Example sentences of "it [verb] [det] [noun sg] in " 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 | 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 |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | For it represents another step in the royal progress towards real life . |
| 8 | If those paper debts were wiped out in the computer that prints your monthly statement , would it make any difference in real terms to anyone else ? |
| 9 | It never came close to winning an election anywhere and , despite the fears of Harry Pollitt , the Communist leader , it made little impact in London dockland around Wapping . |
| 10 | It met such opposition in Jamaica that Wilberforce was persuaded to withdraw it and settle for registries by colonial legislation . |
| 11 | This was a return to the test of outrage , with all its faults , but it met little outrage in Standing Committee and fell only because of the dissolution of Parliament for the 1987 General Election . |
| 12 | Why the machine had levers at each end was a mystery never satisfactorily explained to the boys , but it created another alley in Grandad 's life , the alley between one machine and another , and though there were no U-boats shooting at him , it was hard going with his bad leg . |
| 13 | It covers much ground in 100 pages and 100 references and does so clearly . |
| 14 | It has little relevance in other countries , though a few ( e.g. Denmark and Norway ) have recorded a formal objection , and it appears to have been used in one case for communication from a U.S. attorney to a French huissier . |
| 15 | Liberals may appreciate that conclusion , but it has little basis in empirical fact . |
| 16 | Manchester at first lost out very badly on rail investment , but now it has some compensation in the Windsor Link and is going ahead with an advanced tram system that will take over a number of heavy rail routes . |
| 17 | If appraisal now reveals that it has some validity in principle , the next stage is application . |
| 18 | Its chief virtue lies in its medicinal qualities which were thought considerable ; even now it has some use in the treatment of ailments . |
| 19 | It is the view of the group that it has another role in promoting dialogue on particular areas of concern : the comments on ‘ Data Sources and Research Methodology ’ produced last year are an example . |
| 20 | In most areas , only bulls with small ivory survive , a fact which bodes ill , genetically speaking , for the future of the species — if indeed it has any future in the wild at all . |
| 21 | The extent to which deliberate Acts of Parliament are able to contradict Community law is a more vexed question , although it found some answer in the case of the Spanish-owned fishing companies in 1991 . |
| 22 | And it holds more luggage in the 15.4cu ft boot . |
| 23 | This appointment was apparently predetermined , and it caused some offence in the profession . |
| 24 | The hill fort at Dun Bhorairaig at Dunlossit would seem to have been a broch from the description of it by Thomas Pennant in 1772 , but it suffered some reconstruction in Medieval times , it has been suggested to turn it into a lookout. which the magnificent view of the whole of the Sound of Islay would support . |
| 25 | The hill fort at Dun Bhorairaig at Dunlossit would seem to have been a broch from the description of it by Thomas Pennant in 1772 , but it suffered some reconstruction in Medieval times , it has been suggested to turn it into a lookout. which the magnificent view of the whole of the Sound of Islay would support . |
| 26 | The tap could be regulated so that the water flowing from it filled another tank in exactly twenty-four hours , while raising a float inside the tank a fixed distance . |
| 27 | Launching a report on the changing face of England over the past 50 years , Burton called on the government to target the 150,000 hectares of derelict land in cities before it allows more building in the countryside . |
| 28 | Such was the novelty of this circuit that it provoked much debate in the technical press as to its operation . |
| 29 | 4(5) This Act applies in respect of births after ( but not before ) its passing , and in respect of any such birth it replaces any law in force before its passing , whereby a person could be liable to a child in respect of disabilities with which it might be born ; but in section 1(3) of this Act the expression ‘ liable in tort ’ does not include any reference to liability by virtue of this Act , or to liability by virtue of any such law . |
| 30 | ‘ This Act applies in respect of births after ( but not before ) its passing , and in respect of any such birth it replaces any law in force before its passing , whereby a person could be liable to a child in respect of disabilities with which it might be born ; … |