Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] it [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Details are scarce but it uses a dopler meter and flow dividers and will work with vacuum tankers . |
| 2 | Until 1989 the courts had said that a 'speaking " decision could be upset if it contained an obvious error . |
| 3 | The Council … believes strongly that a first degree course in Educational Studies lasting three years may be designed to lead to an Honours award … the concept of a three-year degree course in Educational Studies , leading to an Honours or an unclassified degree , will be acceptable provided it combines an adequate period of practical experience in the classroom with a requisite minimum of academic studies . |
| 4 | A syllable will tend to be prominent if it contains a vowel that is different in quality from neighbouring vowels . |
| 5 | It may , in fact , be counter-productive because it produces a state of high emotional arousal ( anger or anxiety ) that is notorious for interfering with the acquisition of new skills and behaviours . |
| 6 | It ought also to be useful because it provides a context which is meaningful to children , and in which a variety of reading skills can be learned . |
| 7 | We consider database to be online because it has a number of distinct features functionality . |
| 8 | Against : Documentation would be better if it included a tutorial , as it is sometimes quite difficult to follow . |
| 9 | Tha that 's why I 'm a bit concerned about messing around s straightening and that sort of thing , cos I 'm sure I 've had this problem before I 'm sure that it reduces a lot of er |
| 10 | It 's not a sum you 'd throw away ; but you 'd be happy if it bought a new handbag , a train fare to London or a tankful of petrol . |
| 11 | The rolling stall turn is one of the most difficult manoeuvres and it should be apparent that it requires a clean , high powered , helicopter . |
| 12 | The Acousticube might be small but it sports a heck of a lot of knobs and sockets . |
| 13 | It may be sufficient if it imputes a quality in something which applies to an already well-known product , an important factor being whether the public will be deceived . |
| 14 | An act of ill-treatment may be significant because it has a serious effect upon the child . |
| 15 | Of all these , Augmentations was probably the most remarkable , since its accounting processes were modern and it used a more rational system for collecting revenues than did the old Exchequer . |
| 16 | It 's big , it 's loud and it wears an ill-fitting suit : more ‘ youth ’ telly inanity on REMOTE CONTROL before NME 's own kings of pestilence Collins and Maconie perform more of their light-hearted haircuts , sorry , comic turns for MARK GOODIER . |
| 17 | Secondly , as mentioned before , Hindu society is patrilineal and it follows a rigid system of caste distinction . |
| 18 | Germany , of course , is different because it has a federal system , so that the central administration is important in policy-making terms and policy is tending to go more and more towards the centre , but the administration of the different states , federal states , what they call the Länder , has a very important executive role , and the central government has a much less important role in actually carrying out policy . |
| 19 | It is economical because it allows a high temperature to be maintained in just a small area , and useful as it encourages speedy germination of seeds and rapid rooting of cuttings . |
| 20 | If two groups acquiesce in the representation of their perspective through the same array of objects , which for one group is acceptable because it is bright and cheerful , while for the other is acceptable because it enshrines a sense of good design , each may project its own perspective onto the other ; in this case , the object permits the coexistence of two perspectives , rather than the dominance of either . |
| 21 | It is interesting because it gives a tiny glimpse into the mind and intention of the Gospel writers . |
| 22 | The East Sussex region is interesting because it has a very high retired population and it also has quite a long of young people , particularly in the Brighton area , and a relatively small workforce , rather low in industry , certainly in the primary industries , erm service occupations are perhaps almost the mainstay of the local populace — now how would an area such as that rate in your chart as to needs ? |
| 23 | Curran is convinced that it produced a ‘ muted radicalism ’ but it would be equally justified to claim that the Mirror had to change because it could not portray the 1950s and 1960s in the language or imagery of the 1940s . |
| 24 | Or it may be that the internal organization of the firm is such that it replicates a capital market so that middle managers are obliged to profit-maximize . |
| 25 | However , it is increasingly clear that the scale of this challenge is such that it demands a response from a national as well as local level . |
| 26 | 46 Leonis Minoris is just in the same × 7 field with Xi and Nu , and is identifiable because it has a K-type spectrum and shows its orange colour when viewed through binoculars ; unusually for so dim a star , it has a proper name — Præcipua . |
| 27 | Waiting time by specialty is meaningless as it conceals a wide variation among consultants ' clinics . |
| 28 | It 's lighter , it 's springier , it 's livelier and it makes a lot less fuss about the whole business . |
| 29 | First , encouraging the women to run their own preschool facilities rather than seek an extension of statutory resources is deceitful because it promotes a form of provision which such women can not supply for themselves . |
| 30 | It is important that it has a prayerful atmosphere and to achieve this it has to be clean and well kept . |