Example sentences of "it [conj] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there are no recommendations given as to how often it should be used , which type of salt it requires to recharge it or any recommendations as to often to recharge it . |
| 2 | Why is it that those countries can accept basic , decent minimum standards for their people whereas this Government will not accept them for the British people ? |
| 3 | So why is it that these views exist ? |
| 4 | Why is it that these molecules were n't discovered earlier ? |
| 5 | to , to , I mean when I first had the er plaster off , which was for ten days it was , I could not believe it that these fingers were not going but I 'm told that that 's quite usual . |
| 6 | Maori tradition has it that these words were spoken by chief Ngatoroirangi when he first arrived in New Zealand from Polynesia in the great Arawa canoe : I arrive where unknown earth is under my feet ; I arrive where a new sky is above me . |
| 7 | So valuable is it that some scientists regard it as a scent and as soon as they detect it , they know that they are on the right track . |
| 8 | Once we have put aside such relatively easy observations as the tendency or requirement for long or complex adjective phrases to occur postnominally , there are two fundamental questions which badly need to be asked about the grammar of postnominal attributives : ( a ) What is the difference in effect or value obtained by the speaker who uses postnominal position when prenominal position is equally grammatical ? ( b ) Why is it that some adjectives ( and some adjective phrases ) can occur quite easily in postnominal position while others , apparently comparable , are limited to prenominal position ? |
| 9 | A more basic defect when used for R&D projects it that both methods assume a finite and predictable outcome from every job . |
| 10 | A more basic defect when used for R&D projects it that both methods assume a finite and predictable outcome from every job . |
| 11 | ‘ You 've been seen around London lately with both John D. Hansom and Roderick Luckey , and rumour has it that both men want to marry you . |
| 12 | This is a relationship that always carries more seeds of hope in it than many others that break down ( or never get started on the right foot ) . |
| 13 | They were several weeks journey from London , but towns like Liverpool or York were several days journey from London , so that the colonists might feel distant but not uniquely isolated from the metropolis , and had closer ties with it than many parts of the English countryside . |
| 14 | dir : I ca n't help it if some clinicians are cussed . |
| 15 | Its age old pre-historic instinct had brought it and many others to the spot a day ago in a bloody frenzy of feeding . |
| 16 | John Major is reported to have ‘ unprintable ’ feelings about it and many ministers have expressed annoyance . |
| 17 | Every commentator of the period remarked upon it and many explanations were offered — the rationing of goods , which involved equality of sacrifice ; the evacuation of the towns , which showed the middle class the relative deprivation of youngsters in the working-class urban areas ; and so forth . |
| 18 | Prawns in it and all sorts . |
| 19 | Erm this year the parish has said they 'll pay for it and any contributions will be gratefully received and I think it was three pound last year . |
| 20 | They attached a range of meanings to it and these meanings directed their actions . |
| 21 | But when you are watching it and these bones are parting , you 'll hear all the trees and all the noises that you can imagine , even as if buildings were falling down or a traction engine is running over you . |
| 22 | Limits were set in short by both sides on what they sought to do and how they sought to do it and these limits erm were n't self-evident at the time I can tell you because the American military , the Chiefs of Staff on the Executive Committee that discussed this an and took the decisions , were all in favour of making s air strikes on these bases and possibly er an er an armed intervention and so the military advice here er was er was rather similar to that of McArthur 's , that is turn the , the crisis into er a different kind of crisis , turn it in fact into a war . |
| 23 | Limits were set in short by both sides on what they sought to do and how they sought to do it and these limits erm were n't self-evident at the time I can tell you because the American military , the Chiefs of Staff on the Executive Committee that discussed this an and took the decisions , were all in favour of making s air strikes on these bases and possibly er an er an armed intervention and so the military advice here er was er was rather similar to that of McArthur 's , that is turn the , the crisis into er a different kind of crisis , turn it in fact into a war . |
| 24 | They were more comfortable , it was a , it was a more enjoyable journey , and let's be honest if I can go through life without hassles and without problems my life will be more enjoyable , of course it and these difficulties , and these storms coming away , coming your way your life will be more enjoyable . |
| 25 | Although behind them was a six-foot-high beer-bottle , with the red-lettered statement ‘ A Man 's Drink ! ’ across it , they superimposed upon it a silent and rocky country where there was always a wind blowing with a touch of rain on it and few birds sang . |
| 26 | and she ooh I do n't know I 'm gon na have to something to her cos some weeks I get it and some weeks I do n't , I said you ought to think yourself lucky you get an extra ten pound , I said , we do n't ! |
| 27 | and erm whatever you may need a stock and that and put sliced potatoes in it and some carrots and then on the top I 've put sliced potatoes and left them on top of the casserole , well later on when I came home I just took the lid off and stuck in the top of the oven instead |
| 28 | When this type of harassment occurs , when it is continuous day after day , unrelenting in its viciousness , then tensions grow with it and those tensions can creep into the whole community until finally some incident breaks the self-control ; the pent-up fury of people is unleashed and often blind , mindless violence occurs . |
| 29 | The Express and the Mail saw the Empire Crusade as a means of uniting the Empire by encouraging free trade within it and both newspapers gave publicity and financial support to those by-election candidates who promised to uphold that line in Parliament . |
| 30 | Jan just beat Bruce to it and both men laughed . |