Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [conj] it [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 The rationale for trying to obtain verbatim records of children 's speech in naturalistic settings is that it provides the best indication of what language a child actually uses in ordinary , everyday settings .
2 However , one of this industry 's main characteristics is that it attracts the maverick .
3 But the radical difference between this and previous dieting methods is that it makes the food you consume more filling and also renders some of the calories it supplies non-fattening , as you will begin to learn in the next chapter .
4 What distinguished my article , through , from the observations of those trail-blazing precursors was that it acknowledged the presence not only of the ( nonsemiological , non- ‘ signreading ’ ) public but also of the collective bliss which , whatever my own sense of alienation , the theme park experience generated among the public .
5 The significance of the geoid for the operation of geomorphic processes is that it defines the ultimate base level for denudation ; any change in the geoid would therefore cause consequential changes in base levels .
6 A distinguishing feature of spinning when put out to the cottage women and children was that it created the possibility of increasing the money earnings of the family from an occupation distinct from that of the man .
7 One of the great attractions of DIY for many householders is that it avoids the notoriously difficult relationship between householder and the professional builder or decorator .
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