Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] [noun] it " in BNC.
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1 | As strategic planning is concerned with broad policies and goals it has to relate the organisation to its environment and predict the effects of any changes in that environment . |
2 | At Christmas they always played ‘ You came down from the stars ’ and at Easter they usually played a Pastorale , and what with the roar of the traffic and the crowds of chattering shoppers or tourists it was practically impossible to distinguish the tune except in short bursts . |
3 | It was generally accepted that the role of wife and mother was incompatible with a career , not only because of the time and energy required , but also because of the very different qualities and characteristics it demanded . |
4 | Because it always involves raw materials and techniques it is always dependent Upon a context , and is not to be thought of , in humanist vein , as an isolated expression of the essential creativity of human beings . |
5 | It 's claimed that for some men and women it 's like a drug they ca n't do without — and they end up like any other addict , ruining their lives , desperate for the next ‘ fix ’ . |
6 | Most puzzling was that the worse it got , the more people bought it , and — horror of horrors — it was cheerfully read in large numbers by the very people who suffered from the hackneyed prejudices and stereotypes it dispensed — notably blacks , gays and women . |
7 | So if you feel six pulses or vibrations it indicates the chosen number is six . |
8 | Of course , taking account of the value of a house and its contents and personal savings and investments it is not surprising that a great many people have estates that exceed the inheritance tax threshold . |
9 | Six of us , Mohammed , Aziz , Ali ( Aziz 's assistant ) , six locals and goods it took half an hour to unload half way , was a fairly modest load . |
10 | It 's not subtle , it 's not delicate lavenders and pinks it 's bright sharp garish colours . |
11 | RD users include Chris Novoselic of Nirvana and the Mission 's Craig Adams , to whom this particular specimen belongs , and on whose early tours and recordings it was used to great effect , before it was trashed at a gig in 1987 . |
12 | We see , therefore , that for amorphous polymers or rubbers it can not be possible to consider the embedding of every atom in the continuum . |
13 | But before investigating these opportunities and constraints it is necessary to outline what one takes ‘ socialist objectives ’ to be , in broad terms . |
14 | Owing to the fact that some cells are more sensitive to these toxins than others it is possible for injections of the toxin in one site to result in lesions in a distant area to which the toxin has diffused , or been carried in the blood supply of the brain . |
15 | To all intents and purposes it was a failure . |
16 | To all intents and purposes it is legal — it may look ugly but so do most of the putters these days , and the design has obviously been passed by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club , which does exercise a very tight control over such matters . |
17 | This will form a braid or plait very common in Aran knitting With a selection of these traditional braids and cables it would be very easy to produce a typical Aran sweater on your machine . |
18 | The basic sequence was clear enough , and to most nineteenth-century naturalists and geologists it was self-evidently a progressive development from lower or simpler forms of life to higher or more complex ones . |
19 | We should note , in the first place , how very slow the advance of democracy has been , and how many hindrances and setbacks it has encountered . |
20 | I had a chillingly clear picture of its abominable face : it had so many wrinkles and boils it looked as if it had lived for centuries . |
21 | Doctor Who 's success ensured no exercising of either of the BBC 's options , but for the regular actors and actresses it meant there was no escape until the end of Year One . |
22 | ‘ There are so many ifs and buts it 's fascinating . ’ |
23 | Fruit and vegetable fibre is preferable to cereal fibre for the following reasons : generally has fewer calories green vegetables have more vitamins and minerals it is better at lowering blood cholesterol levels higher consumptions of vegetables and fruit are associated with a lower risk of coronary heart disease it does not contain phytic acid which blocks the absorption of many important minerals and some vitamins . |
24 | This emphasizes the intentional nature of the curriculum , and the various forms and settings it can have . |
25 | If you look at the particles inside the nucleus you have a proton , which is a positively charged particle , and it 's about two thousand times more massive than an electron , and you have also have another type of particle in there called a neutron , and a neutron is to all practical intents and purposes it 's just like a proton except that it has no charge , and so the whole mass of the atom is actually concentrated inside the nucleus . |
26 | Habitat as Spoonbill , with which and various egrets and herons it often breeds . |
27 | With space available for you to add your own pictures and information it makes an invaluable keepsake of your courtship . |
28 | Plant up the bag with young vegetables and water it well . |
29 | If the landlord wishes to have the right to introduce new wires and pipes it must be expressly reserved , but such a right will not be exercisable outside the perpetuity period ( Dunn v Blackdown Properties Ltd [ 1961 ] Ch 433 ) . |
30 | The Sanusi episode in the Zuwaya image was sometimes a sign of resistance to the Italians ; in other circumstances and discussions it was one of submission . |