Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plas y Brenin is a residential centre , based in what used to be an hotel — it sleeps 71 in two- or three-bedded rooms . |
| 2 | Cos it goes direct from station |
| 3 | It represents one of man 's great architectural feats and was technically a major step forward . |
| 4 | Section 138 does not affect the court 's powers to grant relief on such terms as it thinks fit under s 146(2) of the Law of Property Act 1925 , but subject thereto , it provides that where rent arrears have not been paid into court not less than five clear days before the hearing , then if there is a right of re-entry or forfeiture the court must order possession at the expiry of such period , not being less than four weeks from the date of the order , as the court thinks fit , unless within that period the lessee pays into court all the rent in arrears and the costs . |
| 5 | Originally making only acoustic guitars , the facility 's scope was broadened in 1983 to take in electrics , and today it produces most of Yamaha 's guitar range . |
| 6 | it tastes better with ice cream , chocolate ice cream |
| 7 | My son took to this dormitory life with all the fervour of a new convert — hoarding food ( it tastes better after lights out ) ; waking at dawn to pull on whoever 's clothes came to hand . |
| 8 | Sounds foul , but it tastes good on meat . ’ |
| 9 | It remains green throughout most winters , and can be cut very young , when it tastes delicious in salads . |
| 10 | Chi Ophiuchi is an irregular variable with a range of from 4 to 5 ; it lies close to Phi ( 4.3 ) which makes a good comparison star . |
| 11 | It lies close to Canopus , and there are only two stars above the fourth magnitude : Alpha ( 3.3 ) and Beta ( 3.8 ) . |
| 12 | In England it lies concealed behind Tescos and the shopping mall . |
| 13 | Crumbling masonry means it needs millions of pounds of building work to make sure it is safe . |
| 14 | The concert hall capacity is 320 , filled nearly to that figure at weekends or on special occasions but usually it stands empty on weekdays . |
| 15 | Perhaps it owes that to influences from its earlier history . |
| 16 | This is savannah ; and it covers much of Africa , India , and Australia . |
| 17 | Everything he draws , she sees as it unfolds thousands of miles away in Hampstead . |
| 18 | It looks therapeutic in movies but it made me feel worse than ever . |
| 19 | The manager can say this and that and it looks good on paper and there may be great reasoning behind it . |
| 20 | It looks first at market demand . |
| 21 | I think it looks awful on boys ! |
| 22 | No , but Donna , Donna , it looks alright on Donna , but Kelly just looks Been going Georgie 's lately getting all posters off of him . |
| 23 | Built just a few years ago it looks battle-scarred by usage and needs a good smartening up . |
| 24 | It looks more like tea now , it looked like coffee before |
| 25 | It has little of Edinburgh 's fund management , Bristol 's big insurance business or Birmingham 's corporate banking . |
| 26 | Hume 's complex moral philosophy can not simply be equated with emotivism , but it has much in common with it . |
| 27 | His marks appear overstruck by that of Paul Crespin on ambassadorial plate issued to the Earl of Chesterfield [ q.v. ] in 1727 ; although George Wickes [ q.v. ] supplied the Bath presentation cup to Frederick Louis , Prince of Wales [ q.v. ] , in 1739 , it has much in common with a contemporary series of cups with De Lamerie 's mark . |
| 28 | Developed from the Romanesque craft , it has much in common with Dutch , northern German and Polish examples . |
| 29 | It has hundreds of drawings , engravings and photographs . |
| 30 | First published in 1962 and now in its 4th edition ( 1980 ) , this fulfils a role as a reference text rather better than a student text , in that it has hundreds of references but no problems . |