Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposal for a Rhyl relief road could mean yet another where it crosses the A525 . |
| 2 | However , the Shetland Islands Council made it clear that it had no intention of grasping the nettle itself , and taking any decision . |
| 3 | This , it is proposed , should be reformulated so as to replace the expression ‘ merchantable quality ’ with ‘ acceptable quality ’ and to make it clear that it covers the fitness of the goods for all their common purposes , their safety , durability , freedom from minor defects and appearance and finish . |
| 4 | While it has made no formal application to offer video-on-demand to customers — the official line is that it is merely looking at the technology 's potential — it is already clear that it faces a tough task convincing regulatory bodies that it has the right to do so . |
| 5 | Vietnam , supporting the SOC position , rejected the disarming of government forces , and made it clear that it envisaged an SNC with a largely symbolic function rather than real authority . |
| 6 | The Commission has made it clear that it has no proposals for guide prices on coal contracts or for Community subsidies for coal production . |
| 7 | The new Commonwealth was at least a genuinely voluntary union , and yet it was far from clear that it provided the answer to nationality differences that had for so long eluded the Gorbachev leadership . |
| 8 | It appears to be the commission 's way of making clear that it sees a huge chasm between recreational hacking and hacking for more sinister purposes . |
| 9 | The insurance company had claimed that the system for calculating punitive awards — to punish wrongdoers and deter future misconduct — was so irrational that it violated the company 's constitutional right to be treated fairly . |
| 10 | An instance is provided by the civil war between Pompey and Caesar in the first century BC , when hoarding was so prevalent that it caused a crisis of liquidity . |
| 11 | You can protest about this if it becomes a burden , but the time expended in doing so is probably inefficiently spent . |
| 12 | Many agency nurses do this and it poses no problems . |
| 13 | from a distance it looks more black than brown and it has a most interesting tail which , when closed , looks like one of the flippers scuba divers wear . |
| 14 | It used the allocation , came back and said that its original estimate was entirely wrong and it required an extra £48 million — the original estimate was £48 million out . |
| 15 | The Council … believes strongly that a first degree course in Educational Studies lasting three years may be designed to lead to an Honours award … the concept of a three-year degree course in Educational Studies , leading to an Honours or an unclassified degree , will be acceptable provided it combines an adequate period of practical experience in the classroom with a requisite minimum of academic studies . |
| 16 | The cost of educating our children is below the national recoupment figure , and that I think is good , right and proper and it reflects the many years of excellent Conservative administration that Oxfordshire has enjoyed . |
| 17 | Starting at the Cow and Calf you climbed through a Khyber Pass of crags from one ling-and-bracken horizon to another until it seemed the sky could not be far off . |
| 18 | If you have more space , you could create a series of pools with the water falling from one to another until it reaches the lowest in a continual cycle . |
| 19 | When a drifting particle of food touches an arm , tube feet fasten on to it and pass it on from one to another until it reaches the gutter that runs down the upper surface of the arm to the mouth at the centre . |
| 20 | I mean , when I , when I was a kid I got , erm , I was given an Australian doll baby , and which was funny cos it had an amazing sun tan and dark blue eyes and blonde hair , like typical Ozzie child . |
| 21 | Liked to pull that down that 's a normal hip joint , this is your bony pelvis with the socket joint , right , socket , this is your leg bone the femur , with the head of the femur at the top and it looks like that and they fit into one another and it forms a very good swinging joint you can do all sorts of things with your hip joint , ca n't you ? |
| 22 | The Lycoming 0–320 B3B engine is very reliable and it has a TBO of 2000 hours but only when half inch valves are fitted . |
| 23 | The new style is bright and crisp and it reflects the thorough , professional approach adopted by the college . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Ah , ’ was all that Maidstone said to this but it had a knowing sound to it . |
| 25 | The performances individually are ok but it seems the tactics are wrong . |
| 26 | The Shorthorn/Highland first cross has always been popular but it took the concerted efforts of the three Cadzow brothers on an island off the west coast of Scotland to consolidate the virtues of the cross and turn it into a genuine breed , the Luing , named after the island of its origin . |
| 27 | ‘ Hothousing is entirely different because it involves a pushy parent force-feeding their child to be bright — the natural spark is n't necessarily there , ’ says Mr Short . |
| 28 | But applying QALYs to the allocation of resources is quite different because it involves a choice between the welfares of different people . |
| 29 | Germany , of course , is different because it has a federal system , so that the central administration is important in policy-making terms and policy is tending to go more and more towards the centre , but the administration of the different states , federal states , what they call the Länder , has a very important executive role , and the central government has a much less important role in actually carrying out policy . |
| 30 | John has two PhDs but I do n't believe he has This sentence is pragmatically anomalous because it contradicts the standard Quality implicature that one believes what one asserts . |