Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] of [noun sg] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it takes a few minutes for the body to send out any strong signals of satiety it is probable that chewing and swallowing movements do begin to send messages to the brain . |
| 2 | They receive no extra remuneration whatsoever for their duties although at some times of course it can be quite dangerous . |
| 3 | In an official statement , the BRE said that the few cases of rot it knew about were in every case directly attributable to rising damp or to rain penetration : |
| 4 | In some cases of damage it might be wise to ascertain whether or not there was any similar damage prior to the accident . |
| 5 | After a few months of therapy it is usual for even the most intense form of cat phobia to disappear . |
| 6 | But he 's got no , as far as I can see he 's got no convincing argument that democracy will do better , but that does n't matter because he thinks that the decisive criticism of enlightened despotism is that it wo n't improve the moral or intellectual well-being of the citizens , but if people are excluded from political decision making , they will have no incentive to educate themselves or morally improve themselves , or he thinks if they do , if a despot does allow for the moral improvement of the citizens , then citizens will no longer accept despotism so that despotism is in a way self-defeating here and if it one of the proper functions of government it ca n't survive . |
| 7 | It is possible to sequence learning in interdisciplinary contexts , but for some kinds of content-sequence it is undoubtedly much easier to keep a steady eye on the subject . |
| 8 | I said well I 'm not very good on computers and I 've got loads of coursework so I thought if I go down there and type out different pieces of work it would get me familiarized with them |
| 9 | For patients with low levels of dependency , providing domiciliary care is cheaper than providing institutional care , but at high levels of dependency it becomes more expensive . |
| 10 | The second goal is to make the school resemble more closely the sod of place within which the teacher would like to teach … this second goal can become of considerable importance , and in some situations of conflict it can become more important than the first . |
| 11 | Nothing was as before because he was there and if I did not persevere with my patronising offers of involvement it was because my confusion was worsening , the patch on my spirit growing . |
| 12 | From some points of view it does not really matter whether these fragments originated as invading parasites or breakaway rebels . |
| 13 | From some points of view it is clearly a human creation . |
| 14 | When we examine a specific case from these different points of view it becomes obvious that they may all contribute to our understanding . |
| 15 | Given the difficulty of identifying the different types of dementia it is usual for epidemiological studies of this disease to concentrate upon organic brain failure as a single condition . |
| 16 | SELLAFIELD 'S nuclear reprocessing plant , due to be in operation by the end of the year , is already storing some of the 7,000 tonnes of material it will recycle in its first decade . |
| 17 | So , whilst it is possible to identify some broad directions of change it remains difficult to decide the precise implications . |
| 18 | In our speaking and listening programmes of study it is therefore recommended specifically as a learning medium . |
| 19 | In such corners of Plenty it is impossible not to fancy yourself deep underground , in the realm of some benighted race of blind burrowers , all listlessly trying to remember the sun . |
| 20 | With such experiences of life it would be no wonder if he had few scruples about how he got what he wanted . |
| 21 | If caught during the early weeks of pregnancy it can cause deafness , blindness and heart problems in the baby . |
| 22 | The components are of magnitudes 4.4 and 5.7 , and since the separation is almost 44 seconds of arc it should be possible to see them individually with × 20 binoculars , but I have never been able to do so with certainty . |
| 23 | However , one problem with using recognition as a method of assessing memory is that although it gives good overall measures of performance it does not make it clear exactly which details of a stimulus were remembered . |
| 24 | In corporatist systems of government it becomes vitally important that some organizations are brought into the consultation and implementation processes , while others are not . |
| 25 | Thus , as neutrophils are normal constituents of blood it would seem possible that the faecal excretion of indium-111 simply reflected non-specific intestinal bleeding or oozing ( for example , vascular injury due to eroding ulcers ) . |
| 26 | If the embryos have taken so much trouble to have so well-defined patterns of cleavage it is a reasonable expectation that the cleavage pattern may be involved in specifying cell fate . |
| 27 | From these sorts of consideration it became clear that light is made up of lots of particles . |
| 28 | Later on , you can guide their play by , say , suggesting that they see how many little cups of water it takes to full the big jug , or by getting them to find out how long it takes to fill a floating cup with water until it sinks . |
| 29 | If you start using large quantities of alcohol it can be purchased in 10 litre amounts ( min. order ) from Hayman Ltd , Witham , Essex ( tel. 0376 517 517 ) at about one third of the pharmacy price . |
| 30 | But I think after three glasses of wine it 's time I went home . ’ |