Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet Brazil is fully capable of producing imaginative children 's programmes when it wants to . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Warning lights flashed on the suit 's shoulders as it lumbered slowly to the airlock outer door . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A flinch of recognition flits across women 's eyes when it comes to men and money . |
| 9 | Its forelimbs have tiny claws on them which assist in grasping its mother 's hairs and it moves determinedly forward with a movement rather like a swimmer 's crawl , turning its head from one side to another with alternate strokes . |
| 10 | When one turns to his large-scale tonal designs , unexplored until now , it becomes apparent that Lully 's influence is as preponderant in Campra 's cantatas as it had been in his stage music . |
| 11 | It had no heating , its paint was peeling , and its wallpaper obeyed the rule of the new canon 's parents that it does not show the dirt when it is dark . |
| 12 | It was almost under the mare 's hoofs when it saw fit to leap into the air and then dart away at speed . |
| 13 | The working was booked to stop at Colwyn Bay , Llandudno Junction and Llandudno , and worked from block to block until Muspratt 's Sidings when it took the Down Fast line and having got clear signals , proceeded to try to make up time . |
| 14 | NEWARTHILL , the McAlpine family 's private construction group yesterday joined the sector 's casualties when it announced losses for 1991 totalling £72.2m . |
| 15 | Even this better-than-expected showing , however , does n't do that much for Sun 's margins because it had to promise free MP upgrades . |
| 16 | Marin Ceauşescu 's position at the Romanian Foreign Trade Mission in Vienna made him the provider of the family 's needs when it came to everyday items from razor blades to video films . |
| 17 | Before moving into it the family had lived with Sally 's grandparents and it had been very cramped . |
| 18 | This brings the concept of ideology into the centre of his work unlike Marx 's writings where it remains peripheral to the account of the material relations of the process of production . |
| 19 | The purchaser is unlikely to want to accept liability for the vendor 's actions when it has had no control . |
| 20 | The stunt was practised in slow motion , before the cameras rolled and captured Crawford zooming between the lorry 's wheels as it moved at fifteen miles per hour . |
| 21 | Darwin 's theory was a better extension of Lyell 's principles because it presented the species as engaged in an active struggle with an ever-changing environment . |
| 22 | The wind had steadied , not the calm before the storm , but the bunching of a tiger 's muscles as it gathered itself to pounce . |
| 23 | These fish will detect the electricity made by the prey 's muscles as it breathes , even if the prey hides in sediment on the ocean floor . |
| 24 | Charges on income of a company which are not incurred wholly and exclusively for the purposes of its trade ( for example , interest payments by Newco while it is an investment company ) can not be carried forward against Newco 's profits once it becomes a trading company , so there is some significance in the timing of the hive-up from Target to Newco . |
| 25 | This may fatten GE 's profits but it sits oddly with talk about a partnership with suppliers . |
| 26 | The first is problematic in the light of the theory that living organisms ‘ see ’ with their eyes ; the second was problematic for the supporters of Galileo 's theories because it clashed with the ‘ force of a vacuum ’ theory accepted by them as an explanation of why the mercury does not fall from a barometer tube ; the third was problematic for Roentgen because it was tacitly assumed at the time that no radiation or emanation of any kind existed that could penetrate the container of the photographic plates and darken them ; the fourth was problematic because it was incompatible with Newton 's theory . |
| 27 | Much more remarkable , however , were Gracey 's comments when it became obvious that his earlier hopes — ‘ If only the French would promise progressive sovereignty … say two or three years and the Annamites would be equally ready to meet them … ’ ( an almost exact parallel , so he thought , with Burma ) — stood little chance of fulfilment . |
| 28 | The confidential reports , leaked by the unions , were compiled by 15 internal ‘ taskforces ’ charged with considering the BBC 's prospects as it gears up for the public debate over renewing its royal charter in 1996 . |
| 29 | But some people worry that the private sector does not have enough cash to mop up much of this vast sale , while others fear that the government may become so involved with selling the state 's assets that it forgets about the pressing problem of widening its tax base . |
| 30 | ‘ You can not censor people 's backgrounds and it has happened before that , for instance , someone playing a joyrider in a play is an actual joyrider . ’ |