Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [pron] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It offers none of the support for removable drives ( floppies and Syquest volumes ) that Stacker provides , which some will doubtless miss , but is purely and simply ( and simple is the watch word here ) a device for squeezing more data onto a fixed disk drive . |
| 2 | Mr Wakeley is enthusiastic about CD-Rom 's potential : ‘ It offers lots of advantages , it 's cheap , safe and the discs ca n't be erased . |
| 3 | Relatively undemanding , it needs plenty of light and iron fertilisation . |
| 4 | Spacing should be about 23cm ( 9in ) , and it needs plenty of sun and well-drained but fertile soil . |
| 5 | It strips us of all the illusions and idolatry of the world , to face our basic personal need . |
| 6 | I do not think this experience is confined to women , but it symbolizes something of the quality of the Great Mother , and it shows how we have the ability to conceive and carry to birth on a level other than the physical . |
| 7 | Hannover is by no means a big city , but it has plenty of restaurants , pavement cafés and bars . |
| 8 | It appears to be a rather desolate place with wide windswept prairies ringed by snow-capped hills , but it has plenty of what the ferrets need : prairie dogs . |
| 9 | It has plenty of slots — seven 16-bit and one 8-bit — with two of the former occupied by the video card and yet another minuscule component , the multi-I/O card with floppy and IDE interfaces , which is barely two inches tall . |
| 10 | Buy a machine with a basic specification to begin with , but make sure it has plenty of room to grow with your experience . |
| 11 | Although Knowledge Adventure is a DOS program , it has plenty of aural and graphical pizzazz , and full mouse support . |
| 12 | It has something of the look of the Aberdeen Angus but is a little rougher and without the tapering poll of its eastern cousin . |
| 13 | It has something of the African tomtom and voodoo dance . ’ |
| 14 | It gives a neat neckline which looks hand stitched and is ideal for children as it has lots of stretch . |
| 15 | It has lots of similar properties to a larger computer , in so much that it has a similar , what is referred to as a central processing unit , and in some instances similar peripheral devices , but if one can imagine that for certain applications where these have been collectively gathered together in erm the ultimate setting on a single integrated circuit , then one has a microcomputer , comprised of a microprocessor , some memory and some appropriate interfacing devices to the outside world . |
| 16 | While this contributes to crime prevention , especially with respect to joy-riders who steal and drive cars at speed at might ( which requires neighbourhood men in West Belfast to work might duty ) , it has none of the wider community service functions evident in Easton . |
| 17 | On politics , it has none of the Washington Post 's killer instincts . |
| 18 | Although it has none of your words on it , nor no other mark of you , I have by slow degrees and probably much self-deception turned it into a love letter from you . |
| 19 | It has none of the spontaneity of Barrie , nor any of the wistful melancholy that lies submerged beneath the bright surface of the tale . |
| 20 | It has none of the spontaneity of Barrie , nor any of the wistful melancholy that lies submerged beneath the bright surface of the tale . |
| 21 | By comparison housework is boring , lonely , unrewarding work , and it has none of the prestige associated with meeting famous people and working in a glamorous establishment like Claridges . |
| 22 | Even text out of a tint looks pretty good — it has none of that ‘ hairy ’ appearance that we have grown used to with 300dpi systems . |
| 23 | It contains nothing of real interest , and I have included it in the chart with Vela . |
| 24 | It contains nothing of interest to the binocular observer . |
| 25 | Make sure it contains plenty of different fabrics and textiles as well as props and items of clothing . |
| 26 | It depends which of us has the most patience . ’ |
| 27 | It uses lots of expensive gallons of fuel to the mile and it probably has n't got even one of its tanks full so it would n't get any distance . ’ |
| 28 | It is an accurate statement of the difference of definition between void and voidable contracts , but it says nothing of their different effects . |
| 29 | The original entries for 995 and 996 may have been lost , and it says nothing of the hostile relations which probably existed with Normandy for a time , and only hints at the troubles in the Irish Sea mentioned above . |
| 30 | It describes something of quite another order . |