Example sentences of "it [vb -s] of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people do not like the idea that time has a beginning , probably because it smacks of divine intervention . |
| 2 | erm , on four , er , again I do n't know what pigeon fanciers or pigeon er , what their views are on this , but you see , this is another European directive erm , there is a risk it says of this disease being airborne , it can be airborne , and it was shown that racing pigeons could introduce the disease to commercial flocks . |
| 3 | There are books and periodicals everywhere — on shelves , on tables , on the floor — posters and reproductions of modern paintings on the walls , parched-looking potted plants in the fireplace , a BBC micro and monitor on the desk , and beside it sheaves of dot-matrix typescript of early chapters of Domestic Angels and Unfortunate Females in various drafts . |
| 4 | The UMIST computer was trained by feeding it details of 70 patients , such as pulse rate , temperature , age and data on previous heart problems . |
| 5 | It consists of nine subjects ranging from Business Communications to Supervisory Skills . |
| 6 | It consists of six parts : Connection commands ; selection of a database ; constitution and use of indexes ; truncation and direct searches in inverted files ; use of Boolean operators ; online and offline prints . |
| 7 | It consists of verifiable events which took place in the past and the stories people tell each other to explain how they come to be where they are . |
| 8 | The , it consists of two strands which are made of sugar phosphates and which spiral round each other , and the strands are linked together like , like the , the rungs of a ladder by bases , and there are four bases , and and always pairs up with and er and always pairs up with so that the pattern of bases on one of these sugar phosphate strands always has a corresponding pattern on the other . |
| 9 | It consists of two storeys and is decagonal in plan . |
| 10 | It consists of two elements : ( i ) domestic rate relief , paid to enable authorities to relieve domestic ratepayers of a certain proportion of their rates ( currently 18.5p in the ) ; ( ii ) block grant , intended to supplement an authority 's own finances so that , irrespective of individual local needs and resources , it can provide a similar standard of service for a similar rate poundage to other authorities of the same class . |
| 11 | It consists of two clusters in the same binocular field . |
| 12 | Its molecular weight is about 95000 Daltons and it consists of two subunits : a larger alpha subunit with several membrane spanning domains and a smaller beta subunit . |
| 13 | It consists of two plastic wedges , with sticky surfaces to attach to the computer and rubber Feet . |
| 14 | It consists of two lists of numbers with clearly labelled rows and columns . |
| 15 | It consists of two parts : an optimal output strategy and an optimal sales strategy : |
| 16 | The nucleus is n't solid , it consists of other particles — what sort of particles are these ? |
| 17 | Stukeley 's brief description ( p. 84 , Vol. i ) reads ‘ Brigcasterton … was fenced about with a deep mote on two sides , the river supplying its use on the other two ; for it stands at an angle , and the Romans made a little curve in the road here on purpose to take it in , as it offered itself so conveniently , then rectified the obliquity on the other side of the town ; it consists of one street running through its length upon the road ; the great ditch and banks are called the Dikes . |
| 18 | It consists of odd pages with some figures on and a load of pie charts . |
| 19 | It consists of four air springs , which replace the coil springs , new dampers and four height sensors at each corner . |
| 20 | It consists of four Sundays leading up to the great Feast of Christmas , four weeks of waiting and expectation . |
| 21 | It consists of spatial visualization , reasoning and experience . |
| 22 | It consists of 27 modules that automate the entire manufacturing process , including planning and costing , engineering control , project control , inventory , shop-floor control , sales management , purchasing , finance , customer service and maintenance . |
| 23 | Called Catholics and Sex , it consists of endless complaints about restrictions on sexual behaviour imposed by the Catholic church . |
| 24 | It consists of technological factors , product and labour market determinants , social influences affecting the ideology of the actors , as well as the political environment which , for Dunlop , consists of power relations in the larger society . |
| 25 | It consists of five stages : receptivity , responsiveness , appreciation , internalisation , and characterisation . |
| 26 | It consists of long chains of sulphur atoms which , at room temperature , break up and reform to produce S8 molecules crystallising in the orthorhombic lattice . |
| 27 | It consists of fungal mycelia , from the fungus Fusarium graminearum , which is produced by fermentation using glucose as the energy source and ammonia as the nitrogen source . |
| 28 | It consists of 2 parts : the service specification , and contract conditions , plus appendices . |
| 29 | It consists of 146 amino acids . |
| 30 | It consists of conventional masking tape , attached to a thin plastic sheet , which can be folded out to give 550mm ( about 21½in ) of protection . |