Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second technique is deconcentration — although functions may be departmentalised in a single central government department , it may nevertheless be desirable for administration to be dispersed from the geographical centre and into the regions and localities where it takes actual effect ‘ on the ground ’ . |
| 2 | The nutty edge is carried through into the flavour , where it meets pleasant hints of green apples and greengages . |
| 3 | This religious dimension is conserved as a sub text in many political ideologies , where it furnishes particular articles of faith in the self-emancipation of ethnic minorities , or in their special role as makers of their own history . |
| 4 | Where it employs professional musicians full- or part-time it should ensure that their salaries take account of their training and qualifications as well as of the time and contribution which they are expected to give to the worship . |
| 5 | Together they plot to undermine and ruin their errant spouses by hitting them where it hurts corporate types the hardest : their egos and bank balances . |
| 6 | Extensive shallow lakes or lagoons of salt or soda water , where it builds conical heaps of mud on which to lay its eggs . |
| 7 | Potential targets for arachidonic acid include not only the presynaptic terminal , where it may act to increase L-glutamate release , but also glial cells where it depresses L-glutamate uptake and the postsynaptic cell , where , for example , it can potentiate NMDA receptor-mediated currents . |
| 8 | Firstly , harmonisation of national policies , especially in areas where it offers obvious advantages , e.g. labour mobility . |
| 9 | And he told reporters before the meeting : ‘ I support the IRA 's right to engage in armed struggle — where it wages armed engagements is a matter for itself . ’ |
| 10 | It has been pointed out that " unreasonableness " has been used in two ways in this area : ( a ) in an " umbrella " sense where it has been used as a synonym for abuse of power covering the various aspects of abuse of power already mentioned ; ( b ) in a substantive sense where it means manifest unreasonableness , a decision or exercise of power that is so unreasonable that no reasonable man would agree with it . |
| 11 | After commissioning a script from Buckaroo Banzai 's Earl McGroush and scouting locations , they quietly returned to their previous existence as bellhops , allowing Neuromancer to return to Gibson 's agent , where it attracts continual interest , notably from Robin Williams and a desperate Bruce Willis . |
| 12 | The natural habitat is the coastal waters of West Africa between the Rivers Senegal and Congo , where it makes occasional excursions into freshwater . |
| 13 | The company is contracted to look after engines at two big RAF bases , where it provides unscheduled attention beyond the scope of routine maintenance . |
| 14 | When the main ( COM or EXE ) file reaches a stage where it needs additional instructions from a subsidiary file , it calls up that file and runs through those instructions to complete the task . |
| 15 | Above all , he seems to see only good in science , and ignores the dark side , where it has direct connections with exploitation , tyranny , and war . |
| 16 | Most important is GlavPU , the Chief Political Directorate of the Soviet Army and Navy , at one and the same time an organ of the Ministry of Defence and of the Central Committee , where it has departmental status . |
| 17 | It has some effects , not obviously related , on coughing ( for which it is a useful suppressant ) and on the bowels ( where it causes inconvenient constipation ) . |
| 18 | An example is the idea that multiplying a number always makes it bigger — an idea correctly acquired from experience with whole numbers , but commonly carried over into work with decimal or fractional numbers less than one , where it causes widespread error . |
| 19 | The main feature of the bureaucratic-technical class is that although it lacks effective control over the means of production its members do have control over the labour of others in their subordinate position in bureaucratic structures . |
| 20 | International Relocation Company , which specialises in home finding for expatriates , recommends giving at least two weeks ' notice for an appointment with a British day school although it says international schools may be viewed at short notice . |
| 21 | The use of multivariate analysis ( common in igneous geochemistry ) has been little applied to modal compositions of sediments , although it offers considerable potential . |
| 22 | This makes London the leading cross-border lending centre , although it faces intense competition from Japan . |
| 23 | Although it has innocent uses , devices like Happy Chip enable pirates to steal programs worth millions of pounds . |
| 24 | It is in this sector that women 's inferior economic position is of particular relevance , although it has specific repercussions in relation to council housing , too , as we discuss below . |
| 25 | The Lugg is in general a silty river , although it has natural riffles of gravel where the crowfoot also occurs . |
| 26 | Supporters say that although it provides vital support for millions , Oxfam has hardly any effect on the real causes of poverty and illness . |
| 27 | Irradiation helps preserve the shelf-life of perishable food by killing off bacteria , but in the face of protests by consumer groups who allege that it reduces nutritional value , a number of supermarket chains have undertaken not to stock irradiated food . |
| 28 | One of the problems arising from reliance on parental contributions is that it produces wide disparities between the resources available to schools with different catchment areas . |
| 29 | He regards PR as a crucial issue and when told that one of its main criticisms is that it produces indecisive government , he came out with that wonderfully ironic comment — ‘ like the weak old government in Switzerland and in Germany and nearly the whole of Europe ’ . |
| 30 | Secondly , there is nothing to suggest that using two languages detracts from either one of them or that it produces continued interference . |