Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I personally felt that it would be quite inhumane to deal with someone who was somewhere near the magic 60 cut-off , for reasons that it would be impossible to examine with any clarity the reasons for this change of heart , and the strong will that he had shown during his previous operational record . |
| 2 | Just for reasons that it 'll draw better if I open it . |
| 3 | A child is not born for reasons and it will not fit even the prettiest box assigned to it by its determined providers . |
| 4 | ‘ Our objective is to get the best price for creditors and it is our view that we will get a better price by waiting . ’ |
| 5 | This tactic does sometimes work , but it 's quite risky for Orcs because it ties up a lot of character points which you could well use elsewhere . |
| 6 | According to a Gwynedd County Council report the company said it is unable to tender competitively for contracts unless it has the flexibility of Sunday working . |
| 7 | Daniel , who spent £75 on new games and equipment , added : ‘ We had to wait for ages but it was worth it . ’ |
| 8 | And it bounced and bounced and bounced and I thought it was going on for ages but it did n't . |
| 9 | We looked at it for ages when it was dead . |
| 10 | Must of been on one of the other computers and er it went on for ages and it was you know it 's was irritating more than anything ! |
| 11 | That if you work in the big city you might only have seven miles between calls but it still takes you three quarters of an hour . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , latex is not suitable for borders since it dries too quickly and is not durable for exposed and vulnerable areas . |
| 13 | The fans had come for goals and it was Pompey who nearly supplied the first . |
| 14 | It was sometimes used for emergencies but it was mainly a hospital for old people . |
| 15 | Systems theory is a useful way of identifying complex entities , particularly those which have a functional unity and of talking about relationships but it remains at some level of abstraction from reality . |
| 16 | I 'm longing for kids but it 's not up to me . |
| 17 | The new fifth television channel , wherever it is situated , will open up further opportunities for programme-makers when it starts up at the end of 1993 . |
| 18 | This was popular for warships but it made for a heavy hull . |
| 19 | Some form of processing ( amplifiers ) will be used in a long-distance system to ‘ boost ’ the signal level every so often to make up for losses before it is sent on its way again . |
| 20 | To the Marxist historian Michael Chanan the halls were merely ‘ tools of commercial exploitation ’ but a more balanced view would rely on an appreciation of the way in which ‘ live ’ variety revealed as much about showmen as it did about ‘ humanity at large ’ . |
| 21 | Writers , poets and bards had been telling the stories for centuries but it was not until the Victorians that a visual interpretation was recorded and that was essentially romantic and ill-informed . |
| 22 | Around this grew a small village of woodcutters and stonemasons ' cottages and the hamlet led its isolated existence for centuries until it was eventually abandoned . |
| 23 | It is also for presents when it is somebody 's birthday or Christmas . |
| 24 | Note that this chart is slightly different from that used for chariots because it is much harder to hit the crew or warhorses on a War Wagon because of the size of the tower . |
| 25 | It does n't mean that you do n't look for efficiencies but it does mean that we need to recognise that we are putting a burden on our staff which I think we will be callous and stupid to disregard . |
| 26 | This is a public right of way for walkers and it continues as a track alongside Loch Coulin , where camera enthusiasts are often fortunate to find a moored rowing boat posing for the foreground of a perfect picture . |
| 27 | The Reiterhof is a large hotel with plenty of facilities , and is well suited for walkers as it is located close to the mountain cable car . |
| 28 | The debate should not endlessly be about tactics , it becomes self-defeating to go on and on and on wrangling about tactics when it is the motivation behind those tactics that holds the key . |
| 29 | Year round it is popular for walks as it exudes an elegant serenity inspired of the water and the graceful trees . |
| 30 | Indeed , the Camilla tape lay dormant in British newsrooms for months until it was published overseas and widely circulated in Britain . |