Example sentences of "it [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Oh it were I play a bloody tune on it bloody snake charmer |
2 | The is it eleven pound load I think it is ? |
3 | Several hypotheses have it that land-use change , primarily growth of forest or development of heathlands following fires , logging and abandonment of agriculture , could have caused the recent acidification of low-alkalinity surface waters . |
4 | WHY is it that hotel owners and operators put so much emphasis on recruiting professional ‘ hotel designers ’ to create the right hotel , but , when it comes to the inclusion of leisure facilities , then they appear to approach any designer , with the impression that it can be addressed from a design viewpoint just like any other area ? |
5 | Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : If any new hospitals are built in Wales , such as the East Glamorgan hospital , will the funding for those hospitals , in terms of capital costs , be entirely met by the Welsh Office or , as a result of last week 's disclosure in Construction News , are we to take it that Treasury guidelines to introduce private sector money into such building will mean that the commitment from the Welsh Office will be less ? |
6 | P.B. Yes , the trouble is in doing it that way Bob , you invariably do some damage to yourself . |
7 | So let's keep it that way folks . |
8 | On the other hand though I was really drunk so maybe I only remember it that way John turned round to me at the end and said , I ca n't understand you All the people I know , when they get pissed , they start fights , whereas you just seem really happy |
9 | Move it that way Jonathan , six . |
10 | I think that 's about it that price range . |
11 | Business mythology has it that computer firms in Japan are no good at software and will never break the dominance of IBM , the world 's biggest computer company . |
12 | and peasant antagonism ought to have been greatest and therefore you on the face of it it seems surprising does n't it that land reforms did n't take place immediately , or they were n't attempting land reform to take place immediately . |
13 | When you said uniforms , it that fire uniforms ? |
14 | How is it that Television South West passed the quality threshold , offered by far the most money but still lost ? |
15 | For phenomenalists such as Ayer tended to take it that observation statements report the nature of the observer 's sensory states . |
16 | I despise the idea and practice of blood sports , but this violent reaction threw up a profile of wildly inconsistent attitudes which puzzles me ; how is it that fox hunting is legal and fishing is the most popular outdoor recreational activity in Britain , yet badger killing invokes a desire for public retribution — lynch mob fever , almost — over and above the punishment of the courts ? |
17 | AN intriguing story has it that Traffic Minister Kenneth Carlisle 's American wife Carla , after attending the Sorbonne , spent three years in France lecturing on poultry . |
18 | But why is it that AIDS victims suffer from such obscure infections ? |
19 | Conversely , why is it that finance managers seem to think they have a monopoly on numeracy ? |
20 | But finally , why is it that game show contestants are never UNEMPLOYED ? |
21 | Word has it that Unix System Labs has structured its pricing schedule so that its OEMs could bring Destiny out for $350 . |
22 | It is not only the environment but also the animals and plants that inhabit it that display rhythms . |
23 | Marketing dogma of old had it that car buyers do n't want to hear about car safety , preferring not to dwell on the possibility of being killed or injured on the road . |
24 | Why is it that hearing loss can play havoc with self-confidence ? |
25 | The colliery owners undertook to support the new Union by giving it sole negotiating rights ; by agreeing to deduct the Union contribution from wages ; by contributing 12,500 to the Union 's pension fund and by harrying known members of the NMA . |
26 | Ivor thought it odd defending champions Europe should go first because tradition , and courtesy , normally allows the visitors the honour . |
27 | Was it some sulphur thing or something ? |
28 | I can not find the page now through all that excitement here when I get to it I 'll get to it some time page twenty five I 'll be alright . |
29 | ‘ The plant has been neglected for a few years so I thought I 'd give it some plant food and water and to my astonishment this was the result , ’ said Margaret . |
30 | we wo n't have time to do it this holiday Robert , there wo n't be time |