Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] and [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can my right hon. Friend confirm that the level of Japanese investment in this country runs into billions of pounds and that it underpins tens of thousands of jobs directly and a great many more indirectly ? |
| 2 | There are , of course , an increasing number of exceptions but concerns still exist about the time involvement of clinicians and whether it represents the most valuable use of their time . |
| 3 | Burnfield ( 1985 ) , a psychiatrist with multiple sclerosis , states : ‘ I believe that having MS has helped me to become more sensitive to the needs of others and that it has enhanced my skills as a healer . |
| 4 | It 's not a problem when it 's in the open air but it can seep into buildings and when it becomes trapped in an enclosed area it 's potentially lethal . |
| 5 | Council put the central heating in when we got advanced in years and when it became necessary in the doctor 's opinion for me to have central heating because I had a heart complaint . |
| 6 | Until comparatively recently there was a general belief or tacit agreement within the community that the later years of life were a time of " all passion spent " — that sex stopped or should stop with the menopause in women and that it continued into later years only in old men who were awarded the epithet " dirty " . |
| 7 | It was already clear to Coleman from his analysis of the drugs-related intelligence coming out of Lebanon that the traditional heroin route to the US via Cyprus , Frankfurt and London was used regularly by both agencies , that the traffic was not always in narcotics and that it moved both ways . |
| 8 | It worked on mice and if it works on humans it will be just what we 've been waiting for . |
| 9 | Other possible explanations are that interferon alfa is directly toxic to hepatocytes and that it induces autoimmune chronic active hepatitis . |
| 10 | The path goes through fields and as it continues over rough ground you can see remnants of old riverbeds — the Allt Choire Ardair has changed its course several times over the years . |