Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [adj] on " in BNC.
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1 | Although it bases this on American experience , my colleague at SPRU , Steve Thomas , has recently shown that Westinghouse 's PWRs above 1000 MWe ( the relevant group for comparison ) have not , on average , achieved annual load factors of 60 per cent even after 7 or 8 years of operation . |
2 | Now , the reason why we 're getting a fairly high test statistic is that er , that distribution , although it looks normal on the left hand side , it does n't look particularly normal erm on the right and that we are missing some observations , we are missing some values of the residuals er in one area of the graph , nevertheless if we had a larger sample , right we probably erm , right it does n't look , that looks quite encouraging in actual fact , those residuals do seem to be er normally distributed er what the test statistic is doing er it 's saying it 's performing a , it 's a kiescraper two test , it 's making two restrictions , one of which is saying , is the distribution of these residuals symmetric er and also it 's testing whether there 's one of the tails is a lot larger or a lot longer than the other tail of the distribution and er test statistics fairly high but we would n't reject the null of normality at the five percent level so our test statistic is four point zero eight and the critical value is five point nine nine and that the five percent significance level , so we 've got reasonably er robust residuals . |
3 | Enthusiasm and commitment radiates outwards until it touches those on the edge of the circle and draws them in . |
4 | In a case brought by the RSPCA , it 's alleged that a horse was repeatedly beaten with a whip after it became stuck on a high gate . |
5 | The case was brought by the RSPCA after claims that the animal was subjected to brutality when it became stuck on a five bar gate . |
6 | Gordon Smith , Caledonian 's sales director — the company is increasing its sponsorship though it remains coy on an amount — said it viewed the association with Currie as long term . |