Example sentences of "it [conj] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Assuming a treaty to be within the authority of the protecting State , should a claim be brought against it or the protected State ? |
| 2 | Ten thousand pounds will build you the highest column in the world , and will produce an astonishing effect ; fifty thousand pounds would not serve to erect an arch , and when it was erected you would have doubted which , it or the Royal Exchange , was the more magnificent object ; therefore I exhort you to keep to the columnar form . |
| 3 | The original may be physically damaged if a cup of coffee is spilt over it or the magnetic impulses on the disk representing the program may be destroyed or altered by exposure to a strong magnetic field . |
| 4 | ‘ What is it that the Roman poet Catullus said ? |
| 5 | Whichever of these two ( not very clear ) alternatives we adopt ( see 12. 2 — 3 ) , the point remains that whatever memory does provide is not a separable check on our taking it that the new sensation resembles the old . |
| 6 | Rumour has it that the new product will have two inferfaces — the familiar character-based screen and a GUI lookalike , with button bars and WYSIWYG editing . |
| 7 | As the Temple was desecrated , according to the most probable chronology , about December 1 67 and reconsecrated about December 164 , we must take it that the correct interpretation of Daniel is the latter , amounting to about three years , which is in rough agreement with the " time , times and half a time " of the previous chapter . |
| 8 | " We take it that the crucial time is from six-fifteen when he was last seen alive in his lab , until midnight ? " |
| 9 | Popular idiom has it that the four themes are very imperfectly combined in the family : ‘ children ruin a marriage ’ , ‘ sex and family life simply do n't go together ’ , and so forth . |
| 10 | Orientalising wisdom has it that the rural masses know nothing about politics and are satisfied with the new commodity economy generated by the privatisation of land . |
| 11 | If all those taxes have been abolished since 1979 , why is it that the average family , starting out in 1979 with a debt of 45 per cent . |
| 12 | Legend has it that the once-rounded peaks had their tops lopped off by a supernatural force to make a flat-topped bed and table for St Columba when he visited the island in AD585 . |
| 13 | Is it that the overall proportion of Management to staff is too high so the balance is being put right ? |
| 14 | Why is it that the black sheep of the family is often the most likeable . |
| 15 | I take it that the honourable gentlemen are in fact cheering the government , thank you very much . |
| 16 | Or is it that the working class has shrunk to a level which means it can never put Labour into power ? |
| 17 | In the foyer a gambling room operated , legend having it that the young Alessandro Manzoni was discovered there by Vincenzo Monti and beaten so hard by him that he never gambled again . |
| 18 | Why is it that the simple act of purchasing something can often be hell ? |
| 19 | I will not bore you with going through a lot of slides showing those comparisons , but in a short paper erm you must take my word for it that the two groups were comparable . |
| 20 | But how can natural selection see to it that the two pathways are not mixed , and that cooperating groups of compatible genes emerge ? |
| 21 | Tradition has it that the first fenoderee was actually a handsome prince from the proud fairy tribe of the Ferrishyn . |
| 22 | Popular mythology among mothers has it that the first child is always the most ‘ difficult ’ , and it is easy to see why this should be so . |
| 23 | How likely is it that the other staff would volunteer information , especially about practices in which they themselves might have been involved ? |
| 24 | Why is it that the psychic gifts often cause apprehension and even fear ? |
| 25 | Michael Land of Sussex University , our foremost authority on invertebrate eyes , is worried , and so am I. Is it that the necessary mutations can not arise , given the way Nautilus embryos develop ? |
| 26 | Why … well pit talk has it that the reigning world champion Ayrton Senna might just be signing for the team next season … if he comes will Nigel go … what 's his future … this is what he told Central South … |
| 27 | That is absolutely incorrect , and I take it that the hon. Gentleman is dissociating himself from Labour Front Bench policy on the Maastricht settlement . |
| 28 | I take it that the hon. Gentleman is referring to reinsurance provided by the private sector through the recently privatised insurance services group , which was formerly in ECGD but is now in NCM Credit Insurance Ltd . |
| 29 | I take it that the hon. Gentleman also has the consent of the Minister . |
| 30 | When eating out , why is it that the next table 's conversation is often so much more fascinating and intriguing ? |