Example sentences of "of [art] [noun] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the qualities of jade that contributed most to social harmony was the musical nature of the notes it emitted when struck . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've always said so because of the problems it causes and the way it upsets people . |
| 3 | Indeed if a BBC nationwide survey in 1987 is to be heeded , the CAB can be confident that the public is aware of the service it provides and makes good use of it . |
| 4 | However , at the beginning of the novel it seems that even this admirable lady , for she is definitely a lady , can not think totally by herself — she is guided by the abominable Mr. Slope . |
| 5 | Secondly , when the Department asked about the balance and breadth of the curriculum it found that few authorities encouraged schools to discuss the issues and it was mainly through routine visits of advisers that concern for balance and breadth was promoted . |
| 6 | Like the system of militia service it pressed heavily upon the poorer sections of the groups it affected and fell comparatively lightly on the middle classes of the French seaports . |
| 7 | On saturday night on Manc of the day it said that leeds were still at 3–1 … |
| 8 | Entry to this body was much sought after by wealthy young men , because of the prestige it conferred and because it guaranteed proximity to the Emperor . |
| 9 | Implicitly , they have accepted many of the criticisms made for more than a decade by Labour councils and civil libertarians : that a force which has dug itself in behind ramparts of elitist isolationism must begin to respond to demands of the public it serves and their political representatives . |
| 10 | In some cases a party may effectively exclude liability by including a comprehensive list of the duties it undertakes and making it clear that the list is exclusive . |
| 11 | In the course of the hearings it emerged that a number of other former government officials had been paid for lobbying on housing developments . |
| 12 | As I got to the end of the row it seemed that a hundred hands had grabbed me … my body was being assailed with blows from so many directions , whether from kicks or punches I do not know , and with stars in front of my eyes and bells ringing in my ears , I felt another strange sensation . |
| 13 | The price you pay for your lawnmower does not reflect the cost to your neighbours of the noise it makes when you use it . |
| 14 | Within days of the veto it emerged that four of Bush 's leading donors and fund-raisers were the targets of law suits by federal regulatory authorities over their role in failed Savings and Loans institutions ( " thrifts " ) . |
| 15 | One of the reasons it thinks that COSE is interested in its participation is that it has some key technology that in typical DEC fashion , it has failed to trumpet . |
| 16 | If the above Clause appears on the Schedule of the Policy it means that Exclusion 7 will no longer apply . |
| 17 | A few stars pricked the sky , and in the warmth of the car it seemed that she and Luke were the only two people in the world , travelling through a hushed darkness together . |
| 18 | From the nucleotide sequence the amino acid sequence of the protein it codes for can be determined and this provides an excellent starting point for finding out the role of the protein in development . |
| 19 | In the eyes of the FA it seems that anybody playing outside the top flight is no good . |
| 20 | To find out what is distinctive about the style of a certain corpus or text we work out the frequencies of the features it contains and then measure these figures against equivalent figures which are " normal " for the language in question.The style is then to be measured in terms of deviations — either higher frequencies or lower frequencies — from the norm . |
| 21 | Act 2 is the object of loud acclaim as the curtain falls , but when Minnie and Dick ride off into the sunset at the end of the opera it seems that the audience has melted away too , and the final ‘ addios ’ fall into silence and emptiness . |
| 22 | One has only to think of the time it took and what was necessary to develop the now largely taken-for-granted temperature scales ; an effort involving not only technological developments , but also developments in physics , thermodynamics , mathematics , and more . |
| 23 | Japan shredded a large proportion of the dolphins it hunted and turned them into fertiliser . |
| 24 | The Company will benefit because of the tax it saves and the resulting improvement in earnings in 1993–94 . |
| 25 | An evaluation of the source established the accuracy of the information it contained and formulated definitions for the various terms employed . |
| 26 | By the end of the month it appeared that FAPLA , which claimed to be acting defensively , had breached the rebel UNITA defences and come close to capturing the airstrip near Mavinga , 19 km south of the Lomba river . |
| 27 | Think of the difference it makes when you can look at programmes like that in the classroom on a video player : you can stop the programme at any point , you can go back and look at something again , you can choose to break it up into as many short sections as you want to and you can come back to it another day to refresh students ' memories . |
| 28 | However , since it is more than a mere sign , it partakes of the reality it signifies and is a means of grace through which the atoning work of Christ is made effective in the life of the Christian . |
| 29 | A further cause for concern was Recommendation 6 , with its proposal to base grant for the coming year to each Responsible Body not only on the standards of its own work but also on the needs of the area it served and on the provision made by others . |
| 30 | For a fraction of a second it looked as though it were going to be just that , he 'd vaulted too hard and he was going to overshoot the small terrace and land on the ugly hard shapes of the garden furniture in the basement courtyard beneath . |