Example sentences of "it [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | I mean the point would be to give it that kind of pzazz that the young kids love so much . |
2 | As far as the first case is concerned , I take it that part of the process of rational reflection on a set of moral principles and courses of action for myself would involve consulting others ( the experts , if you like ) . |
3 | ‘ I 've never asked it that sort of question , ’ he said . |
4 | which it ca n't be right cos , I suppose in a way it 's none of our business but it is I mean if it gets to it , it puts our company in financial difficulties it means it 's jobs on the line int it that sort of thing |
5 | now that family , you know , the Mirror , you know it , it , it that sort of thing |
6 | Now , am I to take it that sort of appeal will have a very low priority , I mean , how about Oxfam for example ? |
7 | No , it is all due to the faithful old Sun going through it usual cycle of activity and the so called dragons turn out to be early sightings of aurorae . |
8 | Is it total insertion of the penis into the vagina ? |
9 | From this secure position , it extends a long tube , its siphon , along the tunnel and into the open water to suck in a current that brings with it minute particles of food . |
10 | Was it some trick of the light ? |
11 | The World Bank in Washington DC has placed an order with Reading , Berkshire-based Racal-Redac ( UK ) Ltd for 154 of its CadStar printed circuit board design packages and 57 advanced MS-DOS routers : the products will be used by participants in India 's Impact programme , set up with the help of the World Bank , to provide the country 's leading educational institutions with electronic design automation tools and other software ; Racal-Redac reckons the deal gives it some 50% of the Indian printed circuit board design software market . |
12 | Indeed , it shares with it some elements of decoration , e.g. a band of wavecrest pattern around the central roundel . |
13 | Driving through fog on the M25 , listening to yet another radio programme about the recession , it is difficult to imagine that there might be light at the end of the tunnel ; but spring is on its way , and I hope it will bring with it some sign of the long-promised upturn in the economy . |
14 | At a time when product design has lost its way , the gallery fails to provide a proper historical context that might give it some sense of direction . |
15 | Few managers admit that boredom is a threat to the job but equally few would deny that being part of a pilot scheme or of being part of a trial run of new development can carry with it some air of excitement . |
16 | Was it some kind of ‘ leak ’ ? |
17 | But if you 're religiously inclined , then clearly the universe looks a bit different , because the universe has a creator , and having a creator gives it some kind of meaning . |
18 | Is it some aspect of your work or your life that is getting out of control ? |
19 | The inroad of foreign capital always means for it some loss of independence , and it has nothing to gain by agreement among competing Empires … |
20 | ‘ Is it some sort of insurance policy ? ’ |
21 | Is it some sort of extra-wise one , or something . ’ |
22 | Is it some sort of reference to your own noble persistence in trying to restore our marriage ? |
23 | Marriage , I assume , carries with it some sort of carte blanche for endless promiscuity — and a dispensation from the Pope . |
24 | Was it some sort of ruse or what ? |
25 | Is it some sort of or something ? |
26 | It 'll give it some form of protection which we have n't got round to doing the erm oh |
27 | In some extraordinary way it seemed hotter now than at midday when the blistering sun was overhead ; such faint breeze as there might be from the water seemed to fall utterly it this turn of the tide . |
28 | Was it this kind of intrusion that made Jean-Claude anxious ? |
29 | But jazz vocalism — and with it this kind of tension — has been a strong influence on popular singing , from Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra down to many recent performers . |
30 | I , I take My Noble Friend 's point indeed , but I think nonetheless er that er I have to say that there is a degree that we put it this way of understanding of how the process works rather more informally than the manner in which my Noble Friend has put it . |