Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these days of restrictions on capital investment it makes good sense to adapt to current and probable future needs when incurring capital expenditure . |
| 2 | It was at a height of nearly 3,000 metres & the air outside was well below freezing , but the lava tunnel was in an area of recent activity , and as a result it boasted beautiful underfloor heating . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | After the restart it took Red Alligator longer to break clear of the freshmen . |
| 5 | In the New Testament it means total allegiance . |
| 6 | Despite its apparent relativism , in practice it defined alternative centres of cultural authority primarily in terms of their difference from the norm of English culture , not in their uniqueness and their discontinuities . |
| 7 | As a rule it contains varying proportions of base or less precious metals . |
| 8 | In the short term it proposes increased monitoring to ensure that the highest standards of pesticide use are maintained . |
| 9 | For the short term it sees patchy signs of improvement and no speedy recovery . |
| 10 | It did so not only through the stringent processing of applications and the guidance it offered individual institutions , but also through more general analysis of the problems faced by institutions making the transition from ‘ monotechnic ’ to diversified colleges . |
| 11 | If it gets into the predator 's nose it can injure the tissues there and if it enters the mouth it causes violent vomiting . |
| 12 | On the plus side it tolerates high temperatures . |
| 13 | create the illusion that the ‘ dangerous ’ class is primarily located at the bottom of various hierarchies by which we ‘ measure ’ each other , such as occupational prestige , income level , housing market location , educational achievement , racial attributes — in this illusion it fuses relative poverty and criminal propensities and sees them both as effects of moral inferiority , thus rendering the ‘ dangerous ’ class deserving of both poverty and punishment ; |
| 14 | As with the acquisition of any skill it requires conscious effort as each skill is practised to the point where it becomes effortless ( see Skilful behaviour on page 155 ) . |
| 15 | On the other hand , like any moulded surface of this type it has fat needles , rather than the brush-type filaments of a normal plastic slope . |
| 16 | Football had been a traditionally rowdy and sometimes violent game , but as a regulated spectator sport it provided novel opportunities for conflicts between the players , referees and fans , and there is a well documented history of pitch invasions , attacks on referees and players , and fighting between rival fans throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and into the new century . |
| 17 | For the language teacher it provides powerful clues concerning the causes of the sensation of floundering in conversation to which we referred earlier . |
| 18 | To be of value in war it required Egyptian co-operation . |
| 19 | From the outside it looks uninhabited facing on to the icy , wind-ravaged sidewalks as anonymously as any of the disused warehouse and industrial buildings that litter the once-thriving district . |
| 20 | In town it requires vast amounts of arm-flailing lock but is never what you could call light . |
| 21 | Nonetheless , the significance of Lukacs 's theory is that even in a post-Stalinist epoch it presents socialist realism as rich in possibilities . |
| 22 | In the process it invented mass entertainment , the 10-lane freeway and smog . |
| 23 | Every day it carries secretarial appointments . |
| 24 | Every day it serves identical food to 19 million people and swallows $1.3 million profits . |
| 25 | Cos if you see on top it says regional accent . |
| 26 | From the top it provides magnificent views of the city 's famous skyline . |
| 27 | Although the merger gave Roh control of 216 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly it provoked widespread resentment on the grounds that it effectively removed the elected opposition . |
| 28 | The hull was unrecognisable as such ; half out of water it became unidentifiable debris . |
| 29 | Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution it boasts award-winning museums , heritage sites and first-class accommodation in beautiful Shropshire countryside . |
| 30 | I welcome the Bill , even though on the surface it hands considerable powers from Parliament to Ministers . |