Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [pron] [verb] it [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is published evidence that P cepacia is transmissible , directly or indirectly , between individuals , and that in a proportion who acquire it the infection is associated with rapid deterioration or death , even when they were previously in good health and clinically stable . |
| 2 | Well the rubber 's a , well , you call it a teatle you call it a teatle it 's a rubber . |
| 3 | In Kenya Harris Okong'o Arara continues to serve a five-year sentence imposed in 1988 under a law which makes it a criminal offence simply to possess literature critical of the government . |
| 4 | While many managers are increasingly concerned at recording unmet need , both how to do it and whether they should at all , he was confident Dorset has come up with a method which makes it a positive experience for staff and service users and , hopefully , avoids potential legal pitfalls . |
| 5 | But he added : ‘ It did n't require a great deal of insight in 1985 to appreciate that the business of Barlow Clowes was not at that time being run in a fashion which made it an obvious candidate for a licence . ’ |
| 6 | It had a long colonial veranda and a high cupola , while the terminus of the railway , Tank Road Station at the docks , had a tower which made it an aid to ships navigating the harbour . |
| 7 | For the North African church had long clung to its own traditions of autonomy with a tenacity which made it a power with which the emperors and popes had to reckon . |
| 8 | About 85pc of the company 's product is sold overseas , a feat which won it the Queen 's Award for Export two years ago . |
| 9 | Nina knows about the lymphoma ; I had to cancel a prearranged lunch at Langans with her as it coincided with my short stay in hospital , and rather than make up an excuse I thought it an opportune time to tell her . |
| 10 | The reasons for the widespread development of the particular form of alphabetic literacy evident in Greece must clearly be sought in the social structure ; Goody and Watt , however , insist that ‘ considerable importance must surely be attributed to the intrinsic advantages of the Greek adaptation of the Semitic alphabet , an adaptation which made it the first comprehensively and exclusively phonetic system tor transcribing human speech ’ ( ibid. pp. 40–1 ) . |