Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What ‘ Back In Denim ’ is really saying as it launches spiteful attacks on Duran Duran and mourns David Cassidy 's retirement , is that Pop Music Is Important , as much a part of our lives , our personalities as the polluted air we breathe and the clothes we choose to wear . |
| 2 | It is economical because it allows a high temperature to be maintained in just a small area , and useful as it encourages speedy germination of seeds and rapid rooting of cuttings . |
| 3 | It denotes different levels in the staff hierarchy . |
| 4 | In Shklovsky 's view , Sterne 's Tristram Shandy consists of a series of violations of literary conventions which draw our attention to the forms of fiction ; in so doing it transforms formal questions into content . |
| 5 | A baby separated from its mother also uses infrasound , and when suckling it emits infrasonic versions of a human baby 's gurgles . |
| 6 | It goes round corners as if it 's on rails . ’ |
| 7 | It hardly seemed to augur well for the firm 's chances when it goes head-to head with the likes of Brown Boveri ASEA or GEC Alsthom . |
| 8 | This has the advantage of relating expenditure to sales , but it discourages innovative approaches to advertising expenditure and does not allow for distinctions to be made between products or sales territories . |
| 9 | Entitled Challenge , it ‘ will be progressive in the sense that it understands Christian faith to be of necessity a commitment to the cause of all who are oppressed , discriminated against or unjustly treated . ’ |
| 10 | Such responsibilities as education and social services are carried out by North Yorkshire County Council but could become those of Richmondshire if it wins unitary status under any local government changes . |
| 11 | The central paradox of this kind of ‘ trading places ’ is that through the very symmetry of its inversions it postulates imaginary correspondences between black and white positions even as it seeks to naturalize difference and domination . |
| 12 | ‘ The only way that 's going to happen is if it receives wholehearted support from the clubs , ’ he said . |
| 13 | In common with these base emotions it receives general condemnation as an anti-social force which , by its very nature , is inherently immoral and despicable . |
| 14 | It receives concrete expression in the first instance in the proletarian control of industry , in general — in the proletarian leadership of the entire economic life of the country . |
| 15 | Detecting water movements helps many insects of fast-flowing streams to maintain their position , and it alerts aquatic leeches to the approach of animals which might provide a meal of blood . |
| 16 | Finally , as prices range from £15,190 to £26,910 it represents superb value for such a high specification . |
| 17 | I hope that the Opposition will get their act together on the Bill and recognise that it represents enormous investment in Wales and something that will put Cardiff and Wales generally on the world map in a very big way . |
| 18 | It represents positive results in 75 per cent of games , with 32 wins by the home side and 22 by the visitors . |
| 19 | It involves close cooperation between central and local authorities and is designed to ensure that large scale developments bring the greatest possible benefit to the areas in which they are sited through , for example , the use of local labour and materials . |
| 20 | This position requires strong written and verbal communication skills as it involves close interaction with synthetic chemists , biologists and biochemists in addition to the other members of the Analytical Chemistry Group . |
| 21 | As we have seen , this involves far more than the language being used ; it involves pre-existent knowledge of the world . |
| 22 | It involves regular inspection of every church , and embraces not only the fabric of the buildings but their contents and churchyards . |
| 23 | It involves regular tests on grass , water , even cows milk . |
| 24 | The remarkable thing about Daryl Runswick 's operatic project , following a tradition set by Britten himself and acknowledged as such by the generous support of the Aldeburgh Foundation , is that it involves whole classes from primary and middle schools around Suffolk , not just the few so prematurely labelled ‘ musical ’ . |
| 25 | It involves detailed description of what is actually said and done by the participants . |
| 26 | It involves detailed examination of commercial records and discussion with virtually all company functions that come in contact with the products and markets to be analysed . |
| 27 | It involves careful placing of the services to meet and match the client 's family network as far as possible . |
| 28 | It involves national teams of four/five historians and will result in a book to be published in all three countries in 1993 . |
| 29 | The crucial feature of the market as a coordination device is that it involves voluntary exchange of goods and services between two parties at a known price . |
| 30 | Thus it involves massive amounts of reporting , in person or on paper , to keep everyone up to date : |