Example sentences of "it [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HERMS captures this associated data and adds to it spatial data generated in the CAD graphics data base . |
| 2 | It may be that she commissioned the piece under the influence of the Norman history written for her brother Duke Richard II by Dudo of St Quentin , while some have thought it political propaganda intended to influence events after Cnut 's death . |
| 3 | You got it right Holly got several wrong and Lucy got family wrong |
| 4 | He was very fond of her but it strained imagination to see how she could fit into a policeman 's life . |
| 5 | Telford gave it hollow spandrels to lighten the load on the foundations , which also gives a deceptive appearance of lightness to the structure ; and the roadway does not rise to the crown of the arch , which was usually done to ensure that rainwater would not lie on the road surface . |
| 6 | It was disbanded on 2 April after it six-month life came to an end . |
| 7 | Fair enough , but my point is this : if you 're bitten by a pye-dog and the wound becomes infected , is it sensible behaviour to carry on hanging out with pye-dogs ? |
| 8 | Nor is it flippant liberalism to point this out — though there may be significance in the fact that anyone who does so has immediately to excuse himself , as I find myself doing . |
| 9 | On the one hand are those adult educators who see in it exciting possibilities to extend the concept of adult learning , making it more relevant to the issues and problems facing ‘ disadvantaged ’ groups , helping them to participate more effectively in society , gaining more recognition and resources , removing gross inequalities and injustices . |
| 10 | The gentle stress on the word ‘ did ’ made it clear Blanche expected there to be more to their relationship than a glancing acquaintance at work . |
| 11 | Mills gets it clear Chettle chasing hard concedes the throw . |
| 12 | The Preface fetches information from other ages and brings it forward , and hands it to us , cleansed and ready for consumption , and presented in a style that makes it clear Johnson wished to be read . |
| 13 | He 'd made it clear right form the start just how he regarded her — as a brash and brassy nightclub singer , nothing else . |
| 14 | To go through it sometimes and change it old people like to do that . |
| 15 | In it old Joe writes : |
| 16 | It has the power to reform and transform lives ad through it countless people have been given new strength . |
| 17 | Is it standard policy to include facts like that in your research ? ’ |
| 18 | It makes it hard work does n't it ? |
| 19 | You could , of course , have the cement , sand and gravel delivered , and hire a mixer , but you would still find it hard work shovelling it all in and out . |
| 20 | On the face of it electric traction has many advantages . |
| 21 | But that still leaves for the jury in submission , A , whether they used reasonable force yes reasonable to act , but was it reasonable force to act , was it a reasonable method of acting , by which I mean time of er , time of the incident . |
| 22 | On the hills that crowded close around it black forest stretched up towards the skyline . |
| 23 | It is not a desirable place to paint pictures in , inside the Cuiraing : the silence and the grandeur awes you ; and the sheep above where we stood had an uncomfortable habit of loosening with their feet stones that came with an ominous crash near to us , and some shepherd lads , much less excusable , thought it good fun to threaten to , and likewise to perform , throwing stones near us . |
| 24 | Beneath and down-wind of the ash cloud there is a steady rain of fine ash particles , sometimes falling so thickly that a dark curtain appears to be hanging beneath the cloud , while in and around it electrical storms rage , with lightning flickering frequently , so that the whole effect is much more dramatic than even the most ominous of thunderclouds . |
| 25 | Some 15–40% of patients taking it long term develop an asymptomatic hepatic dysfunction , which is both dose dependent and reversible on stopping treatment . |
| 26 | The mechanic says that on that year the truck the part was handcrafted in Zogmolia near Flelzonia and not only is it double reverse threaded but that its made from a rare alloy rendered from toxic wastes in New Jersey ; however , he has assured me while trying to hold back a laugh and spraying spittle all over me he knows a junk yard on Mars where he can get the part soon . |
| 27 | In the middle of it Sniffy Wilson rang . |
| 28 | The Eastons restored the ornamental paintwork , most of it imitation brickwork painted over the actual brick , and in the case of the wall paintings , have reinstated the full scheme . |
| 29 | Was it sheer arrogance to insist , ‘ There is n't such a thing as Majorism ’ ? |
| 30 | It is as if the creation of a regulatory bureaucracy carries with it implicit powers to achieve agency goals . |