Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] [adv] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | His rhetorical mastery , in the end , is a mastery of praise , unlike Leavis 's , and it flourishes best where a tribal loyalty combines with an issue of faith . |
| 2 | Mont Blanc exists , and it will go on existing until it wears away or an earthquake knocks it over . |
| 3 | This is the usual case , but if it turns out that a particular file is very volatile the less restrictive system should be used . |
| 4 | So that had rather er I mean that made er made it 's not big potatoes , but it made more than a year ago and there were small movements on provision adjustments . |
| 5 | Surgeons , and anyone concerned with the seriously wounded , knew that blood was under considerable pressure in the arteries , because it spurted powerfully if an artery was severed , but the arterial pressure was not measured until Stephen Hales ( 1677–1761 ) , ‘ Rector of Farringdon , Hampshire , and Minister of Teddington , Middlesex , undertook a fearsome experiment while exsanguinating a horse . |
| 6 | The sun was a copper-coloured ball balanced briefly on the tops of trees , there was no relief from the heat when it went down but a little from the persistent ravages of the insects whose uproar , briefly louder and more piercing , diminished as the light faded . |
| 7 | The difference between industry as it exists today and a profession is then , simple and unmistakable . |