Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The movie opened on 19 December 1973 to less-than-glowing reviews , although it made over $22.5 million , becoming one of the year 's top moneymakers . |
| 2 | It highlights the importance of theory ( although it covers only Marx , Freud and feminist approaches in its brief summaries ) and the argument is made that ‘ positivism ’ is the main reason for the rejection of research use by practioniers . |
| 3 | Although it works both ways . |
| 4 | It fears , and when it does not fear , it despises , non-conformity ; and if non-conformity must be allowed its say , it will gently rob it of all anger and all laughter , of all passion and all heartache , until it lacks both pith and point … |
| 5 | We do not know the immediate solution but if it continues then Malone must go and we think that we could have an excellent player-manager in big Davy Jeffrey . |
| 6 | Labour 's shadow Scottish Secretary , Tom Clarke , said the news emphasised Rosyth 's vulnerability if it secures only surface work . |
| 7 | The Soviet side formally rejected this in the course of the Washington talks on the grounds that it was too limited and one-sided , because it ignored both sea- and air-based MIRVs . |
| 8 | Keeping the Sabbath was originally one of the Ten Commandments because it kept aside time to honour the Creator . |
| 9 | We devote a significant part of The Northern Echo today to the report because it draws together information to give a picture of the region unavailable in any other form . |
| 10 | Because it cuts both ways . |
| 11 | Even ‘ Batman ’ , supposedly one of the most successful films of all time , has not officially made a net profit — partly because it paid around $50m to Jack Nicholson . |
| 12 | Ultimate has installed about 50 systems to date in the Commonwealth of Independent States ; Almazjuvelir Export can pay in hard currency because it exports over $1,000m annually in jewellery , precious metals and gemstones and holds exclusive rights to manufacture reproductions of the Faberge eggs . |
| 13 | But while it does so McEnroe is in the process of repeating last year 's slaughter . |
| 14 | The latest interest rate rise will also cause some genuine anger at next week 's Conservative Party conference in Blackpool , since it hits both mortgage-holders and entrepreneurs . |
| 15 | Sage Sterling +2 gives the potential purchaser the best of both worlds , though , since it includes both DOS and Windows versions . |
| 16 | ‘ Kalliste was the name given to this little lady before it became either Thera or Santorini , and a more singularly inapt name I can not imagine . |
| 17 | When it reached about 3ft I pinched out the top to make it branch , which it did most satisfactorily . |
| 18 | They were astonished to hear that in Britain it costs more than £3 to go to the cinema ( a Filipino obsession ) , when it costs only 3p in Dapitan , and to learn that teenage girls in Britain could go on a date with their boyfriends without a chaperone ; something disapproved of on Mindanao ) . |
| 19 | The privately owned Hawker Hunter was on its way to Liverpool Airport from East Anglia when it crashed yesterday afternoon . |
| 20 | Recognition came slowly , but , as she had feared , it came , and when it did so Havvie 's cruel eyes ran up and down her body . |
| 21 | Religion becomes an opiate when it sets apart God from the world and makes him a means of escape from suffering that is a part of life . ’ |
| 22 | Four-wheel-drive cuts out when the tractor 's forward speed goes above 9.3mph and is re-engaged when it drops below 8.7mph . |
| 23 | As it walked forward Blake saw a hand illuminated by the pale lights . |
| 24 | Other members objected to a formula as it takes away negotiation power from the Union and increased passivity . |
| 25 | As it happens both Dobies and Suttons are introducing new red onions for 1993 : Dobies have ‘ Red Delicious ’ from sets and Suttons have ‘ North Holland Blood Red — Redmate ’ . |
| 26 | This modification is not recommended for use with passive guitars as it reduces both volume and treble . |
| 27 | As it happened both Washington and Beijing were learning some of the skills of crisis management ( as well as " brinkmanship " ) , although a biographer of Eisenhower writes that the United States " came closer to using atomic weapons " in this crisis than at any other time in his presidency . |