Example sentences of "it [adv] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to eyes not looking through ancient spectacles , it assuredly appears as an affair of the intercourse of a living being with its physical and social environment . |
| 2 | It successfully produces delinquents , creating a criminal section of the population and thereby dividing the subordinate classes into mutually antagonistic fractions . |
| 3 | The block surface is ignored as the cylinder is initially checked to establish that it successfully passes through the negative surface defining the interior boundary around the hole . |
| 4 | It successfully combines the appeal of project work with the cognitive teaching of grammar . |
| 5 | Her best hope of surviving it successfully lies in your maturity and willingness to act as a temporary crutch for her and as a quiet stabilising influence until she learns how to walk alone and unaided . |
| 6 | It successfully conveys something of this many faceted tale of daring behaviour . |
| 7 | Not only does the Devil 's absence from the picture alter how we see the purpose and destiny of the church , it fundamentally changes how we understand God 's redemption through Jesus Christ . |
| 8 | Pupils can be encouraged or discouraged as writers by what the teacher does with their writing , and the way you receive written work and respond to it powerfully affects the work the pupils do next time . |
| 9 | Because even if the element of confidentiality in the documents is entirely lost , the rule nevertheless clearly caters to other considerations : it expressly empowers the court ‘ for special reasons ’ to order the undertaking to continue . |
| 10 | It masks its true intentions , it conceals the objectives that it secretly pursues : these objectives can not be disclosed . |
| 11 | It forcibly illustrates the principles currently at issue . |
| 12 | Leaving aside the question of how such a perfect and whole symbiotic relationship could have ever evolved , Darwinian-style and piecemeal , out of ‘ random fluctuations in the DNA of wasp and orchid ’ , we are left with the interesting observation that the mind structure , or instinct , of the wasp is organized in such a way that it instinctively seeks this particular shape , for the purposes of fulfilling its urge to mate . |
| 13 | In this form , it then remains , and when the rains return , it instinctively remembers it watery home and there lays its eggs , for the cycle to be repeated . |
| 14 | This , however , is hardly the case , for it rather involves if anything a more active critique of the Eurocentric premises of Western knowledge . |
| 15 | ‘ I hope to get home at a reasonable time tonight , but it rather depends on what Kegan wants . |
| 16 | You may choose to circle them very lightly with a soft pencil which can easily be erased later or you may use a highlighter pen — it rather depends on how precious the book is ( and , indeed , whether it belongs to you ) . |
| 17 | ‘ It rather depends on the part , does n't it ? ’ said Dotty . |
| 18 | It rather depends on the gentleman 's personal financial circumstances , and I would n't want to rehearse those on the air . |
| 19 | It rather depends what journeys they are doing . |
| 20 | It rather goes with my dark , dark hair and kissable ivory teeth , my slim waist , my panache and my linen suit with the ineradicable stain of Pinot Noir . |
| 21 | This last point implies that psychoanalysis , as such , is not concerned with the truth or falsity of religious beliefs , and that it rather counteracts the earlier arguments about religious beliefs being neither justified by sense experience nor rational arguments . |
| 22 | There 's one other point that 's important to make about the contribution that companies can make about having their own house in order , and it rather echoes some of the questions which are coming up in a , in a question session . |
| 23 | ‘ It rather casts my poor daffs into the shade . |
| 24 | Erm the fact of the matter is sir as you 'll have detected from today 's earlier discussions it rather suits me policy I twelve because it gives a local authority the ability to plan for employment development in addition to their I five allocation . |
| 25 | The NZRFU rather prides itself on its official-player liaison , of treating its players handsomely , and it rather hopes that they in turn would treat the NZRFU with courtesy , if not affection . |
| 26 | It rather sounds as if your Picasso Trigger has never had a ‘ trigger ’ . |
| 27 | From what you said about reconnaissance equipment it rather sounds to me as if the tornado D R one A is likely to be replaced by in this reconnaissance role . |
| 28 | ‘ It rather sounds that way to me . ’ |
| 29 | Where we think and I mentioned this in the conclusion , and indeed , in the recommendation , where we think as officers it rather falls short , is that , although it does mention in the text , equal opportunities in all our er , activities as we would understand it here . |
| 30 | ‘ It rather looks , ’ said Clarke , ‘ as if this was an opportunist crime . |