Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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1 | No you 're looking at the wrong one , this eight down here where it says eight and then there 's an O and a Z , that 's eight ounces which is about two and something grams , we 're not worried about grams today , in ounces , oh , think that will be enough ? |
2 | In its uncharged ( unprotonated ) form , it diffuses into acid compartments such as the patietal cell lumen , where it becomes protonated and positively charged . |
3 | It is now possible for reporters to deliver copy via computer to the file server where it gets subbed and seamlessly rewritten by the editor . |
4 | The question which should be addressed in evaluation is whether the progress is satisfactory and , if not , where it falls short and could be improved . |
5 | Alice 's body felt cold and closed-up and stiff except where it felt sore and vulnerable , and her mind felt sore all over . |
6 | The concern of the authorities is that a dominant firm will price aggressively in those markets where it faces actual or potential competition with the intention of seeing off the competition . |
7 | Where it studies young and old subjects , it commonly implies their inferior status by investigating young subjects ' development towards adult thinking and feeling , and old subjects ' loss of these faculties . |
8 | Do not store up for yourselves treasure on earth , where it grows rusty and moth-eaten , and thieves break in to steal it . |
9 | More often , however , the term was reserved for Delaunay and his disciples , Bruce , Frost , Sonia Delaunay and Alice Bailly , and for painters such as Picabia , Kupka and Duchamp who had all been originally classified as Cubists but whose work was becoming more abstract , although it had little or nothing to do with that of Delaunay . |
10 | GKR 's business in London dominates its income , although it has Northern and Southern offices , in Leeds and Bath respectively . |
11 | Here , the shapely Am Bodach makes you ache to carry on , and although it looks sharp but simple , there is quite a vertigo-inducing section of easy scrambling at the top that may catch those without a head for heights unawares . |
12 | The language had to be one accessible to more than the ruling elite , so it became one or other dialect of the vernacular . |
13 | What 's more , a damp wall has a lower resistance to the passage of heat than a dry one , so it becomes colder and simply encourages more condensation . |
14 | The system works excellently over short distances but as the length of the tube increases , so it becomes more and more inefficient . |
15 | Gossard 's Smooth Basque is ideal for wedding gowns made from satin polyester so it feels luxurious and has detachable shoulder straps and suspenders . |
16 | went up there first and then so it got better and so it got better and , and Will was marvellous |
17 | went up there first and then so it got better and so it got better and , and Will was marvellous |
18 | Just as it seems strange and unnecessary that the law should have to choose between duress as a complete defence to murder , and duress as no defence at all , so it seems strange and unnecessary that a killing which narrowly fails to come within the requirements of self-defence or other justifiable force should then be classified as murder . |
19 | Under Art 85(3) , the Commission may exempt a restrictive agreement , provided it promotes technical or economic progress while allowing the consumer a fair share of the benefits . |
20 | She held the candle steady until it burned tall and pale , and the light swelled and smoothed the mellow wood of the walls , calling gaunt shadows out of empty air . |
21 | I will grow my hair out to its natural colour until it falls long and lank about my shoulders , allow my skin to fade to a startling winter white . |
22 | Soon , however , she did not have enough time to do this although someone had to relieve the poor beast , and the fresh creamy milk often sat in a gleaming churn in the corner of the kitchen untouched until it went rancid and had to be thrown away . |
23 | Continue removing the scum until it turns white and frothy : add a few tablespoons of cold water twice as you skim the surface . |
24 | Once a repetition has been observed to flow , it can be dammed like a river , building up the pressure until it becomes irresistible and the dam bursts . |
25 | Knead the dough until it becomes smooth and elastic . |
26 | " Lick it until it feels better and then go to sleep . " |
27 | She felt as fragile and foolish as a moth that beat itself against the hot glass of an electric bulb until it fell burned and spent , in its desperate doomed quest for the light . |
28 | Apparently this new method had been tried out down south and it seemed ideal for the temperamental Orkney climate because you harvested when it was green and then you put it in a pit and packed it with a tractor and then you left it until it turned black and rotted and then you cut it up in chunks and fed it to the cattle . |
29 | My little book will have performed -a useful function if it persuades one or two of the best of its readers to take up this career . |
30 | Someone once worked out that there were about a dozen words which appeared more often than any other in ad headlines , and concluded slightly illogically — that any ad would be better if it had one or more of them in the headline . |