Example sentences of "it [subord] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would appreciate it if the two gentlemen who stopped to help me when I had an accident with my car on the road near Dounreay on 1/12/92 would contact me — Ellen Campbell , Reay 345 . |
| 2 | Got away with it because the other bobbies saw me home and signed off for me . |
| 3 | Young people may very well judge that a job in a demanding high paid position is not worth it because the financial rewards are taxed away . |
| 4 | Was it because the Holy Ones feared that the key to this inner knowledge and the inner voice would be misused that they never revealed their knowledge ? |
| 5 | Q ‘ When sewing up a garment made in Hobby yarn , I find difficulty using it because the little slubs wo n't pull through the work easily . |
| 6 | It merely hints that the world will be a better place if we support it because the unquantified benefits which will flow from it will put us on a level with Germany and France , assuming of course that we wish to be on a level with Germany and France . |
| 7 | If the two pairs of projectors are in line , the intention is not usually a multi-image effect In fact , it s likely that the two projectors nearer to the camera will not contain so much an image as an image-blocker , ie a mask or matte that blocks out part of the image behind it Since the two mattes will normally be complementary , and the combined image can be seen by inspection through the camera 's viewfinder , any faults , such as overlaps or gaps , should be observed at the time and , if possible , corrected on a second , third or fourth take This is more economical and satisfactory than getting the results of multiple passes back from the lab and discovering that a whole day 's work has to be redone . |
| 8 | In May 1412 a treaty ( that of Bourges ) was sealed between Henry IV and the dukes of Berry , Bourbon , and Orléans which gave the English king much of what his predecessors had spent years fighting for : a recognition that Aquitaine was rightfully English , and an undertaking to help the king defend it ; the cession of twenty important towns and castles ; and agreement that certain lands , notably Poitou , were to be held by them of the English crown , and would revert to it when the present holders died . |
| 9 | Male dysfunction due to fear or anxiety about such a condition is much more likely to be responsible ; and female dysfunction or dissatisfaction is often mistakenly thought to be due to it when the true causes lie elsewhere . |
| 10 | The rising main is connected to the cold water cistern by means of a ballvalve : a valve which operates by the action of a metal ( or plastic ) ball floating on the surface of the water which will close the valve when the level of water is sufficient , and open it when the level falls . |
| 11 | He needed to know how to play it when the abdominal pains got started . |
| 12 | No answers are offered in any direct sense , rather an invitation to consider the issues in the context of particular schools or situations and to use such a consideration and further develop it as the remaining chapters of this book are read . |
| 13 | Omega 's captain and the submarine commander beside him lifted their hands in salute ; heads high , Taureg 's officers returned it as the at-ease submariners snapped as one man to attention . |
| 14 | These boxed kits are supplied to the dealers who restock it as the individual strings are sold . |
| 15 | The hooked missile soared aloft , the rope snaking after it as the loose coils flicked rapidly from Grant 's left hand . |