Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Freezing food is kinder to the environment and to our health , for it destroys fewer vitamins and does not require chemical additives . |
| 2 | well you drive through it on the main road and it goes both sides of the road |
| 3 | While an industrial tribunal may err if it misinterprets these guidelines , the Employment Appeal Tribunal has emphasised that , for all the potential complexity , the assessment of compensation is inevitably a rough-and-ready exercise . |
| 4 | It represents all households which contain an elderly person . |
| 5 | In recent years , however , the canine colon has become a standard model for colonic motility studies and , although it displays some kinds of contractile activity not seen in man , it has been useful for investigating neuropharmacological interactions . |
| 6 | Instead it involves such things as finding new uses for old products or showing how solutions considered impracticable can be made to work . |
| 7 | It involves all aspects of erm the law in relation to firearms , their issue , their use er great emphasis placed on er section three of the criminal law act in respect of the use of reasonable force . |
| 8 | The debate over the salmon is likely to prove an even bigger political issue than that of the future of the northern spotted owl ( see ED No. 40 ) because it involves several industries , whereas the owl involved only logging . |
| 9 | Because it involves more things . |
| 10 | Genius , as it disdains all assistance , so it defies all obstacles . |
| 11 | Although it boasts little in the way of modern conveniences , it offers many services : mountain hut , camping area and thunderbox , basic shop — in truth very basic and equally expensive — bakery , fish , fish and more fish , church and pure honesty . |
| 12 | Newcastle 's Tote Eider Chase is always a recognised Grand National trial , but with Bonanza Boy , Mr Boston and Mr Ed the most notable of several Liverpool aspirants who pulled out at yesterday 's declaration stage , it offers fewer clues than usual . |
| 13 | The guide-books say little : Samuel Wallis visited it and named it Boscawen Island , perhaps after the great admiral of Finisterre ; the best vanilla in the Pacific is grown there ; and it is rumoured that the finest kavo — that faintly narcotic drink prepared from the powdered root of a local pepper plant , and an important part of rituals and celebrations in the South Pacific — is Tafahi kava , and that it renders all Tafahians perpetually slightly dopey . |
| 14 | 1.2 It is tempting at this point to plunge straight into an account of the adjectival system and how it produces such results as those above ; and in fact we should state clearly at this point that readers who prefer to build up the picture piece by piece , assessing the validity of the connexion between data and theory by starting from the evidential end , may pass immediately to Chapter 2 without any disadvantage . |
| 15 | Secondly , there are a number of different types of situation where there is missing information : either the recogniser produces no candidates for a letter string , or it produces some candidates . |
| 16 | Living as it does at high level , it produces fewer lambs than other breeds . |
| 17 | Some managers are convinced that PRP will improve performance and raise income , but there 's hardly any evidence that it produces any improvements . |
| 18 | It arouses all forms of passion . |
| 19 | It behoves these teachers , in their advisory roles , to try to influence school policies and to encourage some form of monitoring accompanied by the diagnosis of significant faults . |
| 20 | Goodness knows what we shall do if it needs any alterations , since we have discovered that Ruth is not a needlewoman , and I have far too much to do before we leave . ’ |
| 21 | To provide that extra information , it needs more users . |
| 22 | When it is established it develops many runners which bear green shoots at intervals . |
| 23 | It illustrates many points in this chapter , but above all the point about blaming forest users . |
| 24 | Nelson 's detailed account is well worth close scrutiny for it illustrates many aspects of socio-ecology most cogently . |
| 25 | It covers such activities as parachuting , mountaineering , hang-gliding , sub-aqua diving and motor racing . |
| 26 | It is important to note that a company must itself maintain a register of charges which is more extensive than that maintained by the Registrar of Companies ( since it covers all charges irrespective of type ) but failure to register a charge in it does not invalidate the charge . |
| 27 | These days , despite its name , it covers all forms of optical media providing a valuable ( if US-biased ) amalgam of news and comment . |
| 28 | It covers all persons ( whether or not acting in concert ) who directly or indirectly own or deal in the shares of an offeror company or the target company in an offer and who have ( in addition to their nominal interests as shareholders ) an interest or potential interest , whether commercial , financial or personal , in the outcome of the offer . |
| 29 | In addition , it highlights those assets which are subject to central bank control thus enabling the latter to regulate the money supply in the economy . |
| 30 | It highlights any modules outside LIFESPAN which are at a lower version than currently held within LIFESPAN i.e. modules which have been updated in LIFESPAN since they were withdrawn to the directory of interest . |