Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Remove a fox from its territory and another will soon take its place — so where is fox-hunting 's defence that it controls foxes ?
2 Yet Brazil is fully capable of producing imaginative children 's programmes when it wants to .
3 It 's more of an English tweed suit of a butterfly than a Sultan 's robe but it has its own uniqueness and beauty .
4 Not that the national cause formed the only basis of the Party 's support and it seems that by 1937 or so something like 600 action committees had been formed to organize the workers in Cochinchina , principally in the Saigon — Cholon area .
5 Indeed , the companies have been at pains to demonstrate the technology 's feasibility : the CeBit show saw a demonstration of isoEnet in action on NatSemi 's stand and it has published a White Paper on it .
6 Although most of us do n't have the time or the inclination to record what tickles a particular customer 's fancy when it comes to paying , it does nevertheless pay off to make that extra effort and note what it is that works — particularly with large customers .
7 Agents Mathews and Goodman are looking for rents of around ££10 a sq ft for space in Martin 's Building as it becomes free for letting with a range of suites up to 14,000 sq ft being available .
8 Ruthven cradled his cat and stroked the back of its head , his hand moving faster and faster across the animal 's fur until it stirred restlessly and mewed in protest .
9 This is Bennett 's story and it makes for fascinating reading .
10 Unsurprisingly , the Cambridge Board members were unable to accept Green 's proposals as it involved weakening its own ad hoc position and strengthening that of the District .
11 However , by May 1991 the Council of ( Foreign ) Ministers had still not agreed on the location of the Agency 's headquarters and it had not been able to start work .
12 Responding to the disclosures , the ANC said that the government 's admission that it had funded Inkatha to pursue anti-ANC activities threatened the peace process .
13 And , the most perplexing puzzle of all , just what is the phenomenal nature of the kingfisher 's experience as it gazes into the water ?
14 Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) .
15 When it was built it was a significant addition to the city 's houses as it heralded the start of the restructuring that saw the completion of Corso Vittorio Emanuele II .
16 It had been extensively rewritten by Robert , who was now so good at doing Mafouz 's handwriting that it had affected his ability to reproduce his own signature convincingly .
17 In an apparent attempt to placate the anti-reform groups in the Congress of People 's Deputies before it opened , Yegor Gaidar , responsible for the main thrust of the economic reforms , was dismissed by Yeltsin as Finance Minister on April 2 but retained the post of Deputy Premier .
18 Albert had said Mr Evans would be flaming mad when he heard about Mrs Gotobed 's Will and it seemed Albert was right .
19 Above and top : Polypterus ornatipinnis — even a large pair of these were not beyond Derek 's ingenuity when it came to bringing them home from the USA .
20 Warning lights flashed on the suit 's shoulders as it lumbered slowly to the airlock outer door .
21 What 's the last thing to go through a fly 's mind when it hits the front of your car ?
22 The Kent-based house-builder , Ward Holdings , yesterday provided some backing for Countryside 's optimism when it announced much-reduced annual losses of £5.3 million , against a £14 million deficit in 1991. — PA
23 No some people it if their hair 's dark and it do n't matter what length
24 John Blandy was a quartermaster with General Beresford 's force when it occupied the island .
25 A robotic dispenser arm was whirring nervously and jabbing into Bernice 's neck as it tried to locate an item that was n't there from a shelf that had been removed .
26 There was coppa , made from the muscular part of the pig 's neck where it meets the shoulder , and prosciutto , Parma ham , which comes from the same part of the pig as English gammon , and is cured in specially air-cooled rooms up in the foothills of the Apennines above Parma .
27 Within Renaissance writing we can discover evidence which reveals that a text 's recognition that it circulates within a powerful institutional context need not be capitulation to context , but its own powerful representation of that context .
28 I 'm not a fifth-former , or everybody 's muggins when it comes to sorting out their Drama Practical , or an ace swimmer lately deteriorated , or a lapsed flute-player .
29 The board agreed to Crocker 's demands because it believed that the bank was well managed , and because it knew that the Midland did not have the management strength to tackle retail banking in an entirely alien environment .
30 A flinch of recognition flits across women 's eyes when it comes to men and money .
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