Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun] it [vb -s] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some purposes it matters that mice are not cats , while for others what counts is that both are animals . |
| 2 | After a period of some confusion it seems that Carvin gear is going to get proper distribution in the UK . |
| 3 | But from the two paper on pages 539 and 541 of this issue it seems that , in at least one important respect , the mammalian visual cortex and the insect optic lobe operate upon visual patterns in a similar way . |
| 4 | For these reasons it seems that it is not so much that people are making more of a fuss about bereavement these days but rather that the traditional ways of coping with it are not readily available , so that alternative ways of supporting people have to be found . |
| 5 | When records are filed under this system it means that all documents relating to the subject are brought together under one heading , for example : |
| 6 | Thus if a policeman gives directions to a traveller , a doctor tells a nurse how to administer medicine to a patient , a householder puts in an insurance claim , a shop assistant explains the relative merits of two types of knitting wool , or a scientist describes an experiment , in each case it matters that the speaker should make what he says ( or writes ) clear . |
| 7 | Since there is an intelligent system at work in each person it follows that if discomfort or dysfunction is necessary in order to maintain harmony within the system as a whole then the disease will manifest in the least important parts possible thus preserving the higher functions of the person for as long as possible . |
| 8 | In that regard it appears that membership of an association creates between the members close links of the same kind as those which are created between the parties to a contract and that consequently the obligations to which the national court refers may be regarded as contractual for the purpose of the application of article 5(1) of the Convention . |
| 9 | In this case it seems that the structure of the drama has made it too easy for the children — perhaps because of the non-confrontational role adopted by the teacher as messenger early on , when he was excited and enthusiastic about the railway and its effect on another town . |
| 10 | In this case it looks as though in fact there were " captains of thousands " and " captains of hundreds " , and that my metonymy or by abbreviation " thousand " has been used for " captains of thousands " ad " hundreds " . |
| 11 | In this case it appears that the bolts have been placed , not for the purpose of protection , but to create an artificial gangway . |
| 12 | In this instance it seems that the client needed not so much advice on a course of action as legitimation from its lawyer . |
| 13 | In this society it follows that real talent goes unrewarded and unflinching purity of soul is automatically derided — on both these counts I am to be numbered among the punished , especially in regard to material goods and services , financial security , the trust and love of friendship , and the divinely counselled companionship of wife and family . |
| 14 | Jesus had come to Jerusalem , the capital of Judaism to take on the religious authorities and at this point in time in this Gospel it looks like he 's lost , gon na be dead in a couple of days . |
| 15 | In this way it appears as though new species arrive continuously . |
| 16 | In this perspective it seems that Callinicos can only mean relatively little with his disclaimers about good art . |
| 17 | In this study it seems that the higher fibre diet expanded the proliferative compartment in both the proximal and distal colon and would thus appear to increase the risk of colonic mucosal cell instability . |
| 18 | In this regard it provides that Heads of Department shall review such supplementary policy statements in the light of the Regional Council 's policy with particular regard to arrangements for : |
| 19 | In this time it seems that all other areas of the Lakes have had a new guide , and some of them two . |
| 20 | It is true that in some cases it happens that the recipient does not find the punishment painful , or even welcomes it — for example , some offenders might find prison a refuge against the intolerable pressures of the outside world . |
| 21 | In some debates it appears that traditional farming is regarded as systems of high input of fertilisers and pesticides which started in the 1950 's and are still progressing and developing today . |
| 22 | From this analysis it appears that the term ‘ accountability ’ is only strictly correct when reference is made to contractual relations with employers . |
| 23 | In such forms it seems but a short step from saying that the courts are also our only effective guardians against the evils of socialism . |
| 24 | Indeed , in many cases it appears that the ellipsis is interpreted with reference to a content-based representation . |
| 25 | In many situations it appears that they move frequently from ‘ English ’ to ‘ Creole ’ , even in the course of the same sentence . |
| 26 | But in any case it follows that the necessary prerequisite for ordination is the presence of a baptized human being ( not a monkey — in that God in Christ took on humanity ) . |
| 27 | In most cases it assumes that the burden of tax falls where the legal form says it falls . |
| 28 | In both cases it seems that the problem lay in the transmission of the activation signal across the target cell membrane , once insulin has bound to the surface receptor . |
| 29 | The annexe has few refectory facilities , and on some days it seems that the queue for the coffee machine snakes endlessly around the corridors . |
| 30 | On this point it seems that the Literary Digest Poll and others committed two errors . |