Example sentences of "it [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | John Griffin , from St John 's AC in County Kerry and Connie Kelly from Blackrock AC , both made it three wins in a row , clocking 48:17 and 57:32 respectively . |
| 32 | On Tuesday night last the ‘ Dream Team ’ were trying to make it three wins in a row . |
| 33 | Can Nigel Mansell in the Williams car from Didcot make it three victories in a row ? |
| 34 | The new Emperor called for lights , examined the face , then thrust at it three times with a sword . |
| 35 | Then , picking up the poker from the hearth , she banged it three times against the back of the fireplace . |
| 36 | Ephron picks up Abraham 's ‘ give ’ and uses it three times in his opening offer . |
| 37 | What is equally undeniable is Die Auferstehung 's status as a masterwork ( Mozart conducted it three times in 1788 , expressing no small amount of enthusiasm ) , and this recording 's fine presentation of the piece , worthy to stand beside Hermann Max 's [ see my review of JS Bach 's Magnificat below — Ed. ] splendid Capriccio recording ( coupled with . |
| 38 | Debut winger , Innes Gray , scored two tries in three minutes as Ulster took control in the final quarter , and flanker Kevin McKee made it three tries in five minutes . |
| 39 | Tony Jarrett , who grabbed the bronze in Tokyo after Jackson 's late withdrawal , was a smooth-looking second behind America 's Tony Dees , and Hughie Teape made it three Brits in the semis as a fastest loser . |
| 40 | While the report was acknowledging considerable dieback , the press release which accompanied it three days before Christmas ( a traditional moment for government departments to ‘ bury ’ embarrassing statistics ) spoke only of ‘ no sign … of the forest decline which is of such great concern in central Europe ’ . |
| 41 | it still smells of paint |
| 42 | He describes how , by 1837 , the game had evolved into a highly complicated sport , containing all the ‘ typical characteristics of a genuinely national art form , … profoundly popular in origin , yet attracting to it disinterested elements of the leisured and educated classes ’ . |
| 43 | Erm , I think that the most important point within the , the er , report Chairman , is in paragraph erm , three four , where the Rural Development Commission are , are saying very strongly that if there 's more than one area designated within the county and there are now three areas designated within Shropshire , in the past there was only one R D , R D A area , that it all runs through , there are now three separate R D A areas , the , the R D , the Rural Development Commission are recommending very strongly that if you do have that , then they should be managed by a single R DP Committee . |
| 44 | Well y Yes , but no but you see if you do an emergency stop it all runs to the front anyway . |
| 45 | ‘ It all stems from our curiosity about the past and our heroes , particularly guitar players like Ritchie Blackmore and Jimmy Page . |
| 46 | It all stems from when Sally was a high hurdler . |
| 47 | It all stems from when Sally was a high hurdler . |
| 48 | You know , as much as all this GCSE business is a step in the right direction now , it all stems from this post-Renaissance business about compartmentalizing the arts and sciences , and how that 's reflected in societal terms , and this rather pathetic need to grade and assess in this way . |
| 49 | It all stems from here , from you . |
| 50 | Maybe it all stems from never being allowed to participate with the big boys in childhood beach games using oil drums as wickets . |
| 51 | Alternatively , the vendor may require the purchaser to assign to it all rights against third parties but the purchaser will wish to restrict the vendor 's ability to commence proceeding against customers as this may affect the goodwill of the business ; ( h ) to limit some of the warranties to the best of the vendor 's knowledge , information and belief . |
| 52 | ‘ It all rests on this final question ! ’ shouts the game show host maniacally . |
| 53 | It all rests upon a possible impressionableness in me , and relies a good deal on mystery or mist. , The allegory in ‘ Shadows of the Hills ’ is crystal-clear , in spite of the involved style : ‘ For Nature took him and held him fast like a jealous lover … |
| 54 | It all sounds as if the compiler technology — an essential element of the Pentium 's claimed performance benefits over the 80486 — is n't quite there yet . |
| 55 | It all sounds as if the compiler technology — an essential element of the Pentium 's claimed performance benefits over the 486 — is n't quite there yet . |
| 56 | On 30 July , while Brook was away on holiday , Bridges sent Murrie the note of his conversation of 26 July with Attlee , adding , ‘ It all sounds to me frightfully reminiscent of proposals which have been made before and , I think , discussed . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ It all hinges on Prosser v. |
| 58 | It all hinges on motive , on whether Georgina knew about the divorce , and that Arabella was pregnant . |
| 59 | It all hinges on B A's share of slots at Heathrow which is about forty percent . |
| 60 | To the popular hit melody with the first line , ‘ It all passes by , it all fades away , ’ people added a second line : ‘ Hitler falls in April , the Party in May . ’ |