Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detached objectivity in such matters is clearly very difficult but since it is quite evident that migrating birds and fish and even insects are often capable of solving the most intricate and unpredictable problems of solid geometry it hardly makes sense to argue that a purely mathematical rationality is an exclusively human characteristic . |
| 2 | Most of that day it simply bucketed down . ’ |
| 3 | They begin by observing that if you scratch the bark of this tree it immediately exudes beads of milky latex . |
| 4 | Refitted as a cinema in the early years of this century it subsequently became a bingo hall and finally a flood-damaged carpet warehouse . |
| 5 | But as I say the last bit where you sa dur during the course of the , of this conversation it almost sounded as though you were gon na , you 're doing it parrot , parrot fashion whereas the rest of it was , was superb , there was no , no problems in that . |
| 6 | Out of this theory it also follows that the uniqueness of each individual construct system necessarily means that there can be no straightforward response to a stimulus but only a multiplicity of interpretations . |
| 7 | If you use a ruler or some sort of straight edge it really does help because it 's very |
| 8 | In the case of suburban-type housing , the view of domestic life it ultimately reflects is a strongly traditional one that has its origins in the early development of industrial capitalism and the ensuing ideological split between ‘ public ’ and ‘ private ’ life developed by the Victorian bourgeoisie . |
| 9 | Instead of centring his analyses on the knowledge derived from the experience of the subject , Foucault investigates the conditions of emergence of the subject as the basis of knowledge ; he argues that at the same time as it was widely proposed as the one saving good of human civilization it also facilitated a more sinister operation . |
| 10 | Section 13(1) provides that : To the extent that this Part of this Act prevents the exclusion or restriction of any liability it also prevents — ( a ) making the liability or its enforcement subject to restrictive or onerous conditions ; ( b ) excluding or restricting any right or remedy in respect of the liability , or subjecting a person to any prejudice in consequence of his pursuing any such right or remedy . |
| 11 | S/Z comes very close to meeting that requirement , but as one continuation of Saussurean logic it seriously undermines the classical structuralist continuation of this same logic . |
| 12 | This seems to me a very sound argument ; though I do wonder to how many cases of literary mistake it actually applies . |
| 13 | I think the question is , if it is a clear expression of local preference it certainly is n't do n't know . |