Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [noun sg] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | 6.1 Quiet enjoyment To permit the Tenant peaceably and quietly to hold and enjoy the Premises without any interruption or disturbance from or by the Landlord or any person claiming under or in trust for the Landlord [ or by title paramount ] This covenant quite often contains a provision that it is dependent upon the tenant paying the rent reserved by the lease and performing and observing the covenants on its part and the conditions contained in the lease , but these words have no practical effect , and do not render payment of the rent and performance of the covenants conditions precedent to the operation of the covenant ( Edge v Boileau ( 1885 ) 16 QB 117 ) . |
| 2 | He is a great example to anyone who has a setback and it is marvellous to hear how he has put adversity behind him as he sets out on the long slog round the tough pro circuit once again . |
| 3 | General Accident Property Services , the third-biggest estate agent , now has a division that it reckons sells around one-third of all repossessed properties . |
| 4 | Answer guide : In this case the business has a liability as it owes money to the mortgage provider . |
| 5 | In the book I read about this girl who has a celebration when it 's her period , and I asked Mum : could we do that ? |
| 6 | Today it still has a market as it has done since 1255 and retains its lively and bustling atmosphere . |
| 7 | Banc One has a rule that it will not merge with an institution that is larger than one-third its own size . |
| 8 | His wife has a job and it hurts his pride , although he is grateful for the money . |
| 9 | Software costs a lot and it should be re-usable across different systems . |
| 10 | Software costs a lot and it should be re-usable across different platforms . |
| 11 | When the main ( COM or EXE ) file reaches a stage where it needs additional instructions from a subsidiary file , it calls up that file and runs through those instructions to complete the task . |
| 12 | However , companies are not entirely free to time their issues as the Bank of England imposes a queue when it is concerned that the market may be faced with too many cash calls . |
| 13 | But Maria 's presence actually begs a question since it 's the sole moment when a startling presence swoops out of the mix . |
| 14 | There has been a lot of this kind of partnership in recent years and there is no doubt that there is some mutual benefit but the benefits are unrelated for each party — the college gets a resource that it can use , the donor a warm sense of public spirit , a tax deduction or some publicity . |
| 15 | The nits , also brown in colour , can be seen attached to the pubic hair , and examination with a magnifying glass will distinguish those containing a developing larva , which takes a week before it leaves the egg , from those which have already been vacated . |
| 16 | I think to sum up , I would be wanting to say , that this County Council takes a view that it is about the provision of services . |
| 17 | To compound the problems for the keeper standing back to Walsh is the fact that the ball swings and dips a lot after it pitches . |
| 18 | It seems a pity but it 's not for very long . |
| 19 | This seems a paradox but it is not : the system is geared to the needs of the operating units but the units are expendable so long as the system remains intact . |
| 20 | Cos it comes in , it seems a lot cos it always comes in one big lump . |
| 21 | Does n't , does n't automatically follow just because the president expresses a wish that it , that it happens . |
| 22 | Its abolition was recommended as long ago as 1967 but nothing has been done — one suspects a feeling that it might come in useful one day . |
| 23 | Moreover she breathed out power also ; one felt it in the air as one feels a thunderstorm before it breaks , and it seemed to me that this power was not quite human , that it drew its strength from afar and dwelt a stranger to the earth . |
| 24 | The satirical phrase used to embarrass the ‘ Action Men ’ is that they have the ‘ John Wayne syndrome ’ ; the fact it is Wayne rather than Rambo who is used to ridicule them gives a clue that it tends to be the older members of the force who use the term to describe the exuberant younger policemen . |
| 25 | The page printer is a binary device , it either prints a dot or it does n't , and is , therefore , incapable of producing the dots of varying sizes . |
| 26 | As far as I 'm concerned , and I 've through the whole scene of infertility , motherhood is about responsibility and privilege , it 's not about rights , and it 's responsibility that lasts a lifetime and it 's tremendous privilege to be a mother ! |
| 27 | Then after the elections , the elections are to have a constituent assembly and that constituent assembly will work out our new constitution in the country and from that constituent assembly we hope also to form a national government of unity , of national unity and that 'll continue maybe for five years in order to give stability to the country and this of course also means a concession because it 's a concession to the existing power structures to have some kind of stability . |
| 28 | It still remains a question whether it all works physically . |
| 29 | A lamb remains a lamb until it loses its milk teeth , more or less at the end of the year , and — if it has n't lost its life as well by then — it becomes a hogget . |
| 30 | While a certain amount of stress can be positive — it provides energy which enables us to do the things we want to do — it only becomes a problem if it develops into distress . |