Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adv] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's just that he 's been used to having his own way for so long it does n't occur to him there are perspectives alternative to his own . ’ |
| 2 | If a firm is operating in a good , competitive market then , notwithstanding the problems associated with accounting measurements , profit does give an indication of how well it produced goods : the market was willing to pay more for the finished goods than it cost the firm to produce them , if the firm made a profit . |
| 3 | The survival of the 1947 constitution without major change since the US occupation ended , is taken as evidence of how well it fits with the attitudes and expectations of contemporary Japan . |
| 4 | If you ca n't hear me at the back because my voice drops from time to time then shout away because I 'm not always aware of how well it carries . |
| 5 | Smith 's application of Smelser 's model is forced to rely on an assortment of different examples and there is little sense of how well it applies to separate case studies . |
| 6 | P.S. Please keep the sachet , as a reminder of how little it takes to save a child 's life . |
| 7 | An example of how little it matters to the speechreader is the sound of TH as in : |
| 8 | Andy Probert was an example of how emotionally it does . |
| 9 | That it is now required reading for the French Establishment and for anybody involved in business or education is a measure of how successfully it fulfilled its task without compromising a reputation for unbiased reporting . |
| 10 | Any elicitation procedure is itself subject to a degree of variation in terms of how successfully it stimulates a child to make a particular response . |
| 11 | Gironella 's solution was entirely individual : to focus on the art of the European past , looming large as it did in Latin American consciousness regardless of how often it had been declared dead and buried by Europeans . |
| 12 | Some have done better than others , but there 's just the physical reality of how long it takes the lower two strings to speak — it 's going to take a few milliseconds for that to happen . |
| 13 | It started to get out of proportion in that he , Ray has been talking to him about the impact of the summer season in Scarborough in terms of how long it takes his staff to get from A to B. |
| 14 | Naturally , the fragrant smell of wine reminded Cranston of how long it had been since he had refreshed himself so he ordered a large jug and the deepest goblet to be found in the kitchen . |
| 15 | For Dr Neil the feel of her , so soft , the scent of her hair , and of McAllister herself , was so wild and sweet and struck him with such force that his breathing grew a little ragged and his body reminded him of how long it had been since he had satisfied it . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm so sorry , ’ she said gently , well aware of how much it meant to her . |
| 17 | And that night when Linnet , face to face with her own reflection in her solitary looking-glass and the stark realization of how much it had really meant to her , had been unable to sleep Tristan had walked with her for hours in the manor garden , Gemma watching them from her bedroom window as they paced beneath the chestnut trees , engrossed , almost entwined , like turning to like , intent wholly and exclusively upon one another . |
| 18 | Clearly the question of how much it costs to sustain at home elderly people with dementia is a very important one , but it is one which is very difficult to answer . |
| 19 | If I asked for money from my husband he would talk of all the expenses , of how much it cost the family to keep me . |
| 20 | The hon. Member for Sheffield , Brightside ( Mr. Blunkett ) raised the question of how much it cost to collect a tonne of rubbish in one place as opposed to another . |
| 21 | The Library Association is increasing efforts in parliamentary lobbying but the question of how far it wants to go in challenging the use of legislation for censorship is unclear . |
| 22 | ‘ I felt I never got a chance there , but I have been given the chance at Norwich and I 'm very pleased with how well it has gone . ’ |
| 23 | committee and that on behalf of West Sussex as a whole , we should grasp that responsibility , make it clear and I 'm not talking about the emergency arrangements which we 're coping with quite adequately it seems to me erm but I 'm talking about the coordination and overview of all the er contributing factors erm so that we can demonstrate that there is ultimately one body who can take er a view of these matters er ensure that there are not grey areas in future and to er initiate er action wherever it may be dealt with necessary . |
| 24 | The success of any such endeavour rests in how effectively it captures the essence of the times ; Storia overall has a distinct 80s feel to it . |
| 25 | There is not , as we might have expected , a simple decline in how well it remembers as time passes . |
| 26 | Until quite recently it seemed quite certain ( from estimates of stars ' masses , interstellar dust , etc. ) that the Universe would continue to expand until it met its heat death . |
| 27 | Until quite recently it has not been possible to track the land use implications of such economic and social changes in any detail . |
| 28 | We 've calculated the time from how deeply it had settled in the mud . |
| 29 | From there onwards it becomes stronger and more emotional so that her joyous movements and later abandon in Romeo 's arms are in absolute contrast to her later dance with Paris . |
| 30 | Dad said I should wait until it stopped snowing so hard , so I watched from the window , and before very long it did ease and I was sent down the cellar for the fuel . |