Example sentences of "[noun pl] it [vb -s] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suffice it to say that in any extended study of the martial arts it warrants closer examination . |
| 2 | It is clear that ethanol has a duel action on the secretory function of the gastric parietal cell ; at low concentrations it stimulates gastric secretion and at high concentrations it has no effect or an inhibitory one . |
| 3 | Another accolade has fallen at the feet of Patricia Grant , already honoured with an OBE by the Queen for her efforts in building up Norfrost , the domestic freezer supplier which exports 75 per cent of the 5,000 units it produces each week . |
| 4 | In civil operations this affects revenue earning potential and therefore profitability and in military environments it affects operational readiness . |
| 5 | In common with these base emotions it receives general condemnation as an anti-social force which , by its very nature , is inherently immoral and despicable . |
| 6 | AS Lyles customer base grows to include an ever increasing number of independent retailers it places increasing marketing emphasis on their point of sale material . |
| 7 | Simply ideal for families it has direct access on to the beach and offers a wide range of holiday activities for children . |
| 8 | Amid talk of rebuilding and reorganising resources it appears suitable material is in short supply . |
| 9 | ‘ For many farmers it spells financial disaster and few of the smaller ones have recovered . |
| 10 | PagePlus is cheap , and for single-page work like flyers , headed stationary and ads it represents good value — in my judgement , which is based on my experience as well as my prejudices . |
| 11 | Whatever it is called , in many ways it has more going for it than Greenness and can even incorporate it . |
| 12 | Much of America 's apparent lead in intelligence technology and the vast sums it spends each year on these organisations has been negated by the large number of spies and traitors continually found within them . |
| 13 | So the idea is you have some kind of token so that er , classic example in sort of junior schools , primary schools , that y'know if a child actually does what you want it to do , it gets a kind of star in a star chart and added up so many stars it gets some kind of present and basically the same kind of thing can be applied in clinical and in occupational settings as well . |
| 14 | Compared with Burton 's or that of Sir John Gell [ q.v. ] for 1659 his diary is somewhat slight , but as the only internal account and commentary on the debates it has unique value . |
| 15 | For obvious reasons it has special appeal for those who , on either political or temperamental grounds , feel a need to justify such institutions as chattel slavery , colonial domination , or any other of the cruder forms of economic exploitation . |
| 16 | It specialises in motor insurance and has doubled the number of policies it sells each year as well as moving into household insurance . |
| 17 | If they are , in many cases it means certain death for them . |
| 18 | And at times it criticizes class-based politics , for its omission and marginalization of gender issues . |
| 19 | At times it brings woman-centred feminism into alliance with postfeminist discourses , in which gender politics are similarly softpedalled . |
| 20 | Although the inflammation is usually mild , on occasions it causes great distress . |