Example sentences of "it [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grammar did not offer total coverage of the language ( it successfully parsed 65% of the corpus it was tested on ) but was intended as a supplement to the results from the Markov analysis of the stenotography . |
| 2 | It successfully produces delinquents , creating a criminal section of the population and thereby dividing the subordinate classes into mutually antagonistic fractions . |
| 3 | ‘ Because it luckily missed houses , they are just carrying on . ’ |
| 4 | Although it is the most common form of senile dementia , it rarely affects people under 65 and only one in five of the over-80s. -PA |
| 5 | It overwhelmingly favours people aged 25 to 35 . |
| 6 | Major Ian Kennedy repaired it , ‘ sufficiently to sit on ’ , although , alas , it mostly supports bags of clubs and a miscellany of paraphernalia . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , their Lordships think it right to concentrate attention on the reasons given by Barnett J. for the order now under appeal . |
| 8 | In the meanwhile , we did not feel it right to make aspects of knowledge about language in the programmes of study ( which will be legally obligatory for every pupil working at levels 5 to 10 ) too extensive or demanding . |
| 9 | FEW lawyers think it right to have affairs with their clients , but should the law prohibit it ? |
| 10 | But that does not make it right to encourage disaster in search of diversion . |
| 11 | I thought it right to apprise Cyril of what had happened at Muirfield , but having corresponded with the Seniors secretary , he assured me I was on course for election . |
| 12 | In terms of delivery , curiously , it most resembled milk , and in 1990 these two products , uniquely , were still delivered fresh — and perishable — each morning to the doorstep . |
| 13 | There were questions about the durability of the logotype over passing years — and questions , too , over whether it properly expressed BT 's international ambitions . |
| 14 | It thereby links socialization processes , by which a new generation is culturally incorporated , with the longer term movements of history and the process by which culture itself is reproduced , thereby developing as a dynamic praxis , or an objectification which avoids determinism . |
| 15 | This law was widely criticised as racist because it effectively barred entry from the so-called new Commonwealth while allowing continued emigration from the predominantly white old Commonwealth countries . |
| 16 | General Aoun 's ‘ war of liberation ’ against Syria served the Christian cause because it effectively postponed discussion of the reforms which Muslims believe are essential if their numbers are to be fairly represented in a future government . |
| 17 | Our system is adversarial in style , friendly to class-based , ideological parties , it effectively excludes minorities from the parliamentary arena , and results almost invariably in one-party rule . |
| 18 | It effectively bans strikes in transport , including rail , air and underground services , in the fuel , energy and defence industries , and in other sectors where a halt in production could have ‘ serious and dangerous consequences ’ . |
| 19 | It effectively removes chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) from the list of active greenhouse gases , since their effect in destroying the ozone layer offsets their contribution to global warming . |
| 20 | In a few cases , such as steel , it effectively coordinated expansion plans . |
| 21 | For the most part , it effectively circumvented Rome , drawing its primary impetus and orientation from Egypt , Syria and the Mediterranean world . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , the peace was an Athenian triumph because it effectively acknowledged Athens ' empire by sea . |
| 23 | Penge U.D.C. asked the Company to pay about £250 for widening the bridge at Anerley Station but it eventually cost £1,750 . |
| 24 | After almost twenty years of delays , confusion and mismanagement , it eventually cost £3.5 billion , about five times as much . |
| 25 | It was soon realised that there was a gang operating on an international scale and as the investigation grew it eventually involved Sussex police No 6 Regional Crime Squad and customs authorities in the Mediterranean area . |
| 26 | It eventually capitulated days before the Panel was due to exercise its right to apply to the courts for a forced restatement of the accounts . |
| 27 | It eventually showed fishermen preparing and setting out on a peaceful evening for a night 's work ; while they are at sea , a storm blows up . |
| 28 | Poorly wrapped frozen food may lose so much water it eventually develops freezer burn . |
| 29 | It apparently includes compilers , but hardware support is slim and they 'd like better graphics . |
| 30 | Although quite a large reel in appearance , it only weighs 10.9oz which compares favourably with small sized reels . |