Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] it [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being stationed next to the stage , Rousseau complained , its maître de musique could not manage the ensemble properly ; audible use of the baton was loud and frequent ; French music was doomed to this crude practice because it intrinsically lacked regular rhythm ( unlike Italian music ) . |
| 2 | However , a contract for the sale of unascertained goods can be frustrated at common law if it subsequently becomes impossible to perform because of an unexpected turn of events , as in Howell v. Coupland . |
| 3 | Will he support the Federal Reserve if it again becomes necessary to douse the embers of inflation ? |
| 4 | His mind busied itself with images of what this news could do to his investigation if it ever became public ; the newspaper headlines ; the half-amused speculation of the cynics ; the crowds of sightseers , the superstitious , the credulous , the genuine believers , thronging the church in search of … what ? |
| 5 | It is common practice to put a battery on charge when it still has some life in it . |
| 6 | During 1991 and after 10 years of negotiations , the START treaty was signed , and in itself it is indeed only a start as it still leaves enormous stockpiles of delivery systems and nuclear warheads , enough to reduce most of our planet to a radioactive cinder heap . |
| 7 | She disliked losing her temper against her will because it rarely achieved useful results and symbolised impotence rather than strength : always better to channel anger than display it , she thought . |
| 8 | A very sticky variety clings to each new copy for an average time of more than an hour before it finally breaks free and the process can begin again . |
| 9 | The use of ozone as a reactant in absorption systems is relatively new but one increasing in popularity as it reportedly requires lower dose rates and reaction times , is less susceptible to changes in water temperature and acidity or alkalinity and produces no harmful by-products . |
| 10 | Even at the same time as it publicly commends higher education , seeking out the graduate entrant , spending large sums on publicity to this end , and funding access to degree courses on scholarships , it also holds to a central ethic of distrust of the academic . |