Example sentences of "and [noun] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not lend itself to detailed cost investigation of departments and activities because it does not indicate where the overheads are actually consumed . |
| 2 | It does not lend itself to detailed cost investigation of departments and activities because it does not indicate where the overheads are actually consumed . |
| 3 | " … a guide for the medical practitioners of both tropical and temperate regions to the origins and diagnosis of infections that are tropical as opposed to being cosmopolitan , and of great value for training and teaching because it reproduces much better and more comprehensively than is possible with ordinary textbooks the appearance of specimens that will be examined … has been prepared with great care and deserves to remain one of the standard texts in the subject for many years . " |
| 4 | Lardie was the last fluent speaker of the Kalkadoon language , a language of such versatility and ingenuity that it stands as a monument to human intellectual development . |
| 5 | I 'd have hoped the England team would have been selected on quality and experience but it seems those qualities are not important any more |
| 6 | ‘ I would have hoped teams were selected on quality and experience but it seems those qualities are not important any more . |
| 7 | As a Rastafarian , he has an insider 's knowledge of the language , though many of his claims would not be accepted by linguists : for example , " as a language Afro-Lingua [ Rastafarian Creole ] does not need grammar and rules because it relies on improvisation , quickwittedness and skill at manipulating words " ( 1986a : 49 ) . |
| 8 | Hugh Tait has taken the lead in trying to distinguish between fact and fiction when it comes to fakes and forgeries . |
| 9 | They are to the effect that a refusal is reasonable if : ( i ) it is based upon the personality of the proposed assignee or upon the proposed use or occupation of the premises ; or ( ii ) it is based on the contract between lessor and lessee and it safeguards the interests granted or reserved to the lessor by the lease ; or ( iii ) it is reasonable in a general sense , taking into account the surrounding circumstances , the commercial realities of the market-place and the economic impact of an assignment on the landlord . |
| 10 | ‘ But we have to show more punch , determination and heart where it counts . |
| 11 | Most visitors arrive in cars and coaches but it remains for walkers an excellent base for mountain expeditions , with major climbs in the immediate vicinity . |
| 12 | you know I mean people would think you got it from Marks and Sparks cos it 's got the label |
| 13 | It has been changed by the influence of sociology and anthropology but it has not surrendered its distinctiveness to them . |
| 14 | It was a bit of a pill at the time and y used to pay a shilling in the pound , well a shilling was a lot more valuable than it is now and erm I used to begrudge paying in it forty eight and sixpence but it does provide the , well the pleasures of life now , whereby the pens the ordinary old age pension would n't . |
| 15 | It submits to Parliament reports which carry considerable weight , and its recommendations are taken very seriously by the departments and organizations that it examines . |
| 16 | But in particular terms ( and in terms of ‘ kto-kogo ’ ) , economic rationality means that Romania must exchange its hard-earned capacity to manufacture steel or munitions for a dependence on the GDR , Czechoslovakia and the USSR which costs more in freedom and leverage than it saves in economic resources . |
| 17 | It is true that many films and television programmes are about violence and murder and it does n't take long for children to copy ideas . |
| 18 | ‘ Ron Atkinson enjoys life and football and it gets through to everyone at Aston Villa . |
| 19 | THE shaky Romanian jet smells of old food , sweat and feet and rattles as it flies . |
| 20 | I see no earthly reason why we should shackle British Rail in providing a better service still in terms of safety and speed if it comes into conflict with those who want to walk across the line . |
| 21 | Moscow has increased the number of countries with which it has commercial dealings from four in 1960 to over twenty by the end of the 1970s , but the volume of trade has not exceeded $30 million with more than eight ( Argentina , Brazil , Uruguay , Peru , Bolivia , Mexico , Colombia and Nicaragua ) and it is only with Argentina , Brazil and Nicaragua that it has risen above the $100 million level . |
| 22 | There has to be a new evenness of balance between parents and schools when it comes to making judgements about how schools should be managed . |
| 23 | It 's got hair , eyes , nose and mouth and it 's got a big yellow sun , has n't it , shining over and it 's the bestest picture you 've ever seen since you last went to the art gallery . |
| 24 | I know I 'm so they they eat you see they 've eaten fish and chips and it goes through the air conditioning and it comes into the studio you all you can smell is fish and chips . |
| 25 | One of the most unusual items is a grandfather clock featuring the figures of Adam and Eve when it chimes Adam passes an apple to Eve . |
| 26 | Sexy underwear 's got nothing on thermal britches and vests when it comes to keeping you cosy in the depths of winter . |
| 27 | I will give you an example of what one might be confronted with in the future from , from a piece from the Environment Committee in the House of Commons ' Report on Coastal Zone Planning and Management and it says here , we fail to see what is impractical about treating the seabed as submerged land an opinion shared by the Royal Town Planning Institute no less and if planning authorities can deal with issues like public rights of way , aggregate extraction multiple use on land , they should be able to cope with rights of navigation and extraction of sea . |
| 28 | Frost also influences netting with both purse and long-nets since it becomes very much more difficult to peg the nets to the ground . |
| 29 | Much work has centred on activities that are criminal , by contemporary definitions , but are hidden and undetected — one of the greatest benefits of power being the privacy and impunity that it seems to guarantee ( see Geis and Stotland , 1980 ) . |
| 30 | Left FIGURE 7 The gliding flight of gulls — the further wing leads as it approaches ( A , B and C ) and trails as it departs ( D ) . |