Example sentences of "[prep] it [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of it requires mental effort to work through , effort which Taylor should have put in before writing off Darwinian explanations as ‘ pathetic ’ or ‘ ludicrous . |
| 2 | This is an absolute necessity and to work in defiance of it means total failure . |
| 3 | Though it travels through some wonderful hill country the Way is n't a tough route — much of it follows level footpaths with plenty of riverside walking . |
| 4 | The solar wind carried its own magnetic field , and as this sweeps past it causes electrical currents to flow in the Moon . |
| 5 | Contact with it turns new wine sour , crops touched by it become barren , grafts die , seeds in gardens are dried up , the edge of steel and the gleam of ivory are dulled , hives of bees die , even bronze and iron are at once seized by rust , and a horrible smell fills the air ; to taste it drives dogs mad and infects their bites with an incurable poison … |
| 6 | However , the Central Food Technological Research Institute in Mysore has shown that although the hyacinth is relatively rich in crude protein , protein extracted from it contains large quantities of unfavourable minerals . |
| 7 | The concept of ‘ objectivity ’ is not neutral in English culture nor in international affairs in the modern world ; the appeal to it has significant implications not only for status but , more crucially , for power and control of resources . |
| 8 | It is not possible for those who are weak to apply this soul force for it makes great demands on those who would use it . |