Example sentences of "it [verb] [conj] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any new module needs to have a distinct identity and market — SCOTVEC feels that it would be confusing to employers to have a proliferation of modules and titles and so the Catalogue sub-committee will not accept a new proposal if it thinks that the same outcomes can be achieved by suitable fleshing-out of an existing module . |
| 2 | So what ( as they in their ignorance saw it ) does it matter if a few ‘ commies ’ were being shot in Spain ? |
| 3 | Most natural minerals are brittle because they are more or less homogeneous but it happens that a few have cleavage planes of about the right strength . |
| 4 | But just when it seemed that the former were to disappear up a one-club road to exclusive excellence , along came Newport and beat them to mark the first real return on all the investment at Rodney Parade . |
| 5 | Now it happened that a few days earlier Jones had called up Lee R. Phillips , an attorney associated with Brigham Young University , in order to file a patent arising from his muon-fusion work . |
| 6 | It appears that a few extra hours of uninterrupted sleep can remedy the situation . |
| 7 | And second , it appears that the latter withdrew his approval of the initial closure proposal because the Education Committee had not fully complied with government regulations on closure procedure . |
| 8 | This was a disreputable subterfuge , yet it appears that the same sort of procedure is enjoined by the new Act . |
| 9 | It seems that a few years ago Mrs Brissett 's daughter 's husband left her and she had trouble finding a job and had no money … and Harriet helped her find a job somewhere . |
| 10 | It seems that every few decades in this country we have a major battle over divorce law reform . |
| 11 | In view of the numbers of theses produced by both universities , it seems that the latter hypothesis is the more likely . |
| 12 | In view of the numbers of theses produced by both universities , it seems that the latter hypothesis is the more likely . |
| 13 | It seems that the more things are different , the more they stay the same ! |
| 14 | It seems that the more things are different , the more they stay the same ! |
| 15 | Regrettably it seems that the same can be said more than 20 years after Øster 's paper was published . |
| 16 | Now it merits but a few column inches in a few papers . |
| 17 | It meant that no more Slavs should be taken into the Dual Empire , because that would distort the balance of races there . |
| 18 | Last night it emerged that the same hospital was involved in another baby mix-up . |
| 19 | Christians claim that what happened on Good Friday was decisive for humankind — it was of such a definitive , absolute nature that it split world history in two and it declares that the many strands of human experience ( hope , joy , peace , human fulfilment ) run through the crossroads of the cross . |
| 20 | It appeared that the former was hung up on sadomasochism and the latter high on sex , leaving little for Fonda and Hopper to do but punctuate every word with ‘ man ’ . |