Example sentences of "a [noun sg] it [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The economist John Maynard Keynes advocated just such an approach in the Thirties , arguing that during a recession it made sense because there were idle resources available . |
| 2 | As a result it shows evidence of a score of repairs , some of them very extensive . |
| 3 | It sold out quickly and after a repressing it reached number four in the independent chart published in Melody Maker . |
| 4 | When first setting up a fence it takes time to adjust the three wires at the tackle end so that they are under equal tension ( the far end having already been secured to a strong chain link , which in turn is fastened to its anchorage ) . |
| 5 | As far as property damage is concerned , the provisions are really aimed at the consumer market , so , if you buy a home computer as a Christmas present for your uncle and because of a fault it catches fire and causes £1,500 of damage to his house , then your uncle will have a claim under the 1987 Act against the manufacturer of the computer for the damage to the house and furniture . |
| 6 | And they said you know , and then all of a sudden it had sort of gone up six percent . |
| 7 | After a while it became part of the nomes ' world , so that when it stopped the silence came as a shock . |
| 8 | I did n't mean that I meant when you look at a tree it 's sort of got |
| 9 | When a haemophiliac wants to become a butcher it makes sense to discourage him . |
| 10 | ‘ My husband and I had decided we wanted a baby it takes time to unthink yourself pregnant . |
| 11 | My husband and I had decided we wanted a baby it takes time to unthink yourself pregnant . |
| 12 | Camp integrates this aspect of gender with aesthetics ; in a sense it renders gender a question of aesthetics . |
| 13 | For the angler who only makes a few sorties a year it makes sense to buy hooks in smaller units like packets of ten . |
| 14 | Yes David Price used to you know sort of er sit in our meetings yeah as a treasurer it made sense you know our treasurer and him to work together and all that . |
| 15 | In a way it sounds sort of |
| 16 | sure but again I mean if there was a market for this I am sure that to take that and splinter it off into a unit it costs money to get people that want to come into this business |
| 17 | If space is at a premium it makes sense to grow plants with more than one season of interest . |
| 18 | For a time it seems water was pumped straight from the canal and/or from a well perilously close to it ( see 1840 plan ) . |