Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It plays hard on the so-called ‘ 90-10 ’ rule , claiming that 90% of the code is already out there and that only 10% needs to be written . |
| 2 | It plays hard on the so-called ‘ 90–10 ’ rule , claiming that 90% of the code is already out there and that only 10% needs to be written . |
| 3 | The semi-set jelly has a deliciously seductive , viscous quality as it trembles briefly in the mouth before slipping , fragrant and alcoholic , down the throat . |
| 4 | ‘ It drains down to the moat , ’ Sir Brian mumbled . |
| 5 | But , as was explained in sections 1.1 and 1.2 , it differs markedly from the alternative , commonly held perspective which sees each country 's economy as essentially an integrated whole , exporting any surplus of goods , capital or finance , or importing in response to a deficit . |
| 6 | It differs slightly from the average salary which is which is the best year out of the last three . |
| 7 | If the transferor bothers to read the transfer form he will find that it differs slightly from the one that he would have used if he transferred his shares to his wife or children . |
| 8 | Under the Land and Compensation Act , Renfrew District Council does not have to entertain a further application within two years unless it differs substantially from the original . |
| 9 | The council does not have to consider a new application within two years , unless it differs substantially from the original . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , it differs only in the way it 's played . ’ |
| 11 | It differs greatly from the family-based structuring of human life with its stress on the long-term bond between mates . |
| 12 | Strolling , they pondered public education versus private schooling ; Johnson wondered why boys from England had been sent as far as Aberdeen to be educated , with ‘ so many good schools in England ’ , and they went back to the New Inn , to be joined there by Sir Alexander Gordon , an old friend of Johnson 's , who had sent a card in advance , and through Boswell we join their conversation as it drifts back to the stocking-making . |
| 13 | Sound quality suffers without a sound card , but it turns up in the unlikeliest places . |
| 14 | Back on the main road , it turns right at the junction in Gleann Beag , passing a complex of handsome farm buildings , and ascends a long incline where much-needed improvements have taken place . |
| 15 | It turns out in the end that , that , all the readings were in there it 's just a matter locating them ! |
| 16 | We corkscrewed on our way working towards the lee of the Buchan coast , where it turns westward into the Firth . |
| 17 | Appropriately it kicks off on the stroke of midnight tomorrow with a pyrotechnic extravaganza likely to distract even the most serious Hogmanay party-goers . |
| 18 | February is Pocket Books ' launch month and , although not the biggest Giant of the Month , it kicks off with the new Virginia Andrews ™ , Dawn . |
| 19 | It refers also to the reproduction of the labour force . |
| 20 | It follows that there is a close , but quite unexplored , relation between discourse deixis and mention or quotation ; thus in the following example ( from Lyons , 1977a : 667 ) : ( 91 ) A : That 's a rhinoceros B : Spell it for me it refers not to the referent , the beast itself , but to the word rhinoceros . |
| 21 | Secondly , in an exchange like the following ( from Lyons , 1977a : 668 ) : ( 94 ) A : I 've never seen him B : That 's a lie the pronoun that does not seem to be anaphoric ( unless it is held that it refers to the same entity that A 's utterance does , i.e. a proposition or a truth value ) ; nor does it quite seem to be discourse-deictic ( it refers not to the sentence but , perhaps , to the statement made by uttering that sentence ) . |
| 22 | MARRIAGE — It refers both to the social institution that sets up and sanctions the union of persons of opposite sex ( see family ) and to the state of being married . |
| 23 | Mr. Robert Hughes : I think that the Minister intended some slight criticism of the new clause on the ground that it refers only to the companies covered by the Bill . |
| 24 | It refers only to the cause of a difference not to a whole course of development . |
| 25 | It is getting into the position of an excellent prize of war ; strategically it points right into the heart of Japan and into the hands of an enemy it weakens the Japanese bastion of Western defence . |
| 26 | This , again , is no declaration of open season ; it points merely to the obvious fact that moral agents must necessarily set the agenda . |
| 27 | And it contributes greatly to the reading of all text in ‘ character 's voice ’ — the kind of text exemplified in this chapter . |
| 28 | This is of course not possible , and we should rather conclude that any intermediate , formed by the initial attack of Cl - on , must have no significant absorption in the spectral range studied , or that its concentration is never so great that it contributes significantly to the spectrum . |
| 29 | It rarely achieves its objectives in creating jobs or increasing production , and it contributes significantly to the tropical deforestation which is a current world concern . |
| 30 | One is that in an economic evaluation of this kind — which is , incidentally , the only appropriate kind — the assumed price of replaced fuel ( mainly coal ) is critical , as it contributes directly to the size of savings . |