Example sentences of "it [adv] [vb -s] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Although it grows to some 20cm in the wild it rarely achieves even half that size in the aquarium . |
2 | This is a pity , since it thereby excludes much that is worthy of attention in modern fiction writing ( see Ch 6 ) . |
3 | It builds on the argument in the preceding section where it was argued that because the cat sees and tries to extricate the ball stuck in the tree , it thereby manifests only those minimal beliefs that we would attribute directly to a human being in similar circumstances . |
4 | So it eventually re-emerges as violent aggression — or as physical disease , depression , ‘ accidents ’ or other traumas . |
5 | None of this , however , explains or excuses the General Medical Council 's strictures as to what it apparently regards as acceptable professional behaviour . |
6 | In fact , in winds of Force 3 to 5 it only does about half the work in getting your weight over the back foot , the rest is up to you . |
7 | Cos it only takes about six week dun n it ? |
8 | fix your diary , a lot of you were n't here last week , oh by the way P C is er coming along with a film , it broke down the other week , you all enjoyed the talk so I do hope you come along to see the film , it only takes about twenty minutes and it 's on er security , you know , it 's for your own benefit |
9 | What I do is I just get a bus at Hertford and walk to Hertford and normally it does n't take long it only takes about ten minutes |
10 | ‘ After that , on each check it only calls up those items which have been active since . ’ |
11 | Again , it 's a questin of matching the kit to the age of the child because some of them erm — the one we have at home , for example , plugs into the mains and although it only pushes out six or nine volts at the end the child actually does have to plug it in and , well I do n't think I 'd be happy if my six or seven year old was doing that , although my nine year old could cope with it quite happily . |
12 | Again , it 's a question of matching the kit to the age of the child because some of them erm — the one we have at home , for example , plugs into the mains and although it only pushes out six or nine volts at the end the child actually does have to plug it in and , well I do n't think I 'd be happy if my six or seven year old was doing that , although my nine year old could cope with it quite happily . |
13 | But , if I ever have it done again I 'm going to buy those brass things , and , it only costs about five pounds more . |
14 | a really beautiful room , but it only holds about forty , fifty people , what she 's gon na do is push the weddings , but she 's gon na , and say look , you can use this place |
15 | It 's funny , but when the lights come on , it suddenly seems more dark in the park . |
16 | It suddenly seems as peculiar a notion as the balance of one 's mind . |
17 | Well it it perhaps picks up this point |
18 | When the fainter member passes in front of the brighter , it naturally cuts off some of the light , and Algol ‘ winks ’ . |
19 | If variation in breeding success is calculated for stags of above a year old ( the age of sexual maturity ) , it greatly exceeds more realistic measures of variation in breeding success such as variation in seasonal success within cohorts or lifetime success ( see Table 23.3 ) . |
20 | We have merely aruged that such an existent necessarily belongs to only one such class , i.e. that it necessarily takes only one out of each pair of contradictory predicates . |
21 | It just goes so quick the time does n't it ? |
22 | It just depends how difficult they are to weave and that that usually makes them you know , more expensive . |
23 | I think it just gets too complicated when you look at the various contracts . |
24 | It just becomes more fun . |
25 | It just feels so personal . |
26 | It just takes up all your life really . |
27 | It just takes up all your life , really . |
28 | Because it 's erm it just takes too much energy away . |
29 | It just sounds so silly . |
30 | ‘ It just seems so peculiar . ’ |