Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [noun] of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It drains humanity of its humour , reduces adults ' behaviour to that of petulant children . |
| 2 | Separation gives us so much else , for it turns part of our minds into a sanctuary . |
| 3 | Small comfort for those languishing in the prisons or holed up in the hills , one suspects , but their toils have been translated into the stuff of great writing — Gabriel Garcia Marquez , Mario Vargas Llosa and Graham Greene have , in different ways , picked over the moral and political wreckage of Latin America , and you feel it needs writers of their calibre to make sense of it . |
| 4 | It has voices of its own — the necessary sounds . |
| 5 | ‘ I think it answers part of my question , Caroline … ’ |
| 6 | So he did a whole edition , a folio volume about that big , and that 's the kind of volume that the bible be published in , it shows sort of what weight was attached to this erm and he published his plays . |
| 7 | A second objection is that where both parties carry on business in Contracting States they can reasonably be subjected to the Convention automatically since it forms part of their national law , whereas parties carrying on business in different non-Contracting States who agree that their contract is to be governed by the law of a third State which is a Contracting State may well have in mind only the domestic law of that State and arguably ought not to be bound by the Convention unless they contract into it . |
| 8 | An equally important reason for God 's giving music to us is that it forms part of our response to him . |
| 9 | Because it takes notice of him . |
| 10 | And it 's , it takes photographs of it . |
| 11 | It takes account of what the products are called and where they rest . |
| 12 | But inevitably it robs women of their strength and power and cramps their personality . |
| 13 | MCI Communications Corp says capital spending will peak at about $1,600m in 1993 versus $1,400m in 1992 , and return to about the 1992 level after it completes construction of its long-distance link between Chicago and Salt Lake City . |
| 14 | Swivel head means it follows contours of your skin well , and the double blade ensures a really close , clean , smooth shave . |
| 15 | It reminds traders of their obligations under the law and tells them how to spot a sniffer . |
| 16 | Mercury Interactive Corp is moving into Europe with its XRunner and TestRunner software quality testing products , opening an office in Paris : it expects 40% of its revenues out of Europe in 18 months . |
| 17 | It estimates 90% of its users are looking for 8 CPUs and 1Gb memory anyway . |
| 18 | All I could offer was a hatchback whose tyres puncture as soon as it catches sight of anything other than motorway . |
| 19 | Although Cotte does not allude to this use , it provides confirmation of his analysis , particularly since let would not be appropriate at all in such contexts : in ( 212 ) , for example , it would suggest that the event apply is actually realized , whereas the import of the sentence is simply to describe the provisions included in the new law . |
| 20 | However , when a product is fried at 10°C below the recommended temperature it absorbs 32% of its weight in oil . |
| 21 | Moreover ( and this point has already been appreciated by alert education advisers ) in-service training within the school does not require extra staff , extra equipment or extra classroom space ; it makes use of what is immediately and necessarily available . |
| 22 | It makes demands of your skills , it will get plenty of use , it can make a handsome addition to any room and as soon as you sit down you will know whether you have made a good job . |