Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If hysterectomy does change bowel function it seems likely from our data that the primary problem is in the act of defecation rather than in colonic function , as there was little or no change in stool form yet half the subjects felt they were prone to constipation and a quarter strained with every recorded defecation . |
| 2 | At the undergraduate level it offers two ordinary half courses in European Community Law , and four honours courses available to LLB honours students . |
| 3 | On the revenue side it meant such devices as changing the weighting of the staff mix so that a greater proportion of unqualified staff were employed than might ideally have been desired . |
| 4 | With a boat neck it had short sleeves , and Kate bit her lip as she realised it was going to have a pretty powerful impact . |
| 5 | When the Iranian government abrogated its CENTO membership it branded any neighbouring country that remained in CENTO as a lackey of imperialism and as hostile to Iran . |
| 6 | Since the ratings for the number of fixed objects in a film are not related to actual recognition sensitivity it seems likely that this information is not assisting subjects in the recognition phase . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | From this vantage point it becomes clearer , showing its rounded back to the west and a steep series of crags , cliffs and gullies to the north and east . |
| 9 | And the G M B demands that when the good committee report it makes such behaviour illegal . |
| 10 | Once public debate is permitted in the election period it becomes hard to prohibit it at other times . |
| 11 | As soon as she left the main tourist route it became quieter and darker . |
| 12 | It offended the friends and allies of the USA , especially in western Europe ; and in the Cold War years it provided splendid propaganda for her enemies in the Communist World . |
| 13 | Logix UK Ltd , Redhill , Surrey , the computer division of Korean giant Lucky Goldstar 's London-based international operation , is threatening to sue Logitek over the the Logix name — used for the conference event it hosted last week , as well as figuring in its on-going marketing plans for the coming year . |
| 14 | The information available through the payroll was : name man number payroll number ( hourly , weekly , monthly ) depot number birth date date of joining salary company division department marital status date left At a later date indicators were added for : membership of pension scheme savings scheme part-timers address job title It became apparent immediately that quite a lot could be done with a good program . |
| 15 | Even as I put my talons down I pulled them away , for I sensed something was wrong , but it was quicker than I and with a loud metal sound like the closing of a cage gate it sprang shut . |
| 16 | According to the Health and Safety Executive it costs British Industry more than £2 billion a year in absenteeism . |
| 17 | In Team D it proved impossible to identify sufficient cases . |
| 18 | If there is to be a full hearing of her application for a residence order it seems improbable that it could now be heard before the end of July at the earliest . |
| 19 | With the conventional weighing system it took some time for the information about packet weights to get to the point where decisions could be made to adjust either the oven or the wrapping machine . |
| 20 | Since the trends that I have observed are at work in most other fields of business activity it seems unlikely that the book trade will be able to avoid them . |
| 21 | So body language if you read a lot of the books on body language it takes one single action and it interprets it based on that . |
| 22 | Whatever the future of the ferry industry it seems clear that the Channel ports are bound to suffer sharp job losses in the short term . |
| 23 | As a cause of lung cancer it comes second only to smoking , and research shows that people who live in houses affected by the gas run a one in thirty chance of dying of lung cancer . |
| 24 | As a foundation material it has numerous advantages : it is strong , does not lose its shape and can be spun into strands sufficiently thin to allow fine weaving . |
| 25 | Texas Instruments Inc has developed a new low-cost multi-chip packaging technology it calls Multichip Module Laminate/Overlay in which the key element is Polyimide plastic . |
| 26 | Once a Bill or a proposed measure requiring parliamentary approval enters the lists and it is realised that an environmental impact assessment must be produced , and once it is decided to commission an environmental impact assessment it becomes public property . |
| 27 | Mr Widdup said : ‘ Having lost the planning battle it looked likely that we would have had to allow our property to be dug up for services like electricity and sewerage . |
| 28 | Out across the mud patch it looks empty . |
| 29 | For turbulence the problem manifests itself as follows : when one formulates an equation for the double correlation function it involves triple correlations , an equation for these involves fourth-order ones ; and so on . |
| 30 | As the traffic thickened towards the rush hour it got easier , but more boring , to stay fairly close behind him . |