Example sentences of "it [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm okay , do I need it or changed mind . |
| 2 | If all these measures fail , it may be necessary to use a pole with a rag securely tied on to it or clearing rods similar to those used for clearing drains . |
| 3 | Some depositors may believe that they have an obligation to archive and make available their data by virtue of having used public funds to collect it or public time and co-operation in providing it . |
| 4 | ( 194 ) He was very soon made to understand that he was not wanted in that corner of it where old Lingard and his own weak will placed him … |
| 5 | And who would be more bitterly indignant if he risked it than young Harry himself , whose pride in his prince and jealousy of his rights had no match even among David 's own blood-kin ? |
| 6 | ‘ From the moment I first saw freestyle I knew it was the sport for me — there was so much more to it than ordinary skiing — it was beautiful and the ultimate in skiing athleticism . ’ |
| 7 | Yet most modern models of language , from Saussure 's onwards , give a fuller and more coherent account of it than traditional grammar ever did , and therefore offer the possibility of describing the linguistic features of texts far more exactly than was possible with the rag-bag of grammatical and metaphorical terminology on which criticism has traditionally depended . |
| 8 | The fact is that we are rather more successful at it than other species . |
| 9 | The difficulties have not been restricted to the U.K. It is a world recession , although the U.K. happens to be deeper in it than other countries , ’ he says . |
| 10 | But there is more to it than just recruitment of people with disabilities . |
| 11 | The largest of the islands , Majorca , has much more to recommend it than just beaches . |
| 12 | The courts do not appear to consider that legal representation is an absolute requirement of the rule although there is a readiness to imply it if procedural rules are silent . |
| 13 | I had intended to go to Downing Street , but then I thought I could n't bear it if old Chamberlain came out waving a bit of paper and smiling his death 's head smile , so I just lay down in the park instead . |
| 14 | A sheep had been eating it and poor Sir Thomas got the wrong one . ’ |
| 15 | It must , however , still bulk large in any examination of English urban life , not only because many of its characteristics were common to it and other towns , but also because they can be most fully studied there . |
| 16 | The Metropolitan Police says that it and other forces have increased ‘ sector ’ policing — putting an office in charge of a small area where he or she gets to know everyone . |
| 17 | The size spectrum of tawny owl prey is similar to that of the two British samples of barn owl , so that the size variation of the prey within a wide ranging predator like the barn owl is greater than the prey size variation between it and other predators . |
| 18 | An estimated 40,000 are held by it and other agencies , but since they are on paper , they fall outside the act . |
| 19 | We also have a sort of partnership with other institutions in understanding better our stake in it and other people 's stake in it . |
| 20 | In the words of Lord Greene in Davies v Collins [ 1945 ] 1 All ER 247 : Whether or not in any given contract performance can properly be carried out by the employment of a sub-contractor , must depend on the proper inference to be drawn from the contract itself , the subject matter of it and other material surrounding circumstances . |
| 21 | BA 's contention is that it and other airlines are heavily subsiding smaller AOC operators . |
| 22 | So get to it and good luck . |
| 23 | I swam out to it and tied ropes to it . |
| 24 | John Rodwell , a specialist inspector from the Health and Safety Executive , said it appeared Mr Eaton had been using the burning torch to cut at the edge of the slot at one end of the pipe trying to open it and hot gases could have caused it to become dislodged and fall . |
| 25 | Acrylics Business general manager , Philip Felcey , forecasts continued rapid growth for it and similar products into the 1990s . |
| 26 | Miller and Swift 's Handbook is an extremely influential text ; it and similar books are on all the best shelves nowadays . |
| 27 | The centre of Dixie 's shirt caves in instantly , as if a hidden mouth inside had sucked at it and vomited blood . |
| 28 | For example , if you have inserted a frame into your document when you select it and right click on the mouse you access the Modify Frame Layout dialog box . |
| 29 | Third , though the agora certainly has a religious aspect — Kleisthenes probably purified it and banned burials there when he gave it new political importance — it also , and equally certainly , was a place where ordinary commerce was carried on , thus Demosthenes ( xviii.169 ) mentions the wicker booths set up for trading there . |
| 30 | Langland is critical of some of their actions ; Waster and the beggars scorned poor food and demanded better , fine bread instead of that with beans in it and well-cooked meat . |