Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun pl] [coord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was popular for warships but it made for a heavy hull . |
| 2 | The Phoenix Arts Centre in Leicester is trying to shake off its persistent image of being just too highbrow for words and it is striving to show the general public that they might actually enjoy some of the things that go on there . |
| 3 | I 've always been fond of animals and it interests me to have them about to look at . |
| 4 | They are popular with parents and it 's no surprise that well over a thousand schools have voted in favour of such status . |
| 5 | He said such ceremonies were popular with tourists and it was likely people would notice the ceremonies were not as spectacular . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't practise scoring direct from corner-kicks and it was just luck that the first one went in . |
| 7 | Whatever else such a strategy may achieve , it certainly does not manage to produce a situation in which children are politically indistinguishable from adults and it rests on premises which , unless they can be defended , gain nothing for any defence to the charge of arbitrariness . |
| 8 | It 's tempting to be manly and brutal at times but it often pays to be more cautions with your responses that are selected using a multiple choice system . |
| 9 | It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it . |
| 10 | ‘ It defends some hundreds of jobs and it 's a good example of how European action can produce results . |
| 11 | The purpose and remit of the panel should , therefore , be made explicit to colleges and it was recommended that this be addressed by colleges and the Council as part of staff development . |
| 12 | Lavender again is good for headaches and it 's good if you ca n't sleep or you suffer a bit from insomnia . |
| 13 | Another exception to the proposed pattern , is the 34 acre town at Caister-by-Yarmouth ; this is the only town apart from Brough-on-Humber , which occupied an exposed position on the east coast , vulnerable to sea-raiders and it probably required this protection , but it must also have had a special relationship with the nearby Saxon Shore fort at Burgh Castle . |
| 14 | I think it 's twice as effective without links and it becomes even better with links . |
| 15 | It is full of lies and it is this that leads to disaster for Blanche . |
| 16 | It would be dark long before then , because the sky was full of clouds and it was raining . |
| 17 | Put against open window giving onto garden full of trees and it is one thing . |
| 18 | We are altogether too frivolous towards feet and it is time that someone put their foot down . |
| 19 | It 's just that you 've been doing things the same way for ten plus years and it 's second nature . |
| 20 | and he 's planning all this damn , it 's costing millions of pounds and it 's costing thousands of pounds while he 's sat in that dammed office having it all drawn up and |
| 21 | Over 800 modules are available to students and it is probable that all 3,000 students registered have unique programmes of study . |
| 22 | Literary fiction may not be big in numbers but it will be big in promotions in preparation for two birthdays — 10 years for Black Swan in September , 12 for Picador in October . |
| 23 | He says transport is very very cheap for firms and it 's been made cheaper by successive governments building more roads to help freight and also by raising the weight limits so that we 've got bigger and bigger lorries . |
| 24 | Late in 1988 I purchased a second-hand Toyota KS901 ( we are now the best of friends but it did take a while ) . |
| 25 | All this may be done for the best of reasons but it only ensures that children bottle up their feelings as well as their tears , which , as we have seen in previous chapters , can have far-reaching effects . |
| 26 | It looks therapeutic in movies but it made me feel worse than ever . |
| 27 | Because they are obviously scared of needles and it is hard for their parents , having to inject them . |
| 28 | This Government is bankrupt of ideas and it is motivated by one thing , the need to survive . |
| 29 | The KPR was unduly idealistic in aspirations and it proclaimed a programme that was too grandiose . |
| 30 | We learn why we are frightened by wasps and it makes us more frightened . |