Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Folly can mean a useless building or it can mean a clump of trees on a hill . |
| 2 | But this is a flexible and convenient resort where it 's easy to dabble in windsurfing for a day or two , and easy to choose between local culture , local sailing , or long day cruises . |
| 3 | 40 windsurfers share with 30 dinghy sailors and non-sailing friends , in this flexible resort where it 's possible for windsurfers to sail in Toppers or Lasers , and where the dinghy sailors can easily dabble in a little windsurfing . |
| 4 | For present purposes it is sufficient to note that the expression embraces the period of two years prior to the onset of insolvency in the case of transactions at an undervalue and of preferences given to a person connected with the company , provided that at the time of the transaction the company was unable to pay its debts or it became unable to pay its debts by reason of the transaction . |
| 5 | Nor can I look at the way in which this view of faith and reason has influenced contemporary Christian thinking , both mainstream and among the evangelical or fundamentalist groups where it is most in evidence . |
| 6 | Drug profits have also been affected by provisions in the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 ( Section 24 ) , which makes assisting drug trafficking an offence , and also provides immunity from breach of contract where it is disclosed to the police that funds or investments are derived from drug trafficking . |
| 7 | Clearly , this is another aspect of the European playing field where it would be desirable for some levelling to take place … |
| 8 | During this period , one Spitfire was manhandled through the mud to the far end of the Abbotsinch field where it was loaded onto road transport for conveyance to Glasgow . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't cut her hair or it will stop her talking ! ’ |
| 10 | This was the first experience where it was obvious that the machine was working against itself — something was n't quite right . |
| 11 | Figure 1 attempts to summarize the above arguments and I hope that this will serve to facilitate comprehension where it is needed . |
| 12 | It was n't lumber or it was a funny name , backscratch or something , a dance . |
| 13 | The seats are excellent too , with support where it 's needed and basically good driving position , adjustable for height . |
| 14 | However , to choose either route is to lose information on either means or status that is helpful to targeting support where it is most required . |
| 15 | ‘ You do n't know who 's hiding in that snicket by the church — it could be the vicar or it could be Dracula , they look the same when it 's dark . |
| 16 | If there is no contract or it is unenforceable , then neither the buyer nor the seller can complain that the other other has broken it . |
| 17 | That seemed pretty profound , till I found another cinema where it was all violence , sex-and-violence , and violence . |
| 18 | Christine produced a new order form for the Lent Studies booklet and fliers for the Preparation Day on 30th January to be held in Dunblane Cathedral Hall , for which she would arrange tea , coffee , and a bookstall where it was hoped to have copies of the books mentioned as background reading for the Lent study . |
| 19 | So , even if you do n't intend to compete in FAI contests where it is necessary to perform smooth , polished , engine-off landings in a small box , why not have a go at doing some untidy , but gentle , ones somewhere in the same field ? |
| 20 | For an essential paradox of the bourgeois family was that it was both the privileged location of emotionality and love , the only source in respectable ideology where it could be tolerated , and simultaneously an effective policeman of sexual behaviour . |
| 21 | Three pound fifteen shillings yeah and that 's how , that 's how the work went at that time but as I say these boatmen erm they used t they used to sit down on lock gates day in and day out and did n't have a ship to come in but I 've kno kno known them to row down the river at high tide or it 's before high tide and there 'd be another erm , there 'd be other boatmen there , one was called , he went down , he used to go down and get 'em going , there used to be a race between these two families or the and the first one got the boat , the first one roped it in you see , or wh what we call roping in , moor mooring the ship up , that was |
| 22 | Firstly , there are the so-called pronouns of laziness ( Geach , 1962 : 125ff ) , as in Karttunen 's well-known sentence ( see Lyons , 1977a : 673ff ) : ( 93 ) The man who gave his paycheck to his wife was wiser than the man who gave it to his mistress where it is not co-referential with his paycheck , but refers to what a repetition of that NP would have referred to ( namely the paycheck of the man whose mistress got it ) if it had occurred in place of it . |
| 23 | This temporary retreat may bring the immediate refreshment of change or it may widen our horizons either by romantic hyperbole or by an unexpected psychological authenticity close to the reality of life as we know it . |
| 24 | Capital , very often originating from abroad , is being concentrated more in the industrial centres , not just towns but big cities where it can prosper . |
| 25 | New identikit cities where it will not much matter where you are in the world . |
| 26 | The Cambridge Theatre Company 's production of The Revengers Tragedy — a work believed by some to have been written by Thomas Middleton , others by Cyril Tourneur — opened this week at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre , Guildford where it runs until tomorrow ( Saturday ) before transferring on its tour to the Theatre Royal , Winchester from Tuesday to Saturday next week . |
| 27 | I think that basically the 1980s were very rough and there were some very difficult times and in order to persuade the country to change , and impose change where it was resisted , and to carry it through , required both will and language characteristic of that challenge and Mrs Thatcher has been associated with that . ’ |
| 28 | She quickly thrust what remained of the one package , together with the fat whole package down her shirt where it was visible . |
| 29 | Oh he says , er computer where it all get processed you know , your card and that gets made . |
| 30 | ‘ But we have to show more punch , determination and heart where it counts . |