Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Etched into Kinder Scout 's northern flanks , the clough provides pleasant rock-hopping as it twists and turns upwards until you enter a fine , hidden amphitheatre which gives good scrambling up rocky steps . |
| 2 | The ant repays the tree by sweeping it leaves free of fungi , by assaulting any leaf-eating animals that it encounters and by attacking any competing plant that dares come within chewing distance . |
| 3 | Most of Ray 's cows were grazing in another field when it happened but those he lost were his most valuable . |
| 4 | Richmond bureau was prompted into this action when it felt that it was losing advice workers because of the tensions involved in the work and because insufficient support was given to alleviate it . |
| 5 | ‘ The Michelangelo computer virus that received worldwide attention last year is expected to cause even fewer problems this Saturday than it did when it struck last year , a team of IBM researchers said ’ . |
| 6 | I felt fear at this moment but it passed and I was calmed in thought when the sensation passed . |
| 7 | On the other hand , this lower molecular weight is an advantage in some applications since it means that extruded sheet thermoforms more easily than cast sheet . ’ |
| 8 | The F2 progeny complicated this picture and it appears as though the genes responsible for orange colour in Alaska are different from those producing a similar phenotype on Vancouver Island . |
| 9 | Sometimes a murder enquiry will have been going on for some days before it emerges that there is a sexual element involved . |
| 10 | It is also true that the partial molar Gibbs free energies of each component are equal at this point and it emerges that the conditions for incipient phase separation are |
| 11 | The study from which I am quoting reinforces this conclusion when it comments that : |
| 12 | He has been stonewalling throughout the whole month since Lamb told the world , through the Daily Mirror , how the Pakistanis scuff and scrape and scoop at an old ball until it swings as though it was factory fresh . |
| 13 | But he also likes this method because it appears that the famine is caused by the Irish themselves as a result of their lack of husbandry ( which confirms their savagery ) and , thus , appears a natural reward of their refusal to accept the civility of English rule . |
| 14 | Under these tests , a country reserves the right to refuse an operating licence to a foreign firm if it deems that it already has enough similar companies on its territory . |
| 15 | Obviously most firms would readily sacrifice some profit if it meant that they were likely to be in business for some time . |
| 16 | 'Little Bunnies ' is a very popular song and it helps if one or two adults lie down with the children . |
| 17 | York seems to have hesitated over raising men , probably for this reason since it decided that its contingent should wear the city 's badge until they reached Pontefract , and then Gloucester 's as well . |
| 18 | York seems to have hesitated over raising men , probably for this reason since it decided that its contingent should wear the city 's badge until they reached Pontefract , and then Gloucester 's as well . |
| 19 | The TUC ignored this assumption when it denied that the marriage bar was a sex issue , insisting that it was an employment question , caused entirely by the pressures arising from male unemployment . |
| 20 | Anyway , ’ he went on , ‘ I made some further enquiries and it transpired that Len had been convicted on a drink-driving offence and had lost his driving licence . |
| 21 | Er , the position of the British government is this , that it regrets er the inconvenience and the expense , er it would like to see a very sensible resolution but it knows that there will only be a resolution as I know the honourable gentleman knows by unanimity and it does not expect to see that unanimity in the future though it will work for it . |
| 22 | Even depressed Fort William takes on a magnificence from this height as it glitters and reflects the late evening sun . |
| 23 | ( 2 ) Subject to para ( 3 ) ( below ) , the parties must make discovery by serving lists of documents and ; ( a ) subject to sub-para ( c ) , each party must make and serve on every other party a list of documents which are or have been in his possession , custody or power relating to any matter in question between them in the action ; ( b ) the court may , on application ; ( i ) order that discovery under this paragraph shall be limited to such documents or classes of documents only , or as to such only of the matters in question , as may be specified in the order , or ( ii ) if satisfied that discovery by all or any of the parties is not necessary , order that there shall be no discovery of documents by any or all of the parties ; and the court shall make such an order if and so far as it is of opinion that discovery is not necessary either for disposing fairly of the action or for saving costs ; ( c ) where liability is admitted or in an action for personal injuries arising out of a road accident , discovery shall be limited to disclosure of any documents relating to the amount of damages ; ( d ) the provisions of Ord 14 of these rules relating to inspection of documents shall apply where discovery is made under this paragraph as it applies where discovery is made under that Order . |
| 24 | I reckon you should have another lip and it fits that slide on like that |
| 25 | The Roslavl' Party report for 15 March hinted at the reason for this order when it revealed that peasants were of the view that the volost' authorities were imbued with self-seeking ( shkurnichestvo ) ; Soviet Russia was turning into a ‘ purely bourgeois republic ’ . |
| 26 | The Arts Council gave a substantial grant to this scheme as it felt that it emphasised artists ‘ opportunities and practice , rather than the institution and its curatorial staff . |
| 27 | It seems to me from what Mr in particular said , that the bottom as it were has dropped out of the market to this extent that it seems that the policy that he 's advocating , is not thirty one thousand any more , but thirty one thousand plus any amount of windfalls and recycling . |
| 28 | The pro-Palestinian faction of the National Front expressed this view when it asserted that Zionism was an empire ‘ which menaces the whole world ’ ; Zionism was ‘ an iceberg of hidden power of which the bandit state of Israel is only the cruel tip … |
| 29 | The Board rejected this view as it considers that only shareholders are owners of a company and hence the issue of warrants which are not subsequently exercised represents a gain . |
| 30 | Interviews with other staff reinforced this impression and it seemed that in many departments the self-appraisal did not receive much considered attention . |