Example sentences of "of [noun sg] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the freedom of play it seems to have in relation to my belly it must be in neutral . |
| 2 | If she was well enough to formulate a view on the question - and at the present rate of progress it looked as if she might be — Elinor would take a dim view of the poisoning of Tibbles . |
| 3 | Although signatures can be added after the initial printing of the Motion ( and usually are ) , its impact is judged very much on the amount of support it receives on first printing . |
| 4 | It is becoming less popular now because of the lack of support it gives to the lower back , although it does give more buoyancy than other types . |
| 5 | It is the biggest influx of support it has had . |
| 6 | In the US , this is provided by the usual media assumption that the Libyans are guilty — thus providing the Bush administration with the kind of support it needs in a desperate election campaign . |
| 7 | So , whilst it is possible to identify some broad directions of change it remains difficult to decide the precise implications . |
| 8 | But nursing could be forgiven for thinking that life — and thus the amount of change it has to cope with — is getting a bit too hectic . |
| 9 | I look forward to the Masters , not only in the expectation of seeing fine golf in lovely surroundings , but for the message of hope it brings to my circulation . |
| 10 | In the prophecy of Malachi it says , ‘ Suddenly the Lord whom you seek will come to his Temple ’ ( Malachi 3:1 ) . |
| 11 | Of necessity it has meant that the development of the Institution 's syllabuses tends to reflect what is , rather than what will be . |
| 12 | We could start by complaining that this argument , as an inductive argument , is very weak , since of necessity it argues from a single instance . |
| 13 | Strategically , the Marne is important for the last line of defence it presents before the Seine . |
| 14 | From a methodological point of view , Bortoni-Ricardo 's work is particularly interesting , because in developing these two types of index it extends the application of the network variable beyond an analysis of small closeknit groups to an analysis of the extent to which individuals have detached themselves from such groups . |
| 15 | ( iii ) In the above definition of addition it seems that the + sign which is being defined ( that is , the one between the brackets ) is being defined in terms of itself ! |
| 16 | To use the phrase which better expresses the underlying concept , what the requirements of fairness demand when any body , domestic , administrative or judicial , has to make a decision which will affect the rights of individuals depends on the character of the decision-making body , the kind of decision it has to make and the statutory or other framework in which it operates . |
| 17 | To use the phrase which better expresses the underlying concept , what the requirements of fairness demand when any body , domestic , administrative or judicial , has to make a decision which will affect the rights of individuals depends on the character of the decision-making body , the kind of decision it has to make and the statutory or other framework in which it operates . |
| 18 | And of course it keeps her brother Fariq quiet . |
| 19 | What I 'd like to do is to help them to see that they do n't need to give up on the computer , that they can actually be the master of it , although of course I do n't I 'm not suggesting that they become programmers — that would be to abdicate their function in another way — but certainly they can understand it , and I think of course it keeps coming back to this issue over and over again , an issue about education . |
| 20 | As a general rule ten years is long enough , but of course it depends on the individual and it depends on the company too . |
| 21 | Of course it depends on how other people are doing and how the team are doing . ’ |
| 22 | Erm it perhaps does n't strike us as being very revolutionary but of course it depends from the context that you 're in erm to perhaps some of the absolute rulers of er of er perhaps , this was revolutionary . |
| 23 | Most universities and higher technical institutions use it , and of course it maintains its position as the link language with the rest of the world . |
| 24 | Of course it sounds like AIDS , Sam Rollins thinks . |
| 25 | Which , of course , momentarily , it did : ‘ Two weeks , ’ she boldly and brightly continued , breaking the trance like stillness with a frisky movement of her head and braceleted right arm , ‘ yes , two weeks , in Kyoto and Osaka , it should be quite fascinating , quite an opportunity to see a completely different culture , of course it relates to our own work at the Institute in a very particular way , it seems that there has been a considerable amount of research done in the department we are visiting on the problems of adoption and stepparents . |
| 26 | Of course it had belonged among those unhappy mad thoughts which she had had in the last days . |
| 27 | Of course it had to end : in March 1920 we sailed from Calcutta . |
| 28 | Of course it had been an accident — it must have been . |
| 29 | Of course it had been a silly question , but why had she been so cross ? |
| 30 | And of course it had been the Worm , clearly displayed in broken-up dots on the computer screen . |