Example sentences of "the [noun pl] it [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the comprador class may ( but not necessarily ) admit that its interests and those of the foreigners it serves are antagonistic to those of co-nationals , the transnational capitalist class conceives of its interests and the interests of the global capitalist system that it serves , as identical with those of national development . |
| 2 | It was n't intended as a writing implement , and the shapes it drew were angular and hard to read . |
| 3 | When a person is seeking employment , council membership and the demands it imposes are unlikely to recommend him or her to prospective employers . |
| 4 | And over the years it 's been possible to identify a number of factors produced by these bacteria that seem to make sense in terms of the pathology and the conditions . |
| 5 | Over the years it has been customary for the chairman to be re-elected for a second year . |
| 6 | It 's an essential feature of 3i that the positions it takes are long term . |
| 7 | The grapes it produced were small and hard , inedible . |
| 8 | Right , oh yes it 's got a , a lot of discrepancies , but the point is that the discrepancies it has are explicable in terms of what the discrepancies were trying to hide and correct and to that extent it 's a bit like psychoanalysing an individual patient . |
| 9 | The issues it raises are likely to be addressed in evidence and also in reports provided to the court by the guardian ad litem and others . |
| 10 | Once an agreement has been registered in the register of restrictive agreements ( which is open to public inspection ) , the Director General may refer it to the Restrictive Practices Court for a decision on whether the restrictions it contains are contrary to the public interest . |
| 11 | But , because it 's a command language and not a page description language the facilities it possesses are adequate rather than sophisticated . |