Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Belgium , he remarked , was a state addicted to backstairs deals and perpetual campaigning , where it took 100 days just to form a government . |
| 2 | The nutty edge is carried through into the flavour , where it meets pleasant hints of green apples and greengages . |
| 3 | This religious dimension is conserved as a sub text in many political ideologies , where it furnishes particular articles of faith in the self-emancipation of ethnic minorities , or in their special role as makers of their own history . |
| 4 | Where it employs professional musicians full- or part-time it should ensure that their salaries take account of their training and qualifications as well as of the time and contribution which they are expected to give to the worship . |
| 5 | Together they plot to undermine and ruin their errant spouses by hitting them where it hurts corporate types the hardest : their egos and bank balances . |
| 6 | Extensive shallow lakes or lagoons of salt or soda water , where it builds conical heaps of mud on which to lay its eggs . |
| 7 | The failure of the Warsaw uprising , where it had several adherents among the Russian officers of the garrison , dealt the organization a severe blow . |
| 8 | Wheat was favoured , not merely because of its immediate importance as a basic food , but because it demanded least capital and least care , even where it meant wretched cultivations : only one-tenth of the cereal secano was farmed in regular rotations of wheat and legumes ; a quarter was cultivated only once every six or ten years . |
| 9 | Firstly , harmonisation of national policies , especially in areas where it offers obvious advantages , e.g. labour mobility . |
| 10 | And he told reporters before the meeting : ‘ I support the IRA 's right to engage in armed struggle — where it wages armed engagements is a matter for itself . ’ |
| 11 | The ribbon could be fed into a casting machine in another part of the building , where it cast single characters , producing a quality of type much better suited to bookwork than was a Linotype slug . |
| 12 | There was a shock for the SDLP in Newry and Mourne where it lost two seats , reducing its strength to 15 . |
| 13 | There was also a shock for the SDLP in Newry and Mourne where it lost two seats , reducing its strength to 15 . |
| 14 | The natural habitat is the coastal waters of West Africa between the Rivers Senegal and Congo , where it makes occasional excursions into freshwater . |
| 15 | When the main ( COM or EXE ) file reaches a stage where it needs additional instructions from a subsidiary file , it calls up that file and runs through those instructions to complete the task . |
| 16 | Chloroguanide was not itself a pyrimidine , but it was sufficiently close for it to be tested in L. casei , where it showed interesting effects , resembling some of Hitchings ' compounds . |
| 17 | It is particularly prevalent in developing countries where it claims 250000 victims each year . |
| 18 | Quality 's main geographical markets are the UK and Australia , where it has two offices , one in Melbourne and one in Sydney . |
| 19 | GTE Corp signed a definitive agreement with a subsidiary of Lynch Corp for the sale of its telephone service area in Kansas on undisclosed terms : GTE put 2,300 access lines in Kansas up for sale in January , where it has three employees serving 13 exchanges in the state ; after the purchase , Lynch will have 10,750 access lines in five states . |
| 20 | Above all , he seems to see only good in science , and ignores the dark side , where it has direct connections with exploitation , tyranny , and war . |
| 21 | International Relocation Company , which specialises in home finding for expatriates , recommends giving at least two weeks ' notice for an appointment with a British day school although it says international schools may be viewed at short notice . |
| 22 | Research , although it takes many forms , has recognisable characteristics . |
| 23 | Research , although it takes many forms , has recognisable characteristics . |
| 24 | Although it takes many years for a child to master the process of reading , once acquired , the skills are comprehensive and flexible enough to cope with a diversity of written material in a variety of fonts and formats ( including previously unknown ones such as unfamiliar handwriting ) . |
| 25 | The Baker-Aziz meeting was duly held in Geneva on Jan. 9 ; although it lasted six hours , no progress was made . |
| 26 | Although it retains some features in common with the ‘ orthodox account ’ it also departs from it significantly , especially in its emphasis on the importance of ‘ justice ’ within prisons . |
| 27 | Fortunately , that family was able to put in extra money — although it meant some sacrifices , such as doing without holidays and so on — but I contend that if those two girls had come from a less fortunate background , they simply would not have been able to continue their courses in current circumstances . |
| 28 | In recent years , however , the canine colon has become a standard model for colonic motility studies and , although it displays some kinds of contractile activity not seen in man , it has been useful for investigating neuropharmacological interactions . |
| 29 | In 1976 the Layfield Report , Local Government Finance , suggested that a local income tax should supplement the rates , although it listed many difficulties associated with such a venture . |
| 30 | The opposition SDPJ failed to repeat its 1989 triumph , although it won 22 seats and maintained its pre-election strength of 69 upper house members . |