Example sentences of "[noun sg] and it [vb -s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So erm what I 'm trying to say here then is that the federal government is important , the federal government tries wherever possible to guide states into , into good practice and it offers rewards to states to comply with , with federal er guidelines so that , you know , if you want federal aid for er a particular project you have to , if you accept federal money , you have to ensure that you meet certain standards or certain conditions , but a very convenient way of enforcing civil rights er policies . |
| 2 | It blames the poor , it blames the unemployed , it blames industry and it blames commerce for the mess that we 're in and never says anything about itself . |
| 3 | It puts people off fishing and it puts people off me . ’ |
| 4 | This latter approach is known as programme budgeting and it identifies amounts allocated to individual services . |
| 5 | We caress the foal and it learns affection for us . |
| 6 | ‘ Both sides played their part and it shows football can be played with passion and pride without resorting to thumping the ball forward . ’ |
| 7 | You know , the one where you sit there and lie through your teeth about spending every waking hour flossing and probing and massaging and never go out of an evening without your single-headed brush , and the Aussie hygienist who looks like Brooke Shields on a good day takes one prod at your gum and it spouts blood like Moby Dick on a bad day and the game 's up there and then . |
| 8 | This ‘ instinctive revulsion from regulation ’ is the foundation of his libertarian heritage and it gives rise to a particular vision of how broadcasting should develop and what its purposes should be . |
| 9 | It is worth money and it costs money . |
| 10 | Oxford 's Radcliffe Infirmary has developed new technology that could save lives : it 's called image link and it allows images from hospital scanners to be transmitted down the telephone line to a consultant at the Infirmary . |
| 11 | It is well known that despite substantial industrial and occupational changes , the degree of gender segregation in employment is still substantial , it is strongly associated with inequality and it restricts women 's career opportunities . |
| 12 | ‘ The caring may not be true caring , ’ Bloch explains , ‘ but it is in the right measure and it gets results . ’ |
| 13 | I have come to the same conclusion that some a method of appointment is in fact right and it makes sense . |
| 14 | It brightens up the place and it gives artists a chance to show what they can do ; and it does encourage others to try their hand at painting or drawing . |
| 15 | of handling them through the , through the assessment and statementing process and it has implications in terms of finding the resources to support those children once the statements of provision are , are drawn up . |
| 16 | In Japan each union caters for workers employed within a particular enterprise and it concludes agreements with the management of that same enterprise . |
| 17 | ‘ It seems to me that if one sets up a quango and it spends 26% of the money disbursed on its own administration , that is a pretty high percentage . ’ |
| 18 | It is controlled by a computer keyboard and it understands LOGO 's simple commands . |
| 19 | It generates interest in Apple and it sells hardware . |
| 20 | This notwithstanding , LIFFE 's Bund contract volumes have remained healthy at over 900,000 contracts per month and it remains LIFFE 's most important contract . |
| 21 | The initial release provides up to 254 simultaneous mainframe sessions , file transfer through CICS and CMS and support for IBM 's NetView network management system ; it also supports Santa Cruz Unix and Interactive Unix and it costs $7,250 . |
| 22 | This needs careful planning and it makes sense to start saving early . |
| 23 | Out of the two authors , I prefer Harper Lee 's style of writing because she is much more fluent in her writing and it contains energy , happiness , sadness , and really imaginative descriptions . |
| 24 | The noxious substance contained in the two anal glands , one on either side of the animal 's rectum , is called butyl mercaptan and it plays havoc with a predator 's face . |
| 25 | This in turn offers trainees the possibility of taking an objective look at their own performance and it gives trainers the chance to assess that performance . |
| 26 | That is a fact of life and it influences unemployment . |
| 27 | The most common type used by gardeners is drawn through the earth by rotors that dig the soil and it takes practice to get the knack of using it . |
| 28 | The police national computer is one of the most comprehensive record systems in the world and it gives police officers across the country rapid access to vital information round the clock , every day of the year . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , Mike Hooper is to retain his status as Liverpool 's current No 1 goalkeeper and it appears Bruce Grobbelaar will be allowed to leave . |
| 30 | The result : LANtastic for TCP/IP , is due to ship this autumn and it provides LANtastic clients with a range of terminal emulations , File Transfer Protocol between Digital Equipment Corp , IBM Corp and Unix hosts and distributed file sharing using the Network File System protocol . |