Example sentences of "it [adj] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a function of the domanial estate-structure ( sometimes known to English-speaking historians as the manorial system ) , that is of a central directly-farmed agricultural unit , having peasant-tenements grouped around it and owing labour-services on it , and more distant tenements associated with it owing other types of dues and services . |
| 2 | Although joking apart I urge members to support this on principle , I think we should put this in and then it will have to be considered next year , how , where the money will , will come from , and I think that we should establish it that married women with dependant children will get some allowance to help them to stand and represent their communities . |
| 3 | Why is it that clinical usefulness of colonic pressure measurements remains elusive ? |
| 4 | Is it that silly cow in the office ? |
| 5 | ‘ And is it that sublime confidence in yourself that prevents you from marrying her ? |
| 6 | Subtly rounded corners give it that added touch of class , while the slimmer and lighter size adds to a smoother profile in your pocket . |
| 7 | Eileen Riddrie had proudly shown it to her the previous week , as she had been given it that very day for her birthday . |
| 8 | Jo had bought it that very morning at Aardvarks on Melrose . |
| 9 | How was it that secondary education for all , the organising impulse behind the 1944 Act , should have been interpreted in so restricted a way ? |
| 10 | Perhaps now might be the point to question whether this type of analysis belongs in Screen at all — is n't it unreconstructed literary criticism of the most discredited kind , combing through the textual evidence to find traces of what the author ‘ really thought ’ ? |
| 11 | Is it right that liability for the second most heinous crime in English law , which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment , should be satisfied by this relatively low grade of fault ? |
| 12 | I plead with him to get it right this time for his own sake . |
| 13 | Item — Did Alexander III die on Kinghorn Ness or was it some cunning stratagem of the King ? |
| 14 | Was it some supernatural sentinel of the Scarabae ? |
| 15 | Not only is it clear that part of an eye is better than no eye at all . |
| 16 | Is this approach justified on the available evidence , or is it another premature presupposition without a true basis ? |
| 17 | When BMK joined the Stoddard Group in 1992 it brought with it another large chunk of Stoddard 's carpet manufacturing history . |
| 18 | Ai n't it funny this time of year , the garden always looks bare and scruffy and |
| 19 | The ‘ executive ’ power today is important in part because it carries with it such wide powers of initiation of legislation . |
| 20 | Coun Williams went on : ‘ I am told that when the property was first leased it required considerable investment by the developer to convert it into a hotel , and that the terms of the lease reflect that . |
| 21 | Last night the TEC held it annual public meeting at Marton Hotel and Country Club near Middlesbrough . |
| 22 | When captain Alan McDonald made it 2-0 seven minutes before half-time , the Irish looked to be well in charge . |
| 23 | It second largest area of investment is Taiwan ( 17.2 per cent ) and third is South Korea ( 16.3 per cent ) . |
| 24 | ‘ I take it these anonymous friends of yours will be stayin' for the rest of the party ? ’ |
| 25 | Stephen Meads made it three straight wins for the English contingent when he beat Darren Webb 15-6 , 15-12 , 15-7 . |
| 26 | Stephen Meads made it three straight wins for the English contingent when he beat Darren Webb 15-6 , 15-12 , 15-7 . |
| 27 | THE Marquis continued his rich vein of form yesterday when 11/8 shot Rainbow Lake 's success at Newbury made it three winning naps in a row . |
| 28 | The coffee came and with it three more glasses of tequila . |
| 29 | Japanese houses have dropped out as the sinking Tokyo stockmarket drags down their capital ; Nomura also lost face when the issue that it lead-managed last year for GPA , an Irish aircraft-leasing firm , fell through . |
| 30 | The YCL internal bulletin , Communist Youth , was replaced by the weekly Challenge ; the new paper had a popular appeal which gained it 20,000 regular subscribers within two years . |