Example sentences of "it [adv] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It successfully produces delinquents , creating a criminal section of the population and thereby dividing the subordinate classes into mutually antagonistic fractions . |
| 2 | ‘ Because it luckily missed houses , they are just carrying on . ’ |
| 3 | Major Ian Kennedy repaired it , ‘ sufficiently to sit on ’ , although , alas , it mostly supports bags of clubs and a miscellany of paraphernalia . |
| 4 | In the meanwhile , we did not feel it right to make aspects of knowledge about language in the programmes of study ( which will be legally obligatory for every pupil working at levels 5 to 10 ) too extensive or demanding . |
| 5 | FEW lawyers think it right to have affairs with their clients , but should the law prohibit it ? |
| 6 | It effectively bans strikes in transport , including rail , air and underground services , in the fuel , energy and defence industries , and in other sectors where a halt in production could have ‘ serious and dangerous consequences ’ . |
| 7 | It effectively removes chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) from the list of active greenhouse gases , since their effect in destroying the ozone layer offsets their contribution to global warming . |
| 8 | It eventually capitulated days before the Panel was due to exercise its right to apply to the courts for a forced restatement of the accounts . |
| 9 | It eventually showed fishermen preparing and setting out on a peaceful evening for a night 's work ; while they are at sea , a storm blows up . |
| 10 | It apparently includes compilers , but hardware support is slim and they 'd like better graphics . |
| 11 | So , if it only weighs kilos you will get how much cover ? |
| 12 | For the doctors agreed it did not hurt a baby to cry ; it only hurts grown-ups to listen to him . |
| 13 | So I says , Well if it only take minutes you bloody well do it yourself . |
| 14 | His department said that it only kept records of strikes lasting more than three days and involving more than 100 people . |
| 15 | Plus , it only takes seconds to connect up , and as time is money that 's always important . |
| 16 | It only seeks relationships in order to be loved . |
| 17 | When I tried to explain to them about the golf-ball it only made matters worse . |
| 18 | But it only made things worse . |
| 19 | She found it only made things worse if she struggled , bringing her even more intimately against his muscular shape . |
| 20 | This last choice is desirable but it only delays things so far as getting home is concerned , since the forest road stops on the frontier some three miles away , and there you can but turn round . |
| 21 | It only considers properties let on long leases to blue chip companies . |
| 22 | I could never get a decent swing with my left hand , but at best I would use it only to repel boarders . |
| 23 | It only lasts seconds and then they are overwhelmed with a Wave of Remorse . ’ |
| 24 | Vasectomy does not change who you are and how you feel about sex , it only prevents pregnancies . |
| 25 | It only makes matters worse that the sound remains harsh , boxy and quite uncomfortable to listen to . |
| 26 | It only makes matters worse by increasing anxiety over the problem . |
| 27 | With me , it only makes things worse . ’ |
| 28 | It only makes things more dangerous for us ! ’ |
| 29 | THE trouble with the newly published list of the richest women in Britain is that it only confirms men 's worst prejudices . |
| 30 | It so helps users to monitor capital , to set and manage limits policy and ensure regulatory compliance — such as the 7.6% asset liquidity to be demanded of banks as from April 1 . |