Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [coord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the three methods being considered , this is the most controversial and it has dominated the debate about paying for water . |
| 2 | Its working was rather fitful and it failed in a couple of astounding thunderstorms they had . |
| 3 | The incidence of board theft is thankfully low but it does happen . |
| 4 | It was dead right but it gave me a tough act to follow and only Joyce 's famous ‘ George , do n't do that ’ would fit the bill . |
| 5 | The contract hire scheme is by far the most popular and it attacts over 90% of new car applications . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They were originally intending to work in Zaire , but the situation is still somewhat unstable and it seems that the time is not quite right for them to go there . |
| 8 | Most natural minerals are brittle because they are more or less homogeneous but it happens that a few have cleavage planes of about the right strength . |
| 9 | At the time Lady Moon , 54 , said : ‘ It was all so easy and it gave me a hell of a buzz , better than drugs . |
| 10 | It was not perhaps natural but it had served him well , Nicholas knew , from the beginning . |
| 11 | The rise in the popularity of herbs as medicinal remedies is less obvious but it seems to have come partly from a general dissatisfaction with synthesized drugs , as well as plastics , artificials and chemicals — " manufactured " articles of all kinds , which are being rejected in favour of substances naturally grown and formed by hand into the artifact required . |
| 12 | Well if it was me to keep it balanced I usually put the bigger ones near the bottom or on one side so that the small bit are at the top and the big bits are at the bottom and artistically it looks a bit better balanced but it does n't really matter for the maths where you put it . |
| 13 | This may sound somewhat grand but it has very down-to-earth aspects , such as indicating what is possible and realistic and what tasks are long and short term . |
| 14 | This makes them appear not just personally unhappy but it presents a negative impression to their hosts . |
| 15 | The definition of connected person is somewhat complex but it includes a director , the director 's relatives and companies within a group . |
| 16 | This , too , is entirely reasonable but it does require that attention be paid to compatibilities of systems so that future system integration remains possible . |
| 17 | As he continued to climb , the sea appeared less troubled and it came as a surprise to see the white turmoil round the foot of each headland and promontory . |
| 18 | Also the arms , and in particular the front one , should be straight since not only is this less tiring but it keeps the rig upright and provides more power . |
| 19 | As I say , I ca n't remember anything , but I 'm told that I did seem to enjoy annoying Old Saul , the bandy-legged and ancient white bulldog my father kept — I 'm told — because it was so ugly and it did n't like women . |
| 20 | This is usually extremely wasteful and it tends to reinforce the inefficient image of PR executives . |
| 21 | The local county court often has the advantage of being nearer than the High Court District Registry , its rules are less strict and it allows more steps to be taken by post than does the High Court . |
| 22 | The job has to be at a senior enough level and it has to be constrained enough to enable the job to be searched . |
| 23 | It gets so dirty and it looks dirty if it 's not polished every day . |
| 24 | There is a pouched mouse in Australia , though in this case the resemblance is not so close and it does not make its living in quite the same way . |
| 25 | I think the problem is , that at the moment sex education is so arbitrary and it varies from school to school and from house to house I think they have to make it like a core part of the curriculum , make it compulsory and make it uniform throughout the country , so everybody 's getting the same education , the same quality I think that 'll help . |
| 26 | The furniture-making craft is so wide and it covers so many disciplines that it is impossible to have in-depth knowledge of all these disciplines all the time . |
| 27 | Its view of corporate governance is rather limited and it does not properly address corporate governance as the network of accountability relationships that exists between stakeholders in a company . |
| 28 | Its wealth was largely non-industrial and it contained an enormous pool of underemployed and unemployed people . |
| 29 | As their only match preparation for the Test , it was patently inadequate but it did alert them to the vast difference between the cricketing conditions and environment in the Caribbean and those in Australia and New Zealand where they had performed so impressively in gaining the semi-finals of the World Cup . |
| 30 | This interest has kept the Mannheimian tradition alive if not exactly thriving and it seems as if every few years there is a revival of interest . |