Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It does not describe reality nor is it sufficient in itself , but applied to religion it means that nothing is true .
2 " The heart and soul of a resource collection is not material at all : it lies in the structure of thought it exhibits , in the creative association it provokes and in the opportunities it provides for training the young learner in how to learn and think . "
3 In this latest theft it seems that the extra security measures were no deterrant .
4 In this latest theft it seems that the extra security measures were no deterrant .
5 There was something inside me after all , and whatever it was — to my untutored mind it seemed that it must be exceedingly unpleasant , even hideous — it was not well .
6 Most young readers , and I was one of them , were bored by the seeming ponderousness of so much of the narration and probably gave up too soon to grasp the understanding of the American Indian mind it offers and the rapport that can be achieved with an understanding white man , here the legendary ‘ Hawkeye ’ .
7 After a period of some confusion it seems that Carvin gear is going to get proper distribution in the UK .
8 The relatively cheap and rapid transportation it provided and the elasticity of capacity the companies boasted gave a powerful boost to the mass holiday-making industry .
9 And as proof in the healing power of accepted love her hands undid him , as he undid her , until , naked together , he lifted himself to enter her , and if for McAllister there was a moment of trapped fear it disappeared when she was truly his , and they were , at last , one thing , moving together in harmony in an experience quite unlike the shock and terror which she had felt with Havvie , and had always feared would happen to her if she ever made love again .
10 We were in line with the Craven fault it seemed and in an electric storm the tower and all its domestic equipment spat and sizzled like a jumping cracker .
11 To the outsider it appears that when change of any kind is required , the NHS is so structured as to resemble a " mobile " : designed to move with any breath of air , but which in fact never changes its position and gives no clear indication of direction .
12 That when women are given the vote it follows that children should be given it too is no argument at all , but a version of it occurs in modern debates over the justice or injustice of Mill 's famous disclaimer in his essay On Liberty .
13 Then Hence if the reference element dS lies along the 1-axis it follows that — = – 1 and Equation ( 2.5 ) gives the value of — for any other direction ( only one direction cosine l 1 is required since there is axial symmetry in this case ) .
14 In my own study it seemed that young women are becoming more critical of ‘ traditional ’ gender roles , but young men are not .
15 In this study it seems that the higher fibre diet expanded the proliferative compartment in both the proximal and distal colon and would thus appear to increase the risk of colonic mucosal cell instability .
16 In practice it occurs when deaf children can write a word better than speak it .
17 In practice it seems that the land transactions were by agreement .
18 In practice it means that the keynote lecture will be given by someone from the New World .
19 In practice it means that course members may end up teaching in any of these institutions either at home or abroad .
20 That sounds fine but in practice it means that people from black and ethnic groups get a raw deal because their particular problems are seldom acknowledged .
21 However , in practice it appears that the court has a discretion to allow the case to continue as if begun under Ord. 53 provided this will not unfairly deprive the respondent of some protection which would have been enjoyed if the case had been begun under Ord. 53 .
22 Although , in principle , an increase in the real wage rate could raise the supply of labour significantly , in practice it appears that the ‘ underlying ’ supply of labour is fairly inelastic with respect to the real wage rate .
23 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 .
24 At first glance it seemed that the vision of Monnet and Schuman of gradual sectoral integration binding the participants even closer together was one important step nearer realisation .
25 just from a quick glance it looked like it would need some er work on it
26 At first glance it appears that Braudel has merely hit on a convenient fashion of dividing up the past , to bring it under control and make it easier for historians to encompass .
27 At first glance it appears that the government has not been particularly successful in bringing about reductions in local government expenditure .
28 Throughout the 1920s filmed melodrama continued to use whatever social setting it required and poverty and urban misery were faithfully reproduced whenever necessary as on occasions were the realities of work in coal-mines , steelworks , and more frequently dockyards .
29 In effect it meant that an individual who came into possession of inside information ( by way of a ‘ tip off ’ ) which had not been actively sought or requested , would be immune from the UK 's secondary insider dealing provisions .
30 Well in effect it says that how that it 's now the Party is sanctionalizing absolute egalitarianism , the aim that landlords , K M T officers , everyone 's going to get equal distribution of land .
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