Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It plays back four frames on each revolution of the disc so you can not freeze the frame at any point you choose . |
| 2 | Incorporating such facilities when possible does not constitute over-protection if it encourages visually handicapped children to move about freely and with reasonable safety and to make use of standard facilities with increased confidence and independence . |
| 3 | It is no good giving the United Nations a role and wanting it to carry out these measures on our behalf but not giving it the means to do so . |
| 4 | The VE team now has the data displayed in a manner allowing it to spot anomalously high costs of performing any function . |
| 5 | The VE team now has the data displayed in a manner allowing it to spot anomalously high costs of performing any function . |
| 6 | It trades over 30 futures and options on physical and financial commodities . |
| 7 | The Pentagon was interested in the role of certain Commonwealth countries as well as Britain herself , nor did it rule out separate arrangements with the more important of them if necessary . |
| 8 | And one his suggestion was approved and tried , it wiped out all incidents of damage and robbery . |
| 9 | I was really pleased to get so much in the way of useful comment and feedback — a lot of it bringing up incidental considerations that we clearly have n't yet given enough thought to . |
| 10 | Rushing , rushing , traffic from morning to night : it goes on twenty-four hours a day . |
| 11 | It goes about fifteen feet . |
| 12 | So when they do finally get their car it goes about three miles to the gallon , and it , it really |
| 13 | It goes back 50 years . |
| 14 | It concerned only new developments and enabled local authorities for the first time to make town-planning schemes ‘ as respects any land which is in course of development or appears likely to be used for building purposes ’ . |
| 15 | It involves generally male professionals ( GPs ) raising the issue of deprivation of liberty for women , frequently married and aged under 45 , and , compared with other referrals , likely to have children . |
| 16 | I agree with the hon. Gentleman , however , that all of us who are engaged in the democratic affairs of the Province — that does not simply involve Governments ; it involves also political parties — have a joint responsibility to see whether we can advance matters by way of dialogue . |
| 17 | This one is — it involves so many factors , you see . ’ |
| 18 | It involves about twenty minutes of mild discomfort . |
| 19 | It involves only small changes to existing slurry disposal practices , the chief one being that slurry is applied through injectors rather than through a discharge nozzle . |
| 20 | It involves very few neurons . |
| 21 | New Zealand has another Irish pub — and it sold over 50 kegs of Guinness in its first three weeks , well ahead of any other beer it stocks . |
| 22 | As one of the best records of 1990 it was actually a lucky escape that it sold so few copies , missed Top Of The Pops , slipped the chance of a slot on youth TV and lost the chase for Sunday newspaper publicity . |
| 23 | Such was its popularity that two reprints were ready in May and June of the same year ; Faber and Faber published the poem as a pamphlet in September , and it sold almost 12,000 copies . |
| 24 | It might seem appropriate to extend theft in this way in order to make it cover as many ways as possible of getting property dishonestly . |
| 25 | A massive , grey stone Victorian building , it housed over 1600 inmates , twice its allotted amount . |
| 26 | In the Second World War it housed around 800 prisoners . |
| 27 | And , despite the fact that employment is a means by which personal and social respect can be gained , it offers relatively few prospects for the presentation of ‘ self ’ as a unique individual . |
| 28 | When the Labour government was elected in 1945 , it produced more radical proposals — nationalisation of the local authority and voluntary hospitals . |
| 29 | This process can sometimes weaken the pile fibres , but it produces extremely attractive shades of muted red and rose . |
| 30 | Notable then is the liane , ivy ( Hedera helix , Araliaceae ) , the only member of its predominantly tropical family to reach northern Europe , for it produces unusually nutritious fruits that do not fully ripen until spring ( it flowers in autumn ) when these are fed to nestlings , whose diets are otherwise almost entirely of animal origin . |