Example sentences of "it [vb infin] in [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | 8 If a beam of light from the lighthouse , shown on page 1 , turns through one revolution every 30 seconds , how many revolutions will it make in 4 minutes ? |
2 | Did it relate in some way to the fact that millions of years ago our gill-bearing ancestors crawled out of the pond , and ever since we have been paralysed by the thought of a return to it ? |
3 | On a quantitative basis should the firm continue to manufacture BC100 and BC200 or should it buy in both or either of the components ? |
4 | Everyone within earshot was listening , eyes concentrated on mine , heads bent forward — but what did it matter in this little world of shadows where all barriers were down . |
5 | Neither , it seems , does it believe in new- fangled technology . |
6 | to let it spill in all its silly wonder , |
7 | What different forms does it take in different societies ? |
8 | Right , B two if a train is going at a constant speed of ninety miles per hour how far will it go in two hours ? |
9 | But there again you you just let it go in one ear and out the other ear . |
10 | How far does it go in one hour ? |
11 | Well if it , if it average speed is a hundred and twenty miles in two hours how far in fact would it go in one hour ? |
12 | Right , so if it goes say a hundred and twenty six miles or a hundred and twenty miles , to the nearest ten miles , it goes a hundred and twenty miles in two hours how far would it go in one hour ? |
13 | How far can it go in half an hour ? |
14 | But what does it mean in general for actions caused by beliefs to succeed ? |
15 | What does it mean in this instance ? |
16 | As Keynes wrote " 'The Treaty includes no provision for the economic rehabilitation of Europe , nor does it promote in any way a compact of economic solidarity amongst the allies themselves ; no arrangement was reached at Paris to adjust the system of the Old World and the New " . |
17 | The most attractive way of dealing with slurry is simply to let it ferment in sealed vessels into safe fertiliser and useful biogas ( a mixture of methane and CO ) . |
18 | The 's top speed is two thousand three hundred kilometres per hour no kilometres er , yeah how far does it fly in three hours at top speed ? |
19 | Does any of the ‘ blame ’ fall on the industrial areas and their people and institutions , or does it lie in historical factors and the national and international organization of industry ? |
20 | Much later , searching my memory , I thought I had heard it say in deep and melancholy tones , ‘ Here , fellow outcast from society , if thou canst survive this night , draw strength from one who did not ! ’ |
21 | Well , else does n't , wh wh what else does it say in that sentence . |
22 | What did it say in those notes ? |
23 | What does it say in green Cathy ? |