Example sentences of "it [vb infin] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does it want some new batteries in ? |
| 2 | How does it know all this stuff ? ’ said Angalo , suspiciously . |
| 3 | " Why does it need any special explanation ? " |
| 4 | This figure does not include school children , students , housewives , mothers with small children , senior citizens , or people who are unemployed ; nor does it include those many people who struggle into work with an aching back . |
| 5 | Language in poetry does not point to an object beyond itself , nor does it carry any emotional weight from its speaker ; it is entirely self-sufficient , or , as the Formalists would say , ‘ self-valuable ’ . |
| 6 | However , given the previous discussion of the patriarchal roots of the ideology of suburbia , does it matter that poor women without husbands and with children will find themselves increasingly dependent on flats in decaying inner-city areas rather than houses in the leafy suburbs ? |
| 7 | Religious Education in Catholic schools is Trinitarian and Christocentric in scope and spirit yet the general orientation of the Working Paper 7 is not , nor does it show any real concern for the faith development and Christian formation of pupils . |
| 8 | And how can it sustain this common cause and sense of direction through the many changes which take place from one generation to anther ? … |
| 9 | Did it drop any other bombs or ? |
| 10 | Why does it have such high survival value ? |
| 11 | Does it have any major drawbacks ? |
| 12 | Nor did it have any lasting effect on morale . |
| 13 | I do however point out that the passage in question does not in terms refer to any admissions policy which the school or local authority has adopted nor does it indicate any fixed way in which an appeal committee should approach the importance of such admissions policy . |
| 14 | Carnelian must know special runes to inscribe around the eye-screen and arcane litanies to incant , to make it serve this two-way purpose , which perhaps had been the true purpose of the device in the first place … |
| 15 | The UN was designed to oversee global peace and security , but how can it fulfill this primary task in the violent post-Cold War era ? asks Paul Wilkinson |
| 16 | However , nowhere in the world ( and Gewürztraminer is widely grown ) does it reach such dizzy heights as in Alsace , where it is generally vinified dry , the rosy-skinned grape producing dark- hued white wines packed with alcohol . |
| 17 | The jury must be satisfied that a significant proportion of the likely readership would be guided along the path of corruption : " Clearly s2 can not mean all persons ; nor can it mean any one person , for there are individuals who may be corrupted by almost anything . |
| 18 | Why does it require such peculiar conditions ? |
| 19 | No , not your style , what I 'm saying is , yes you can do it turn that damn thing off ! |