Example sentences of "it [verb] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes it associates this biological femininity with sexuality . |
| 2 | As it crosses each small tent of sky . |
| 3 | It tackles this small set of problems and issues by addressing them in two localities — the old port of North Shields and the new town of Cramlington . |
| 4 | When the Iranian government abrogated its CENTO membership it branded any neighbouring country that remained in CENTO as a lackey of imperialism and as hostile to Iran . |
| 5 | I was only three-and-a-half when I saw the Zeppelin , although I can not claim that it kindled any positive interest in flying . |
| 6 | Although it might be objected that Skocpol 's analysis courts the danger of falling into another version of functionalism , since it postulates some inherent functions of the state , it has the benefit of drawing attention to processes within the state and the specific logic which guides them . |
| 7 | ‘ Thirty years ago Julian Huxley and Eliot Slater speculated that the reason why the disadvantageous schizophrenia gene was not progressively eliminated from the gene pool was that it conveyed some biological advantage such as resistance to infection . |
| 8 | So it seems to me first of all that we should maintain a state of military preparedness , not because the Soviet Union is likely to attack us , but , simply because it represents this huge area of instability on our Eastern Frontiers , but I think also we should be more positive , I do n't think we want to do secret deals in C I A style , er , in fact I think we want the maximum of open diplomacy . |
| 9 | No company can call itself truly global if it neglects such potential customers . |
| 10 | In my view , the evidence of the face ( Boxes 3 and 4 ) is of greater significance , for it involves several functional complexes of the nose , orbits and palate , and this supports the relationship of Sivapithecus with the orang-utan . |
| 11 | In the first place , it involves some actual power of control over the thing possessed . |
| 12 | If the absolutely pure , uncalculating , impractical spirit of adventure had ever ruled a human being , it ruled this bespectacled youth . |
| 13 | Does it want some new batteries in ? |
| 14 | Many people are attracted to Yugoslavia because it offers such great value for money . |
| 15 | Some misunderstood him to have said that God hates infants and when this was passed around , it produced much ill feeling towards Baxter . |
| 16 | It produced several serious expressions of interest . |
| 17 | It produced some odd scenes : when NoS wanted to state that the paper was going to be ‘ progressive ’ and ‘ accessible ’ , articles from the dummy had to be scrutinized to make sure they proved this was true . |
| 18 | It produces some odd effects , however , for strict equivalence between postcranial and cranial elements is only reached when all the jaws are broken and the molars released . |
| 19 | This is sometimes done at discotheques , and it produces some dramatic effects . |
| 20 | It made such stellar acquisitions as the Packard collection of Japanese art , twenty-five Chinese paintings from the Sung and Yuan Dynasties , a Bacchic group by Bernini , Monet 's ‘ Terrace at Sainte-Adresse ’ , the Robert Lehman collection , David 's ‘ Portrait of Lavoisier and his wife ’ , the Temple of Dendur , Canova 's ‘ Perseus ’ and Velasquez 's ‘ Juan de Pareja ’ ( still the most important single paintings acquisition since its purchase in 1970 ) and made the museum more accessible and inviting to the public . |
| 21 | The two researchers propose that the contaminated oil acted as an ‘ adjuvant ’ — it made those rare reactions , common . |
| 22 | The River Weaver had been improved in 1733 , but the improvement of the Sankey Brook Navigation from the coalfield around St Helens in 1754 – 7 was especially significant in that it involved several new cuts . |
| 23 | A final dividend is due and payable on the date it is declared , unless the resolution declaring it specifies some other date ( Hurll v IRC ( 1922 ) 8 TC 292 ) . |
| 24 | It specifies this biological normality further , by linking it explicitly with marriage , lack of employment outside the home , and being in your twenties or thirties ; and implicitly with being heterosexual , middle class , and white . |
| 25 | But there it encountered another ruined project , a work to be called The Drunks of which only a tiny fragment survives , and the marriage of these two constitutes the success of Crime and Punishment . |
| 26 | If anything , it provided some pleasant surprises — about , for instance , the ability of large crowds to demonstrate peacefully , and the ability of Hong Kong-financed factories in southern China to be all but unaffected by turmoil in Peking . |
| 27 | This short book might have been more accessible to the lay reader and perhaps generally clearer had it included some extra detail or more specific examples . |
| 28 | When the Cork-based company , Raybestos of Ringaskiddy , was found to be dumping asbestos illegally in the late 1970s , it created such local uproar and intractable opposition that the company had to leave . |
| 29 | To avoid misunderstanding , even disappointment , it needs some careful qualification . |
| 30 | It needs this cooling device because it is more exposed to the direct heat of the sun . |