Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For present purposes it is sufficient to note that the expression embraces the period of two years prior to the onset of insolvency in the case of transactions at an undervalue and of preferences given to a person connected with the company , provided that at the time of the transaction the company was unable to pay its debts or it became unable to pay its debts by reason of the transaction . |
| 2 | However , ‘ Motherese ’ is composed of many different characteristics and it seems reasonable to suppose that there is considerable variation among adults in respect of how far these features are reflected in their speech to young children . |
| 3 | This latest book turns the spotlight on the human aspects and it offers excellent entertainment . |
| 4 | Although ( until its last days ) all votes in both houses of the Supreme Soviet were unanimously in favour of government proposals , both specific and general policy criticisms were made in speeches and it seems certain that these were sometimes seriously considered by party and government in formulating future policy . |
| 5 | I have had the advantage of reading those speeches and it seems appropriate that I should set out my conclusions without repeating in detail the facts and points for decision in those authorities . |
| 6 | Graphic Communication is a new subject in Scottish schools and it replaces Technical Drawing . |
| 7 | ‘ It only came a couple of inches over the white line , he hit the brakes and it shot one way and then the other , ’ he said . |
| 8 | down into his arteries and we ca n't get anything down there so they 're blocked , but he said how the hell he survived that op I do n't know he said they could 've done more with his legs but it meant another hour and a quarter minutes in surgery , and he said he 'd had enough we could n't have kept him on the table a minute longer so he said all we can do is wait , so now mum said well he 's alright in intensive care , he 's responding well , getting over the operation well , but what we was worried about was him breathing on his own , had he , had he been you see , anyway he said this on er Thursday |
| 9 | The romance lasted for only two months but it had amusing , melodramatic aspects . |
| 10 | The company developed HFCS in the 1970s ; now soft drinks giants such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi use it instead of sugar to sweeten almost all their non-diet brands and it has 30 per cent of the North American sweetener market . |
| 11 | It 's less usual to enjambe stanzas than it is to enjambe lines and it creates this continuous flow . |
| 12 | The organisation has developed an assessment package which enables members to determine their quality positioning against internationally recognised role models and it runs common interest working parties where member companies can work together solving problems of quality progression and sharing knowledge and experience over such issues as benchmarking and the cost of non-conformance with quality . |
| 13 | The diameter of its mouth is 9½ feet and it weighs 17 tons — the largest bell in Britain . |
| 14 | Thus , all ‘ go ’ periods tended to be followed by ‘ stop ’ periods and it became difficult to achieve long-term economic growth . |
| 15 | For the time being , however , he did not discard his academic first-class honours and it remains one of the oddities of his life that the first published work of the future Nazi propagandist was a scholarly contribution to the Revue of English Studies in 1928 : ‘ A Note on the Mid Back Slack Unrounded Vowel [ a ] in the English of Today . ’ |
| 16 | Although there is no clear evidence , reference made in Van Gogh 's letters indicates that the sexton 's house was on the north side of Turnham Green ( now Acton Green ) , and although he referred to a Methodist school , in all probability the church at Turnham Green was another of the non-conforming denominations and it seems likely that the little wooden church at Turnham Green , which he had sketched , was the earliest Congregational Church , sited off Chiswick High Road , opposite to its junction with Chiswick Road , and just west of King 's Place , The little church was probably in use prior to the erection , in 1878 , of the large Congregational Church on the adjoining sit . |
| 17 | But it would be old lamps and Peedie bits of and when you speak about long ago times I associate the smell of paraffin and sawdust and cooking apples and all that you go into Peedie shops and there was a fine relationship , you go in and Well I used to be for the old folk and they were all awful good to me , and the particular and we used to go every Saturday night to a shop called Blacks and it stayed open till nine o'clock . |
| 18 | As land gradually ceased to be the major source of middle class wealth , and as salaries became more important , so marriage ceased to be an essentially dynastic settlement between two kin groups and it became possible to grant women more freedom , both emotional ( to marry whom they wished ) and legal , within marriage . |
| 19 | The most I have played at one time is probably seven hours and it becomes agonising , it tightens your arm up terribly . ’ |
| 20 | And if I should change my mind and find the abbey not to my liking , or if Joan returns and it becomes expedient to resume our true identities , then so be it . |
| 21 | The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow . |
| 22 | The party addressed much of its effort to workers and it enrolled few peasant members , yet the peasant question was central to its programme and during the revolution of 1905 it exerted considerable influence in the All-Russian Peasants ' Union . |
| 23 | Marriage is one of the elements which leads to the formation and the maintenance of the inequality between classes and it does this at the expense of women . |
| 24 | Our masters have had to size up the capacity they have at different plants and it made more sense to move production to Leeds |
| 25 | There have been smiths for very many years and it seems likely that workings excavated at Killellan by Colin Burgess in 1974 were those of a bronze age smith . |
| 26 | Blenheim Palace has the kind of gardens to intimidate most keen amateurs but it welcomed hundreds of enthusiasts to its first autumn flower show , opened by palace owner the Duke of Marlborough . |
| 27 | This is intended to reflect her costs as ‘ carer ’ of the child(ren) but it seems probable that many people will interpret it as being money for her maintenance . |
| 28 | Where root crops are fed on the ground to cattle the rabbit has easy pickings and it remains interested and satisfied with the debris littering a field that once held a root crop . |
| 29 | But EC politicians are meeting later this month to discuss maternity rights and it seems likely that Britain will be forced to bring in a more generous package . |
| 30 | For weeks he was the trouble of my dreams and it took real courage to go to see him in Attila the Hun . |