will be first and some who are first will be last it 's quite clear that some will be saved that we did not expect to be saved , and you can find example after example of this , it was a tremendous surprise to the onlookers when a very sinful woman annoyed to the feed of Jesus , it was a tremendous surprise to the Pharisee who rejected God , although he was such a good man , to find that the , er sorry to be rejected by God although he was a good honest upright man , and to find that the sinner was accepted by God , it was a tremendous surprise to the people when Zacchaeus who named you to be a sinner , an open twist there an evil man was saved by the Lord Jesus , you could save salvation has come to this house , it was a tremendous surprise when the law breaker who was dying on the cross beside the law Jesus was saved and went to be with him , with the Lord in paradise , it was a tremendous surprise to the disciples when Jesus preached the gospel and revealed himself to a gentile woman , who was an adulterer seven times over but he did and she was saved , it was a tremendous surprise to Ananias when the Lord revealed himself |
| 30 | Information is also collected about the quality of teaching received , and although this has not yet been formally used in allocating money , one department did have part of its grant withheld for several months until it introduced clear teaching objectives . |