Example sentences of "it [verb] many [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only when we remember that it has many internal parts , all obeying laws of physics at their own level , that we understand the behaviour of the whole body . |
| 2 | However , the view of style adopted here implies that it has many mundane aspects , and that style is not simply a property of poetic or even just literary texts . |
| 3 | A corpus of knowledge does not have a single well-defined boundary ; it has many fuzzy debates going on . |
| 4 | Coir , the fibrous husk of the coconut , is being hailed as the new alternative to peat , it has many similar properties , ideal for potting or seed sowing . |
| 5 | It has many one-pitch routes , few of which are more than 6a . |
| 6 | The transition from water to land required not only the perfection of a walking limb , but modifications to the hearing system , palate , eyes and so on , and Ichthyostega had already established most of these terrestrial modifications , so it is in no sense an ‘ ancestor ’ , although it has many ancestral features . |
| 7 | The Calderdale TEC says that it has many young people waiting . |
| 8 | The resulting language varies from one author to another , but as written language it has many general features which can be described and analysed ( Perera , 1984 ) . |
| 9 | It has large and influential cereals and sugar barons in the north , but it has many small livestock farmers as well . |
| 10 | The authors concerned assume that the word " father " ( or its equivalent in other languages ) has a single meaning in itself , whereas in fact it has many different meanings depending upon what other term forms the other half of the dyadic relationship . |
| 11 | It has many tough , determined people who have been tested and not found wanting and I thank you for it . |
| 12 | Designed by W. Trees , it has many Gothic features , including lancet windows and a ticket office like a manorial great hall , with beamed roof and elaborate chimneypiece . |
| 13 | Perhaps because it has been so popular it has many common names , such as hag taper , Aaron 's rod , Adam 's flannel and torches . |
| 14 | It has many red-roofed old houses , is the centre of colourful processions , has facilities for children in the Kinderparadies , a nature reserve , peaceful walks by the Gubensee and fine views of the Santis range . |
| 15 | He noted that when Harris sampled at weekends it found many more Tories than on weekdays . |
| 16 | It contains many innovative ideas on how to approach reading in the language classroom , and presents a variety of text-related exercises and activities . |
| 17 | It contains many majestic old oaks and hoary willows . |
| 18 | One important part of the citizens charter is not so much that it contains many individual ideas and proposals for change , but that it is intended to change the entire attitude of public servants and the way in which citizens approach them . |
| 19 | It contains many different kinds of groupings ( social , political , religious , ethnic ) and economic inequalities are pronounced and growing . |
| 20 | Britain is geologically interesting because it contains many different rock formations containing a large range of metals . |
| 21 | I doubt not it holds many happy memories for you . |
| 22 | Flying a new type of glider is always fun , but it worries many inexperienced pilots : there is always an extra element of risk if an unexpected situation occurs on the first flight in an unfamiliar machine . |
| 23 | The desire to recover it drove many black peasants to support the nationalist guerrillas in the war against white minority rule . |
| 24 | It features many rare plants , and extensive areas of mudflats , saltmarsh and grassland of botanical and ornithological value , with breeding sites for 8,000 lesser black backed gulls and 2,000 herring gulls . |
| 25 | It was called mustard gas and was used at Ypres in 1917 , when it caused many thousands of casualties . |
| 26 | She believes that it prevented many Labour supporters from registering on the electoral roll ( in the hope of avoiding payment ) , thus depriving Mr Kinnock of a large number of votes . |
| 27 | Entitled This Common Inheritance : Britain 's Environmental Strategy , it describes many old policies as new and is seen as a mixture of hopeful and vague suggestions and promises simply to consult , consider and review . |
| 28 | It costs many hundreds of thousands to mount a challenge like this . |
| 29 | It raises many practical issues , in particular the problems of dealing with voluntary disclosures on environmental performance in a reliable and consistent way . |
| 30 | I 'm not gon na go over t what my colleague has said but what I do wan na know is when are the Labour Party gon na get hold of some issue and make some sort of mileage out of it , because we 've got a number of sponsored MPs and we ca n't get 'em off the doorstep at election time , but when it comes about doing summat for us and consider the fact that it affects many many people and we talk about the links that the Labour Party and the trade union has , I think the Labour Party 's already severed 'em , as far as I 'm concerned . |