Example sentences of "it [conj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If all these measures fail , it may be necessary to use a pole with a rag securely tied on to it or clearing rods similar to those used for clearing drains . |
| 2 | The difficulties have not been restricted to the U.K. It is a world recession , although the U.K. happens to be deeper in it than other countries , ’ he says . |
| 3 | The largest of the islands , Majorca , has much more to recommend it than just beaches . |
| 4 | The courts do not appear to consider that legal representation is an absolute requirement of the rule although there is a readiness to imply it if procedural rules are silent . |
| 5 | It must , however , still bulk large in any examination of English urban life , not only because many of its characteristics were common to it and other towns , but also because they can be most fully studied there . |
| 6 | The Metropolitan Police says that it and other forces have increased ‘ sector ’ policing — putting an office in charge of a small area where he or she gets to know everyone . |
| 7 | The size spectrum of tawny owl prey is similar to that of the two British samples of barn owl , so that the size variation of the prey within a wide ranging predator like the barn owl is greater than the prey size variation between it and other predators . |
| 8 | An estimated 40,000 are held by it and other agencies , but since they are on paper , they fall outside the act . |
| 9 | BA 's contention is that it and other airlines are heavily subsiding smaller AOC operators . |
| 10 | I swam out to it and tied ropes to it . |
| 11 | John Rodwell , a specialist inspector from the Health and Safety Executive , said it appeared Mr Eaton had been using the burning torch to cut at the edge of the slot at one end of the pipe trying to open it and hot gases could have caused it to become dislodged and fall . |
| 12 | Acrylics Business general manager , Philip Felcey , forecasts continued rapid growth for it and similar products into the 1990s . |
| 13 | Miller and Swift 's Handbook is an extremely influential text ; it and similar books are on all the best shelves nowadays . |
| 14 | Third , though the agora certainly has a religious aspect — Kleisthenes probably purified it and banned burials there when he gave it new political importance — it also , and equally certainly , was a place where ordinary commerce was carried on , thus Demosthenes ( xviii.169 ) mentions the wicker booths set up for trading there . |
| 15 | This was a function of the domanial estate-structure ( sometimes known to English-speaking historians as the manorial system ) , that is of a central directly-farmed agricultural unit , having peasant-tenements grouped around it and owing labour-services on it , and more distant tenements associated with it owing other types of dues and services . |
| 16 | A broad terrace ran round it with tufts of herbs growing on it and broken steps leading down on to the ruins of a lawn . |
| 17 | Durham Cathedral stands vast , an enormous monument , virtually of a piece and in an incredible position , with the river running round it and steep banks . ’ |
| 18 | He lifted it and red ants scurried and bustled , pulling and pushing their torpedo-shaped eggs to safety . |
| 19 | It is also called St Austin 's Stone , because of the legend that St Augustine ( also known as ‘ Austin' ) preached from it and baptized converts in the spring below . |
| 20 | It may be possible to gues the outcome in the northeast , but the Southwest is anybody 's and all three main parties have their eyes on it and local issues are being played to the maximum . |
| 21 | 3I will use the Framework and SoftBench Encapsulator to build an integrated environment for CASE tools which it and local ISVs develop . |
| 22 | She likes advice with her kind of spin on it and brisk meetings with those most closely involved . |
| 23 | By contrast , in London " talking black " or " chatting Patois " can be seen as a social act where speakers , coming to the conversation with similar models of the stereotyped " Creole " , but different degrees of competence in it and different amounts of motivation , negotiate a language which they agree is " Patois " / " Creole " / " black talk " etc . |
| 24 | Sparks flew from it and shadowy figures cried : ‘ Look out . ’ |
| 25 | Various reasons are suggested to explain the resurgence in recent years but the weight of opinion is that it is operational problems that are at fault rather than technical deficiencies — for example , poor application of the insecticide rather than resistance to it and organisational shortcomings rather than aberrant behaviour of vectors . |
| 26 | They are light green and very delicate-looking , having a prominent midrib , several lateral veins on either side of it and numerous cross-veins . |
| 27 | A formal letter of introduction from Queen 's University , Belfast , was carried , to be produced on demand as accreditation ; it proved however to be useful mainly for dealing with the security forces , since unwilling interviewees were not impressed by it and willing ones did not request it . |
| 28 | The pot is kept in an eighteenth century copy of the original chest in which it and related documents were kept . |
| 29 | Colourist Maria tinted it and added lowlights to give a natural-looking golden colour , which also had the effect of warming up her rather drained skin tone . |
| 30 | if it had a few twists and curls round it and little things like that and bits of gold plate on it I mean that they 'd go for it , but er , because it 's made for its purpose and do n't want it . |