Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poor cutlery will have tiny burrs inside the fork prongs where it has been stamped out of the sheet of metal . |
| 2 | Then there is the 39-member-strong Royal Society of Portrait Paints which operates from the Mall Galleries where it holds its annual exhibition . |
| 3 | Compare retailing with other sectors where IT has been used extensively . |
| 4 | Skinnergate faces two choices : it either declines into a traffic-filled street of second-rate shops or it cleans itself up , providing an open air alternative to the Cornmill 's enclosed space . |
| 5 | When the hopped wort has been cooled it is run to fermenting vessels where it meets its destiny with yeast . |
| 6 | And once we 've clipped the nails , we actually file the nail so that it 's nice and smooth and it does n't catch on your tights or it does n't catch on the sheets at night . |
| 7 | A repertoire of songs that it has heard |
| 8 | As the ash dries hard it is dug out for sale for the construction industry , yet another habitat is created With the layers of rock compacted over millions of years , this soft ash forms perfect artificial gifts for burrowing animals like rabbits For this young fox , what better place to practise digging than a soft cliff of ash , watched nervously by potential lunch Another predator not necessarily fond of the ash , but very keen on the animals that it attracts , is the polecat ferret Once used by poachers many of these agile hunters are now wild and range freely over the rough ground near power stations in search of prey Round at the top of the ash are the nest borrows of one of Britain 's rarest bird , the sand martin the monitor of this power station has ensured special in there so the birds can find ideal nest sites . |
| 9 | The ant repays the tree by sweeping it leaves free of fungi , by assaulting any leaf-eating animals that it encounters and by attacking any competing plant that dares come within chewing distance . |
| 10 | Although Next Computer Inc has stumbled , Data General Corp , which last year signed to resell Next boxes , will maintain a relationship with Steve Jobs ' firm — it says it was always more interested in the NextStep software anyway , and will market the environment on its OEMed 80486 personal computers once it becomes available . |
| 11 | The only way in which to reverse this situation and become slim again is to supply the body with fewer calories than it needs for its daily energy requirements , so that it has to draw on the emergency store of calories in its own fat . |
| 12 | Shedding surplus weight depends on providing your body with fewer calories than it needs to keep going . |
| 13 | It submits to Parliament reports which carry considerable weight , and its recommendations are taken very seriously by the departments and organizations that it examines . |
| 14 | Such phrases try to give us an image of what the organisation is about and individuals within the organisation are expected to adopt such a culture and to pursue the goals that it prescribes . |
| 15 | Scottish Homes has brought back into use 1,000 units that it has helped to create in the past two years . |
| 16 | In any event you should ensure that your dog poses no threat to human health by deworming it every six months once it has reached this age . |
| 17 | By 1936 , with the popular front , anti-fascist line now dominant , Nizan shifted the emphasis from sectarian revolutionary purity to a broad-based defence of culture from the tyranny of fascism : Berlin is burning the books that it fears . |
| 18 | So much modern merchandise is themed with bestselling books that it makes a logical extension to the stock profile . |
| 19 | Aye , and such a one ’ — she was shaking her head — ‘ who 'd talk a hind leg off a donkey , and with such politeness that it gets up your nose and under your skin and on your nerves . ’ |
| 20 | In the event of circumstances arising under 1 or 2 above which require the Insurers to notify the Society of the reduction or cancellation of cover the Insurers shall during the period from such reduction or cancellation until ten days after notification of the Society indemnify the Society against losses to the same extent as if cover had not been reduced or cancelled and if the Society shall within seven days of notification by the Insurers inform the Insurers that it wishes cover to continue on the same terms as if it had not been reduced or cancelled the Insurers shall indemnify the Society against losses on such terms for such period not exceeding six months as the Society shall specify and the Society shall be responsible for the payment of premium for such cover . |
| 21 | The legitimate questions for a judge in his role as interpreter of the enacted law are : ‘ How has Parliament , by the words that it has used in the statute to express its intentions , defined the category of acts that are entitled to the immunity ? |
| 22 | Public opinion is growing too large for the channels that it has been accustomed to run through . ’ |
| 23 | In this way the youngsters make it clear that they are not yet mature enough to be considered rivals for territories or breeding partners and are allowed to feed on the reef beside their parents for the several months that it takes them to grow to maturity . |
| 24 | ‘ We have been so sensible , fair and reasonable with Lovell Homes that it 's probably been to our detriment . |
| 25 | The genetic information stored in the viral DNA or RNA must be used to produce the viral proteins that it codes for ( D in Figure ) . |
| 26 | The Marxist critic reading a text for the ideological traces that it attempts to conceal — ‘ Hegelian grammar ’ is inescapable in such contexts — by its evasive gaps and silences , has an obvious resemblance to the Freudian analyst examining the manifest content of a patient 's dream for the repressed realities that are concealed within it . |
| 27 | I do n't suppose there 's much doubt that Milton approached his marriage a little late in life with an intensity of idealism that must , to some degree , have derived from the high conception of the chastity to which he had up till then dedicated himself , and poor Mary Powell , just like Desdemona , becomes a victim of male idealisation and the unreasonable demands that it makes . |
| 28 | This implies that when the balance is temporarily favourable to the working class , the demands that it espouses , whether or not they are in the interests of the dominant class , may be translated into state policy — for example , on social welfare ( see Gough 1979 ; Esping-Andersen and Korpi 1984 ) , workers ' rights and so on . |
| 29 | However , ‘ Motherese ’ is composed of many different characteristics and it seems reasonable to suppose that there is considerable variation among adults in respect of how far these features are reflected in their speech to young children . |
| 30 | that have had the support but they wo n't get off their backsides and it tends to be this ge generation . |