Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if the return to Conservatism is to be something more than the transient apparition of a spectre from the past , and its voice in national affairs not merely to be a sepulchral warning against the dangers of rash courses , the Conservative leaders must bestir themselves to some purpose … [ the Conservative Party ] must be ready to meet the programme of the Labour Party not simply with a non-possumus but with an alternative which will in some measure satisfy certain of the needs which Labour is concerned to satisfy , and at the same time avoid the perils with which it insists Labour policy is beset . |
| 2 | DEC quit looking for an Alpha RISC second source when it became apparent foundries were n't willing to make the kind of investment needed without knowing whether the thing was really going to take off , says Electronic News . |
| 3 | Anyway , it became Big Willies Are Rarely Found . |
| 4 | A child who is continually told it has low status is likely to grow into a low-status adult . |
| 5 | It uses Advanced Micro 's patented programmable macrocell technology and offers up to 16 product terms per output . |
| 6 | And he told reporters before the meeting : ‘ I support the IRA 's right to engage in armed struggle — where it wages armed engagements is a matter for itself . ’ |
| 7 | It says unlicensed minicabs are the most dangerous form of public transport . |
| 8 | It says young people are the future and unless we invest in them , that future looks bleak . |
| 9 | I have been elaborating the point , made much earlier on , that one of the really basic features of human thinking as it affects social action is the polarization of " we " versus " they " . |
| 10 | ‘ It showed British football is behind the Germans ' in technique . |
| 11 | No you 're not put it down , go away that 's for Benjamin 's birthday , I do n't want it getting dirty while were having er tea |
| 12 | Amid talk of rebuilding and reorganising resources it appears suitable material is in short supply . |
| 13 | Innocence may be the first casualty of war , as the posters for the film boldly quoted , but it seems good taste is the first casualty in computer-game marketing . |
| 14 | If the CEMREL Research Project ( 1972 ) is any indication of what is expected it seems American teachers are looking for a child 's skill at ‘ showing ’ , and , in particular , ‘ showing ’ emotion . |
| 15 | ‘ This was blown out of the water by the Supreme Court in 1990 , when it said Irish unity is a constitutional imperative . |
| 16 | It said previous experience was not necessary . |
| 17 | That it had paradisal origins is a simplistic assumption . |
| 18 | Conservation charity Plantlife estimates the trade in British wild bulbs is worth £1 million a year ; it believes wild bulbs are exported in bulk to the Netherlands , centre of the international trade , and re-exported for retail sale in the UK . |
| 19 | Agrippa claimed he used it to make sure wine was free of poison , though I do n't think it was possible for Agrippa to die . |