Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She rewarded him with such a beaming smile that he took the memory of it into the surgery with him , where it stayed all morning , brightening the day for him . |
| 32 | Quality 's main geographical markets are the UK and Australia , where it has two offices , one in Melbourne and one in Sydney . |
| 33 | GTE Corp signed a definitive agreement with a subsidiary of Lynch Corp for the sale of its telephone service area in Kansas on undisclosed terms : GTE put 2,300 access lines in Kansas up for sale in January , where it has three employees serving 13 exchanges in the state ; after the purchase , Lynch will have 10,750 access lines in five states . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | 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 ) . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | Secondly , there are a number of different types of situation where there is missing information : either the recogniser produces no candidates for a letter string , or it produces some candidates . |
| 39 | Where the licensing board decides to hold a hearing as mentioned in subsection ( 4 ) above : ( a ) the clerk of the board shall serve on the holder of the licence , not less than 21 days before the hearing , a notice that the board proposes to hold a hearing , specifying the complaint and the grounds upon which suspension of the licence is sought ; ( b ) the clerk of the board shall give notice of the hearing to the complainer ; ( c ) any person or body mentioned in section 16(1) of this Act may , not less than 7 days before the hearing , lodge notice with the clerk of the board that he or it wishes to be heard in support of suspension of the licence specifying the grounds on which he or it seeks such suspension , an any such notice shall be intimated by such person to the holder of the licence ; ( d ) the board shall not order suspension of a licence without hearing the holder thereof unless after receiving due notice of the hearing the holder fails to appear . |
| 40 | If judicial review is seen as going further and being concerned with the protection of groups as well as individuals , standing rules should only require that the applicant show that he , she or it shares some interest with others . |
| 41 | Although it receives little publicity outside the ICI Group , Chlor-chemicals is one of ICI 's longest standing and most consistently successful businesses . |
| 42 | Its platform was explicitly anti-immigration , although it denied any sympathy with neo-Nazis . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | By 1920 it was appreciated that the Great War had brought about many changes , particularly in Europe and around the Mediterranean area ; Europe 's domination of the world had been weakened , and there was a marked decline in ‘ colonisation ’ , as well as a gradual change from ‘ British Empire ’ to ‘ British Commonwealth ’ , although it took another war to finalise that process . |
| 45 | When they were not , they switched to cockles ( although it took some time for them to learn the technique of shell penetration ) . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | Research , although it takes many forms , has recognisable characteristics . |
| 48 | Research , although it takes many forms , has recognisable characteristics . |
| 49 | Although it takes many years for a child to master the process of reading , once acquired , the skills are comprehensive and flexible enough to cope with a diversity of written material in a variety of fonts and formats ( including previously unknown ones such as unfamiliar handwriting ) . |
| 50 | Blood heat should be the highest temperature for a smooth glossy result , although it takes more time to melt . |
| 51 | David Clark 's committee of 25 years ago , irreverently referred to in some quarters as the ‘ Dave Clark Five ’ although it contained 13 people , took as its main brief the worsening financial position of the game consequent upon the postwar trend of falling attendances for first-class matches and declining membership of county clubs . |
| 52 | Although it achieved classic status , it did not become generally known until the late Victorian period , when Frances Hodgson Burnett [ q.v. ] , who had read the book as a child , retold part of it from memory in St Nicholas in 1887 , and the proper text was ‘ rediscovered ’ . |
| 53 | By 1911 , when Italy 's newly launched first Dreadnought battleship was significantly named the Dante Alighieri , it claimed 50,000 members ; but although it enjoyed considerable official support it had little influence on government policy . |
| 54 | The Baker-Aziz meeting was duly held in Geneva on Jan. 9 ; although it lasted six hours , no progress was made . |
| 55 | The use of multivariate analysis ( common in igneous geochemistry ) has been little applied to modal compositions of sediments , although it offers considerable potential . |
| 56 | Although it retains some features in common with the ‘ orthodox account ’ it also departs from it significantly , especially in its emphasis on the importance of ‘ justice ’ within prisons . |
| 57 | In the 1950s , the government of Colonel Oscar Osorio ( 1950–6 ) passed a law prohibiting prostitution in El Salvador , although it had little effect beyond filling the prisons for a short time . |
| 58 | Oh aye aye er there was always that in the back of their mind that the the more rivets they put in per day , although it meant more money at the end of the week possibly , er it also meant that the the boat was therefore progressing or the ship was progressing that quick , that they were getting nearer the gate as the the saying went . |
| 59 | Fortunately , that family was able to put in extra money — although it meant some sacrifices , such as doing without holidays and so on — but I contend that if those two girls had come from a less fortunate background , they simply would not have been able to continue their courses in current circumstances . |
| 60 | The new year would see a disintegration of the unanimity of the DCAC 's supporters ; the committee had grave doubts about the wisdom of the PD march from Belfast to Derry , although it arranged material support and a welcoming rally for the marchers . |