Example sentences of "[adj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its share of wool exports rose too , though less strikingly , in 1374–75 and 1424–25 the figure was between 40 and 45 per cent , by 1474–75 it exceeded 50 per cent and in 1524–25 it was 66 per cent . |
| 2 | As well as being truly Scottish it needs to have strong international links . |
| 3 | I think that to be a loner and a writer is hell enough , but many would instantly tell me how horrendous it is to work in a factory — 1 did it for three months and loathed it — or to go to their office and stop from biting their nails when their boss has to score petty points off them . |
| 4 | The village of Shiptonthorpe lies a short distance west of Market Weighton on the main York to Hull road Until the year 1876 it was known as Shipton , it then amalgamated with Thorpe Le Street . |
| 5 | What will now happen is that er the contractor will regrade the land , erm but we will grass-seed it erm with Don , er our groundsman will look after and maintain that er so that it 'll be reinstated er over the next er six months . |
| 6 | Yet by 1871 the tide had turned ; and in 1895 it could be said that ‘ the court will not allow a precatory trust to be raised unless … it comes to the conclusion that it was the intention of the testator to create a trust ’ . |
| 7 | The sensitivity of the graphite industry to international demand may be illustrated by the sharp fluctuations in the value of graphite exports as a proportion of the value of rice imports : in 1890 this proportion was eighteen per cent , by 1895 it had fallen to seven per cent , but in the boom year of 1899 it soared to sixty per cent . |
| 8 | While the system of ‘ payment by results ’ was formally abolished in 1895 it has continued over the years to represent an enormous affront to the professional consciousness of teachers and a threat to the creation of an effective educational service . |
| 9 | well done , I never can get that word out I stumble with it every time and that gets a signal from the brain that says this is a difficult situation this is something I 'm not used to this is some I it 's very primitive it 's it 's from the days in the jungle or whatever er a fear of fright over absolute it 's fight or flight , and that 's why you start breathing quicker because the blood wants more oxygen because it 's ready to run or to fight because the muscles , it is |
| 10 | The toilet was er at the back of what we used to call the brew house it was n't a kitchen it was a brew house , and er the , the toilet was at the back of the brew house adjacent to the old ash pit , which was an ash pit in those days it was filled up and when it was filled , they used to come at night and empty the ash pit wheel up the entry it might be there for three or four months and you got flies , bluebottles all sorts in the hot weather you know , I could n't try my shoes on sometimes , but er it was a bit , well I suppose in those days they used to take it for granted , it was a bit primitive it was n't the best five houses in the area , but er |
| 11 | In a case like this it is often a matter of assessing quickly ‘ Am I sure that I can reach the field , or if I get more sink will I fail to get there ? ’ |
| 12 | By the time that the glider is down to 500 feet or so , an inexperienced pilot often will have forgotten the wind direction , and if he realises this it will increase his anxiety . |
| 13 | ‘ Is this it ? ’ |
| 14 | You see , when you are working in plan like this it is difficult to bear in mind that machine table heights can work in your favour and they can also work against you . |
| 15 | This is the mental adjustment that has to be made at Verdon — you start your route with several hundred metres already below you , but once you rationalise this it 's just a steep , very solid crag ! |
| 16 | But this it can not be said , can only be shown forth as in the suicide letter where Stavrogin writes ‘ My desires are too weak ; they can not guide me . ’ |
| 17 | If people are unwilling to recognise this it represents a failure of church leadership rather than political leadership . |
| 18 | This it is , but the miracle is not that Patricia Routledge can make the old weep with ‘ Roses of Picardy ’ , but that she can still move the young with it . |
| 19 | In a long match like this it is really difficult to play your best for three and a half hours . ’ |
| 20 | I remember I kept saying , ‘ Is this it ? ’ and my father said , ‘ No , a bit further . ’ |
| 21 | In this it is almost tragic : ‘ the unique vulnerability to tailed expectations is the fatal flaw in the masculine ego … the testing of masculinity knows no bounds … to prove oneself remains a lifelong necessity … . |
| 22 | When a clerk of the course comes out with a statement like this it seriously weakens the case of those , like myself , who would like to see transport allowances reintroduced . |
| 23 | There is much to enjoy in an unbuckled way in this basically commedia dell'arte wheeze of young lovers enlisting the wily servant 's help to outwit the old guardian-in this it springs from the same dramatic roots as much of pantomime . |
| 24 | It was built to impress , and this it still does , rising from the village which huddles around it . |
| 25 | It allows that the existence of a sensible thing need not consist in its actually being perceived but , rather more weakly , in its being perceivable ; in allowing this it would certainly be more acceptable to common sense . |
| 26 | the ‘ fiction theory ’ must remain unsatisfactory unless it can explain what are the real facts in terms of individual rights and duties which underlie the fiction , and this it seems unable to do . |
| 27 | In a study of metal development such as this it is essential to examine datable or chronologically ordered artefacts . |
| 28 | After this it comes as little surprise to learn that ‘ the earth was corrupt in God 's sight , and the earth was filled with violence ’ ( Gen. 6.11 ) . |
| 29 | If you do not feel you want to do this it is a great pity but at least do not avoid having your photograph taken as part of the normal course of events ( at weddings , parties , social events ) . |
| 30 | Put like this it seems extremely cold and unfeeling , but it must be said that if we were all to make our own arrangements without any order or form then chaos would quickly result . |