Example sentences of "a [noun] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be a bit awkward when you start off but once you 've done it a bit it gets easier . |
| 2 | Next week , Mr Irons and Sheriff Nicholson are to petition the Court of Session to reverse a decision it took last year , effectively removing them as Torrie trustees , and making the university the sole trustee of the collection . |
| 3 | And normally if I get near a computer it goes wrong . |
| 4 | An amino acid is a chemical sub-unit of a protein , and ultimately everything that happens in a cell it produces some kind of protein , so you can see that erm the triplet or produces erm which is one of the , one of the er amino acids and so on and there are also punctuation marks U A A or U A G means stop , as does U G A , so when , when a R N A template running through a gets to a sequence which reads , where was it now , U A A it stops reading because it knows it 's got to the end of the gene . |
| 5 | The deficit , according to the Finance Ministry , represented 5 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) — a figure it believed acceptable to the IMF . |
| 6 | This gerbil is strictly nocturnal in contrast to some of the more common rodents , and as a result it suffers more predation by the owls than do the others . |
| 7 | It was at a height of nearly 3,000 metres & the air outside was well below freezing , but the lava tunnel was in an area of recent activity , and as a result it boasted beautiful underfloor heating . |
| 8 | As a result it enters 1993 with the twin objectives of expanding its home sales and divesting some of its landholdings . |
| 9 | As a rule it contains varying proportions of base or less precious metals . |
| 10 | A company has set up fair value provisions for the reorganisation costs of a subsidiary it acquired last year . |
| 11 | ‘ When I was a girl it took twelve yards of cloth just to make an underskirt for a ball gown . |
| 12 | Mum this is supposed to be a silhouette it looks more like a black tree to me ha ha it 's supposed to be a silhouette . |
| 13 | All of a sudden it sounded friendlier , more reasonable . |
| 14 | After a moment it became clear that Alexei was excusing himself . |
| 15 | I spat on my finger , rubbed it in the soot , then applied it to my eyebrow so that although it was not too convincing at close range , from a distance it looked natural enough . |
| 16 | From a distance it resembled some piece of modern sculpture : disjointed planes , random angles , a lot of holes . |
| 17 | After a while it grew apparent that Tara 's verdict on Guy was fairly accurate . |
| 18 | This was an irrational longing too , but after a while it became irresistible . |
| 19 | For a while it organised mass meetings outside Eastbourne and Rye and sought to push up wages during the harvest season . |
| 20 | All are searching for peace of mind and for a while it seem that Ilmorog can offer this . |
| 21 | For a while it preserved some of its glory in South Park as the rare postcard ( borrowed from the collection in the Bygones shop in McMullen Road ) shows . |
| 22 | But six weeks without a lamp it seems ridiculous does n't it ? |
| 23 | That seems reasonable does n't it , for a Wednesday it seems reasonable . |
| 24 | For a start it sounds clumsy , and the likely structure is n't immediately obvious . |
| 25 | As a method it demands prolonged looking and a thorough examination of the surface counters of an image before response is made at the depth counter level . |
| 26 | According to Nevile Wallis , talk was Minton 's natural medium of expression : ‘ One moment his sallow lantern mask was set in rigor mortis : then at a cue it became animated , and his marvellous gaiety and affectionate raillery would flow unchecked . |
| 27 | In a sense it reflects one of the themes of my novels : the mingling of the present and past and the ways the boundaries of time can seem strangely impermanent . |
| 28 | Chased by police vehicles and a helicopter it rammed three cars as it careered down the wrong side of city centre roads . |
| 29 | Referring to ‘ active citizenship ’ as defined by Douglas Hurd , he wrote : ‘ As a platitude it has much to commend it . |
| 30 | At least in a plane it feels logical to be flying . |