Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adj] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it 's usually because the heart itself is getting either old or tired or it 's damaged in one way . |
| 2 | The PC Wayplanner is economical and flexible since it runs on ordinary IBM-type personal computers . |
| 3 | The texture of Les Majeurs is so light and natural that it gives a sensation of comfort and a sensational finish . |
| 4 | Boulestin 's writing still seems so fresh and original that it comes as a shock to realize that these happenings occurred over forty years ago , and that his first cookery book Simple French Cooking for English Homes appeared in 1923 . |
| 5 | Peel told the NME : ‘ The Wedding Present 's virtues are that they make records which are direct and uncomplicated and it seems that these are now being regarded as vices in some quarters . ’ |
| 6 | This process can be painful and revealing but it leads to greater self-awareness — the first step to unambiguous communication . |
| 7 | This charge would be acceptable as long as it constitutes not more than , say 10% of the passenger fare . |
| 8 | This charge would be acceptable as long as it constitutes not more than , say 10% of the passenger fare . |
| 9 | Termite fishing is not as simple or straightforward as it sounds . |
| 10 | The banks might have been imprudent in making the loans in the first place , but they are both clever and scrupulous when it comes to protecting the value of their assets . |
| 11 | The people have been most warm and welcoming and it has been one of the most enjoyable times in my ministry . ’ |
| 12 | The people have been most warm and welcoming and it has been one of the most enjoyable times in my ministry . ’ |
| 13 | At last , with a little shaking of his arm , and thrice his head waving up and down , he raises a sigh so piteous and profound that it does seem to shatter all his bulk and end his being . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's easy , simple and elegant and it goes right across the age range . ’ |
| 15 | But the peculiar nature of the relationship between women and men means that women 's struggle for liberation is particularly delicate and difficult because it involves the most intimate facets of life and affects social and personal relations within the family . |
| 16 | The second revised ending though gives Estella a complete character change and seems to leave everything a bit too perfect and predictable as it ends more like a ‘ Mills and Boon ’ love story with |
| 17 | The particles themselves remain separate and discrete when it comes to being passed on to the next generation . |
| 18 | Its tone is playful and frivolous but it makes some valid criticisms . |
| 19 | Previously frozen meat can be refrozen as long as it has been cooked , but do n't recook anything more than twice . |
| 20 | Previously frozen uncooked meat can be refrozen as long as it has been cooked , but do n't re-cook anything more than twice . |
| 21 | The service is tremendously friendly and efficient and it has some of the best ski schools in the world ( with instructors who speak English ) . |
| 22 | The types have also been used to describe processes such as denominationalisation , in which a sect becomes less inward-looking and world-rejecting as it accommodates to the rest of society . |
| 23 | How insulting Delia Cope is , obviously she feels too high and mighty to read Spare Rib because it 's become less entertaining , uninteresting , uninformative and boring because it covers Black women 's issues . |
| 24 | The offence this may cause is attributed to the fact that it ‘ crosses the line between private and public since it makes available … some sexual act of a private kind … for a voyeuristic interest ’ . |
| 25 | Literally , and then you have to sit there with this cream on , and it 's all very fiddly and messy and it smells . |
| 26 | As he rushes hither and thither , his note-books become crammed with an amazing collection of miscellaneous information which is so diverse and uneven that it gives colour to and so in a way explains Robert Lowie 's famous definition of culture as a ‘ thing of shreds and patches ’ . |
| 27 | This volume however is both unusual and welcome because it deals specifically with the work of Julia Kristeva ; it is informative in so far as it indicates the cross-disciplinary implications of her work , and it maintains a balance between the introductory and the complex . |
| 28 | But like those marriages , it should at least be fast and exciting while it lasts . |
| 29 | ‘ If we thought it had something genuinely good about it , yes , but a lot of stuff is catchy and commercial because it sounds enough like everything else to be unchallenging and throwaway . |
| 30 | Well change is fine as long as it 's done sympathetically and actually has some purpose . |