Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And one his suggestion was approved and tried , it wiped out all incidents of damage and robbery . |
| 3 | This one is — it involves so many factors , you see . ’ |
| 4 | It involves very few neurons . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Indeed it made very few references to the Mediterranean initiative unlike the heavy coverage of the Soviet scheme to neutralise the Persian Gulf . |
| 9 | One had tried using a hand-held scanner for the job but had given up because it made too many mistakes . |
| 10 | In the western provinces , where the newly established , populist , Reform Party had campaigned strongly against the agreement on the grounds that it made too many concessions to Quebec , the margins of rejection were the highest in the country . |
| 11 | It drew together several countries in a common body which controlled important areas of the economy ; it was a sign of Franco-German rapprochement and it paved the way for the full removal of post-war industrial controls on West Germany by the Western allies ; it succeeded in overcoming doubt and opposition from politicians and industrialists ; and it created a workable machinery . |
| 12 | The furniture-making craft is so wide and it covers so many disciplines that it is impossible to have in-depth knowledge of all these disciplines all the time . |
| 13 | Note the point that it covers only those parts which are readily visible and accessible . |
| 14 | I just think it , I just think it 's so sad , like in London , it has so many cultures , and like , wow , it 's really good for the cultures to mix , but it does n't work , |
| 15 | ‘ One never knows what the fire will do , and it has so many aspects . |
| 16 | But a corporation created by or in pursuance of an Act of Parliament is subject to the rule that it has only such powers as are expressly conferred , or are necessarily or reasonably incident to the fulfilment of the purposes for which it is established . |
| 17 | I want to say in conclusion that it has as many consequences for the devout Evangelical as it does for the hardened Catholic . |
| 18 | It has as many names as there are civilisations on earth . |
| 19 | ‘ The technique still needs to be evaluated , but I think it has a positive feature because it has potentially fewer complications . ’ |
| 20 | Like Schleswig-Holstein before 1965 it has too many constituencies , with electorates of less than average magnitude . |
| 21 | It contains so many memories . ’ |
| 22 | In part , of course , it depends where those companies are . |
| 23 | Mind you do n't forget it depends how many times you flush as soon as you put |
| 24 | You get a pension of course but it depends how many years |
| 25 | With only one opponent behind me , showing A-2-4-5 and declining to change , I knew I had it sewn up both ways . |
| 26 | Does it matter how many eggs a runner eats ? |
| 27 | Why should it matter how many photos you had ? |
| 28 | No Women 's Open was held as it attracted so few entrants , so all gained automatic entry to the Grand Prix . |
| 29 | It shows how many items of the product ought to be on the shelf ; how many are still in the stock room ; the minimum number that the store is supposed to be carrying ; whether fresh ones have been ordered if stocks are too low ; what the current price is ; and whether that price is the Kmart standard , or has been lowered to beat local competitors . |
| 30 | It sees far fewer categories of goods or services as being susceptible to trade , and in particular sees companies as communities rather than commodities , basing wages on structured scales rather than market rates or productivity achievements . |