Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [coord] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly you may have combined with your application for judgment one for an interim award and it would be absurd that the benefit of that award should be lost in providing the costs of the action thus far . |
| 2 | One of the greatest gifts known to man is the one he can give himself of a joyous heart and it can come from no one else , for it comes from the springs of a man 's own spirit . |
| 3 | The country needs an economic saviour and it may choose the Irish chemical industry . |
| 4 | the movement had to discuss the ultimate and logical outcome of political action or it would be adding to confusion . |
| 5 | Such mastery , however , will normally be brief ; it is unlikely to outlast the passing of crisis and/or movement in the cycles of history ; it will not survive substantial loss of congressional or popular support and it will be relentlessly eroded by the passage of time . |
| 6 | Placing an advertisement for someone kind and responsible to help may sound an unlikely way to find reliable help but it can have very satisfying results . |
| 7 | doing clerical work or it might be using erm surveying instruments now |
| 8 | Then , the government says , there 'll be a level private and public sector and it wo n't matter that we sh someone we we which sector people go for . |
| 9 | This is partly a question of social mobility but it may also be a response to the sort of repetitive jobs many of these people are performing . |
| 10 | The police could have adopted a different stratagem but it would have been ‘ more time-consuming and difficult ’ than this ‘ simple procedure ’ . |
| 11 | Each proprietary brand of locator has its accompanying transmitter and it must be said that in all four instances these work better if you use the manufacturer 's pairing rather than permutating among the ones available . |
| 12 | Such a state of affairs would , of course , protect serious public discussion of matters of social importance but it would also debase much of the discussion of public affairs . |
| 13 | As regards offers , at any one time we would have over 1000 offers available in-store ; these change on a weekly basis and it would be almost impossible to give advance notice to all staff ; we do of course highlight them in-store to customers and many are advertised in the national press or on TV so that customers [ and potential customers ] may be attracted to shop in JS branches . |
| 14 | And I 'd keep a very careful record and it 'd be on display , the day of the fête , people would have to guess the number of matchsticks in it altogether . ’ |
| 15 | It is a British idea , introduced by a British Commissioner and it will be brought to a conclusion under a British presidency . |
| 16 | Rickards did n't want it to become public knowledge and it wo n't . |
| 17 | Councils run by all groupings and more importantly on the whole er by none at all er through independent councillors at parish level and they have responded with that united voice , declaring their support for a separate Cornish constituency and it might er bear remarking as I think members on all sides of this house are aware , getting that kind of agreement between councils at different tiers and in different areas of the county is pretty remarkable in itself . |
| 18 | It is therefore not going to be possible to behave as though you were at a genuine social occasion and it will not be surprising if you feel awkward and nervous . |
| 19 | It 's an old bell and it might only have one good noise left in it . |
| 20 | This seemed to us to have a very high priority but it ca n't continue to have a high priority if we 're pushing against a closed door . |
| 21 | It is a distasteful subject but it must be faced for a few moments . |
| 22 | Marthus did n't actually foresee this erm , this leap in from technology and as a result he was basing his predictions on past trends so if past trends had continued would have been , he w , he would been correct but because erm , agriculturalists started to erm , use technology and at that time it was a very sort of low technology , but nevertheless it would , would 've production dramatically you know , you do n't think of drainage as being particularly high tech but it can increase the , the yield on a crop sort of four or five times and so si simple drainage systems would be introduced erm ro rotations were being introduced , again rotations you think of being fairly straightforward but erm prior to the agricultural revolution rotations were n't used rotations can improve the fertility of the soil and er yields as well right okay , so agriculture produces a homogenous product , by and large and er as there is n't the scope , the product differentiation , and there is n't the scope for specialisation because we 'd need a farm the size of Europe to feed the world with , w with wheat . |
| 23 | Whereas a dog might have a slightly painful leg and it will limp like hell . |
| 24 | In our view this argument is valid : there is value in that generalised approach but it must include the study of language as well as languages . |
| 25 | I conduct a lot of light music and it can be very difficult for an orchestra to realize it properly . |
| 26 | Existing operations may have outgrown space available in the old location and it may be impossible , owing to planning restrictions or the space actually available , to expand . |
| 27 | This may well be a pleasurable and interesting occupation but it will not in any way further the quest for the universal philosophy so urgently needed , unless those students and specialist authorities use the opportunities afforded them to serve humanity more widely and wisely than by merely producing yet more literature for yet more students . |
| 28 | Their own proposals for reform are aimed at restructuring the British press but it can be argued that even they fail to come to grips with the sort of major ‘ shortcomings ’ of the press ( and media ) identified above . |
| 29 | Mr Clarke said it was a clever evil and devious scheme and it would have been the perfect murder . |
| 30 | Not that they were often seen , these days ; a fox might be quite happy to attack a solitary nome , but thirty well-armed , enthusiastic hunters were a different proposition and it would be a very stupid fox indeed that even showed an interest . |