Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it was doubtless a noble religion it still had a greater contribution to make to humanity . |
| 2 | ‘ When I first saw the head in the font it just looked familiar — I could n't sort out why . |
| 3 | After the dog loses consciousness it rapidly stops breathing and its heart stops beating . |
| 4 | The importance of affirmation With regard to football it perhaps does not matter very much — people who like playing it or watching it are not likely to be seriously affected by our negative comments ; they will just think that we are stupid and go on playing and watching as before . |
| 5 | As a special bonus it also has to be able to merchandise our Fluffy Puffins . |
| 6 | Well my Lord , all we know is that erm when the report was served on the defendant it then came through court they were going to have to call Mr and then last week it was suggested er that er not only did they not agree but that they were going to try to prevent it being admitted in evidence . |
| 7 | For all the good it ever did for your sons . |
| 8 | Other than in the early stages of a completely new programme it also requires evaluation of existing training , so that evaluation may be as important as identification of needs . |
| 9 | When the party is in opposition it also elects the Parliamentary Committee or Shadow Cabinet . |
| 10 | But to her mind it still did not excuse his neglect of everything else . |
| 11 | After years of uncertainty it now appears that a new chapter is about to open in the life of Dunkirk Mills . |
| 12 | when you turn your key it suddenly clicks and it clicks the thingy forward |
| 13 | ‘ If somebody 's already used a break it just means you 've got to use it in a better way . |
| 14 | The great sides always capitalise on moments of good fortune and when Marty Roebuck made a hash of a simple penalty four minutes from the break it somehow ended up as a try . |
| 15 | Right , cos , it 's like everything , it 's like your weight it either goes up and up and up or it goes down and down and down , you 'll never hold it the same |
| 16 | Although a picture of NCC confusion emerged from this study it still held out the hope , if only by implication , that more rigorous thinking would achieve better results . |
| 17 | In practice it probably did not make a great deal of difference to either party whether or not leases existed , unless or until a serious dispute between them arose . |
| 18 | In practice it soon withdrew . |
| 19 | Much of the focus has so far been on integration , instigated predominantly by non-Disabled people , as a mean for all sections of the community to be involved on an equal basis , in a way which does not differentiate between the intention of this approach is genuine , in practice it often transmutes into another form of exclusion and discrimination . |
| 20 | The term is used to cover different types of situation but in practice it usually refers to the danger to old people 's health and safety which may arise when they live alone and are very frail , either physically , mentally or both . |
| 21 | It 's great in theory , but in practice it sometimes does n't work . |
| 22 | The psychologists attempted to polarise various issues such as massed versus spaced learning , whole versus part learning and transfer of training which had some face validity in appearing to identify general principles , but in practice it always seemed that the generalities vanished into the enormous variety of specific issues . |
| 23 | here we are articifial snow it even makes snowballs … hope you 've enjoyed our ski-ing this afternoon next week we 're out on the River Thames for the Boat race |
| 24 | It is notable , however , that although titled nobles were very prominent in the highest ranks in the college it still had to make extensive use of commoners , since even in the 1750s it was impossible to find enough dvoryane ( members of the privileged landowning class ) with an adequate knowledge of foreign languages . |
| 25 | So if Mains ' lean face did begin to take on a grey and grim hue it probably began in 1972 when the All Black selectors began shuffling around their fullbacks , with Mains conspicuously absent . |
| 26 | At first glance it also looks like the perfect market of classic economic theory , where all potential buyers and sellers are simultaneously in touch with each other and able to agree the most acceptable price to meet their requirements . |
| 27 | If the industry can answer ‘ yes ’ to these and similar questions about other sectors of the industry it probably makes sense to take a hard look at what is happening in New Zealand and to then advocate some radical thinking in both London and Brussels . |
| 28 | This change may reflect a disillusionment with the cost-benefit approach and the realisation that while this attitude might be helpful in manufacturing industry it certainly did not work in the service industry to which most of the Highlands were exposed . |
| 29 | While , as has been suggested ( 21 ) , formal training courses may not reduce the tendency for young people to leave the industry it nonetheless has the potential to create a workforce more receptive to new ideas . |
| 30 | In industry it often happens that a great deal of thought goes into the design of a project , when the real problem is finding the right person to run the project . |