Example sentences of "it [verb] [conj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be extremely unattractive to any group of workers or management to enter a serious bid if they had been told by the Scottish Office that the bid was so contemptible that it would not even qualify for assistance if it failed because another bid from within the same management or work force had been judged as superior . |
| 2 | We are not sorry that it failed and that , accordingly , Chapter 9 breaks into dialogue . |
| 3 | In his final years he tried to revive his career in an American television series about martial arts called The Master ( 1986 ) but it failed and another series never got beyond the pilot stage . |
| 4 | ‘ You may stay and catch the ferry at first light when it crosses but that is your decision . ’ |
| 5 | and that was it , everybody else turn round and oh , blah , blah , blah , blah and that 's how it goes and that |
| 6 | It does not stipulate that the defendant has a right to win a lawsuit whenever and just because the plaintiff does not : it insists that neither side may have a right to win . |
| 7 | It insists that all research is totally impartial to give readers objective facts about products and services . |
| 8 | It insists that this is therefore the best guide to what they should do , that it points out the right direction for continuing and developing that practice . |
| 9 | Although it is not stated explicitly in the constitution , in 1965 the Supreme Court decided that there was a constitutional right to personal privacy , and in Roe v. Wade ( 1973 ) it ruled that this included a woman 's decision regarding abortion . |
| 10 | It recommended that more grammar school places be provided , and that financial provision be improved for pupils who remained at school after the minimum leaving age . |
| 11 | Citalia prices itself on the unrivalled choice of accommodation it offers and this year the range is even further expanded with the addition of 60 new hotels . |
| 12 | The reason why this amendment in my view is one that can take us forward is that it places responsibility now for clearing up the mess clearly where it belongs and that 's with the Labour group . |
| 13 | I have never been able to remove the inevitable bright yellow stain it produces and neither has any other paper conservator that I know . |
| 14 | It argued that some extra form of local taxation was needed if local government was to preserve its separate identity . |
| 15 | It argued that more teachers should be encouraged into primary schools ( especially men , graduates and those who had specialised in maths or science ) , and a new group of staff called ‘ teachers ’ aides ' should be recruited with a similar status to nursery assistants [ never widely implemented ] . |
| 16 | It argued that these were not soft options but properly applied would be tough penalties which aided the battle to reduce crime . |
| 17 | It arose because some neighbours in my street effectively started behaving which was totally antisocial . |
| 18 | It supposes that this practice will serve the community better-bring it closer to what really is a fair and just and happy society — than any alternative program that demands consistency with decisions already made by other judges or by the legislature . |
| 19 | Every time he walked that 's him come back again and every time he stopped it stopped and this happened a few times and he was very scared and he thought he had better go and see what the noise was and anything well it was just a pet sheep tangled up in its tether . |
| 20 | Although the wording of the Act suggests that it could be used in cases of abuse , it seems that there is such a general sense of unease about the law as it stands that some new and especially designed statute will be necessary for effective provision . |
| 21 | When the cat enters the room and looks around , it notices that several people are staring at it . |
| 22 | Is it expected that that will be the embryo for a carbon tax to pay for more investment in renewable energies ? |
| 23 | It found that little use is made of arbitration procedures , although there 's no evidence that consumers are so satisfied that they have no disputes needing to be judged independently . |
| 24 | Secondly , when the Department asked about the balance and breadth of the curriculum it found that few authorities encouraged schools to discuss the issues and it was mainly through routine visits of advisers that concern for balance and breadth was promoted . |
| 25 | It found that most adults come to faith in God through the help of a friend , a relative or a minister . |
| 26 | It found that more than half of companies now use contract hire compared with only three in 10 during 1991 . |
| 27 | a ‘ cross-curricular ’ view focuses on the school : it emphasises that all teachers ( of English and of other subjects ) have a responsibility to help children with the language demands of different subjects on the school curriculum : otherwise areas of the curriculum may be closed to them . |
| 28 | It transpired that each woman had packed up her own cake to bring to the fête . |
| 29 | It transpired that both had been betrayed by a Russian agent , Hans Geyer , who using the alias ‘ Henry Toll ’ had infiltrated Gehlen 's organisation and passed on all the details of his plans to Moscow . |
| 30 | Well why would it need if that , if it does that , when it gets to the radiator |