Example sentences of "of it [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the basic style is agreed , the computer draws a two-dimensional pattern of it complete with stress points marked . |
| 2 | The bid attracted intense media attention , most of it critical of Mr Knighton , an Isle of Man tax exile who became a millionaire through property dealings in Yorkshire and Scotland . |
| 3 | Revenues from non-System V products such as Transaction Processing and Networking were up $5.2m or 54% , most of it attributable to Services . |
| 4 | The American government owns one-third of the nation 's land , much of it rich in resources . |
| 5 | The simple-mindedness of their consideration makes the object of it complex in comparison — so complex that it becomes difficult to understand how mere mortal man has ever managed to enjoy anything . |
| 6 | The unravelling of their chemistry has been one of the great achievements of 20th century science , a large part of it due to sir Norman Haworth , whose studies in this field spanned more than 30 years . |
| 7 | There is a long tradition of by-employment , much of it non-agricultural in nature , in Japanese farming families , and the extension of this practice since 1945 — accentuated by the sharp decline of the previously all-important silkworm cultivation — has made part-time farming a dominant feature of the rural sector . |
| 8 | He 'd have done a par about the lead in his pencil if you 'd asked him — a stick and a half — a column — whatever you needed ; and all of it full of wit and erudition . ’ |
| 9 | From Booth onwards , there has been a strong tradition of empirical social research in Britain , much of it concerned with studies of poverty and other matters of social welfare . |
| 10 | The disciplines for Educational Studies and that area of it concerned with teacher education ( Tibble , 1966 ) . |
| 11 | In an effort to deal with the growing problem of industrial pollution , the Hong Kong government has started to collect chemical waste and dispose of it free of charge . |