Example sentences of "it [verb] [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , it plays little part in standard accounts of the history of English before about 1600 , and in ME stop-deleted forms ( such as bes , lan : ‘ best , land ’ ) are amongst the forms that are typically corrected by textual editors as errors . |
| 2 | Since history affects people 's decisions , it plays some part in producing future history . |
| 3 | This study aimed to define the route whereby EGF gains access to the oesophageal epithelium , by immunohistochemical determination of the EGF distribution in biopsy specimens from healthy and diseased oesophageal mucosa , to determine whether it plays any role in the pathogenesis of oesophagitis . |
| 4 | The subterranean passage view offers a plausible account of how the monsters could feed , but unfortunately in doing so it destroys another theory about ‘ Nessie ’ , which is that the animal is a relic of the dinosaur age , possibly a plesiosaur . |
| 5 | Throughout the first two weeks of the campaign almost twothirds of our panel cited unemployment as the ‘ main issue ’ that should be discussed but it got little coverage on television news . |
| 6 | about this bra top thing she 's got and how it 's got a hole in it and she was trying to think back how it got this hole in it and she remembered that Mark put his fingers through it |
| 7 | So of course I told him about , you see we , we 'd lowered the level of the loch at the , took four feet of it , you see and it revealed this thing in the loch . |
| 8 | It affirmed that provision by LEAs of education for under-fives was discretionary not compulsory . |
| 9 | Whilst boards of directors may delegate the day to day conduct of an offer to individual directors or committees of directors , the board as a whole must ensure that proper arrangements are in place to enable it to monitor that conduct in order that each director may fulfil that responsibility . |
| 10 | this , this , they only start from sort of like , there 's the house , and it goes half way up the garden , so I want fifty up at one side , and put fifty to go up other side , I want fifty to go across the garden , and they 're gon na go across the garden and cut the garden in half |
| 11 | If this is correct , it goes some way towards dealing with cases of ‘ cumulative provocation ’ , and towards a broader defence of emotional pressure . |
| 12 | Most of the old great Elf towns date from this period and it goes some way towards accounting for their remoteness . |
| 13 | It probably means that the average family is a much more relaxed affair than the traditional Scottish household used to be , but it goes some way towards explaining the numbers of children at risk in our society from adults outside the home , as well as from their own undisciplined emotions . |
| 14 | Sir Kenneth Newman — then commandant — suggests that the book 's claim to attention is that its contents are contributed by insiders ; while in their introduction , the authors claim it goes some way to challenging Holdaway 's claim ( 1979 ) that ‘ research from the Police Staff College has not resulted in a major project on the police ’ . |
| 15 | All this formed a background to the first century of crusading ; and it goes some way to explaining the more secular aspects of the magnetism which drew French knights to take up the cross in their thousands . |
| 16 | This is partly because Spain wants ‘ economic union ’ , by which it understands more aid for poorer countries , to be in place to cushion the shock of the monetary sort . |
| 17 | Although it receives little publicity outside the ICI Group , Chlor-chemicals is one of ICI 's longest standing and most consistently successful businesses . |
| 18 | It is a strong , resilient , twisted rope to which the baby is attached in the womb , and through which it receives all nourishment until birth , when the cord is severed . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , the BBC SSO is holding fire on balloting its members until it receives more information about the merger to create a National Orchestra of Scotland , which would double as the orchestra for both the BBC and SO . |
| 20 | For it represents another step in the royal progress towards real life . |
| 21 | It represents another arm of holiday firm diversification . |
| 22 | Nor does it make much sense for the book to be on offer soon afterwards through a paperback book club that screams at it potential customers , ‘ You write the rules ’ . |
| 23 | W would it make much difference for you lending me the money . |
| 24 | W would it make much difference for you lending me the money . |
| 25 | Does it make more sense to be beaten 62–7 or play tight competitive fixtures like Southland and NZ Universities as England ‘ B ’ did . |
| 26 | In view of the events surrounding the Haitian boat people who attempted to enter the United States , does it make any sense for that country to continue opposing the implementation of the common action programme ? |
| 27 | Would it make any difference to life in this community if there no primary school in Village ? |
| 28 | Would it make any difference to you personally if there were no primary school in Village ? |
| 29 | A different type of two-part problem is one in which the second part commences : ‘ Would it make any difference to your answer if … ? ’ |
| 30 | " Did it make any difference to your light ? " |