Example sentences of "[det] [conj] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Yeah but you just put this if it says joystick er
2 ‘ There are a number of problems with this and it uses NHS money in a quite fruitless way . ’
3 I enjoyed doing this because it took people by surprise .
4 Did Purcell start with this because it needed revision and transposition before it could be published ?
5 However , the optical properties of a simple calcite lens in contact with water are such that it transmits light in a diffused way and can not bring it to a sharply focused point .
6 Is the concept of sensation involved in these sentences such that it makes sense to say that the same sensation is excited by the presence to our organs of numerous objects , or is it such that numerous objects ( and , indeed , the same object at different times ) can not but excite different , though possibly exactly similar sensations ?
7 The motion of the ions and electrons in the sheet is such that it gives rise to a net current around Jupiter .
8 Public relations is thus concerned with a company or brand reputation which must be such that it gives people confidence in the company , providing the company with total credibility .
9 The force of the impact between rope and throat was such that it ruptured ligament and cartilage in Putt 's larynx .
10 The cellular structure of a coconut tree is such that it convects moisture from its roots to its branches .
11 The plane was loaded down so much that it had difficulty in skimming the tops of those large mountains , but I was not troubled , thinking that the pilot was a well-trained American , until after an hour of this mountain hopping a small Chinese face appeared at the cockpit door and said , ‘ Is you all all-lite ? ’
12 Public prosecutor Andrei Makarov declared afterwards that it had been significant " not so much because it punished Ostashvili , but because it brought to light the forces standing behind this small figure and exposed the fascism which is growing in society " .
13 Problem solving can require ideas as much as it does information .
14 The Church of the Latter Day Saints abhors divorce and abortion as much as it does alcohol and caffeine .
15 I remember he once told me not to move the head too much as it weighs 22lbs .
16 Quite independent of the way higher education may be funded , there is a need for higher education institutions to rethink their role and function just as much as it behoves industry , commerce and the public services .
17 Britain needs chemists as much as it needs doctors and as a result there will be high employment prospects for chemistry graduates in the future .
18 One thing about him that was widely known was the fact that he was a businessman , and so it was as such that he was welcomed ; the party could even claim some credit for being the first to elect a businessman as its leader — much as it claimed credit in 1975 for electing a woman , although Margaret Thatcher had certainly not been chosen for that reason .
19 When this scheme was unveiled , it terrified laymen ( including many Tory MPs ) almost as much as it infuriated doctors .
20 Kevin 's brother , who fancied himself as an amateur psychologist , said you did n't really forget things like that and it meant Lyn must unconsciously want not to wear it — ergo , not to be married .
21 The four-year-old won a juvenile hurdle before that and it seems trainer Jimmy FitzGerald has brought about considerable improvement by asking his four-year-old to tackle much longer distances on the Flat than last year .
22 It can not have pleased Kimon , the Spartans ' friend , any more than it pleased politicians of more obviously radical complexion .
23 He reached the milestone in just under three years — but his 109 matches were five more than it took Lewis Jones , of Leeds , to hit the same target in the 1950s .
24 Literature does not copy language any more than it copies reality .
25 It also put an end to any enjoyment of the meal , because Marguerite seemed to sink into a gloomy silence that worried Jenna far more than it did Alain .
26 What concerned him more than it did George was that the child would be a boy .
27 And secondly , I think the second one is exactly the same as it stands Madam Chairman .
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