Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] that it " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said inspectors should advise schools using corporal punishment that it was outmoded . |
| 2 | Lord James said the Government accepted the increased sentences , adding : ‘ There is a rising crime rate and rising public concern that it is necessary to obliterate the knife culture and the vicious circle involved therein of knife-wielding thugs . ’ |
| 3 | A colourless gas with a faint tang , it can produce narcosis and even ( after a lengthy exposure at a concentration of 5 per cent or more ) unconsciousness and death , but it is as a greenhouse gas emitted in the course of producing man-made energy that it has become central to our end-of-century concerns . |
| 4 | The United States accepted a cosmetic increase in the price of gold following European insistence that it must be seen to devalue . |
| 5 | On the basis that it was to be a ‘ one-off ’ , and following conclusive proof that it could read DCA/RFT files directly off the company network , the syste was allowed . |