Example sentences of "it [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , their Lordships think it right to concentrate attention on the reasons given by Barnett J. for the order now under appeal . |
| 2 | But that does not make it right to encourage disaster in search of diversion . |
| 3 | In terms of delivery , curiously , it most resembled milk , and in 1990 these two products , uniquely , were still delivered fresh — and perishable — each morning to the doorstep . |
| 4 | It thereby links socialization processes , by which a new generation is culturally incorporated , with the longer term movements of history and the process by which culture itself is reproduced , thereby developing as a dynamic praxis , or an objectification which avoids determinism . |
| 5 | This law was widely criticised as racist because it effectively barred entry from the so-called new Commonwealth while allowing continued emigration from the predominantly white old Commonwealth countries . |
| 6 | General Aoun 's ‘ war of liberation ’ against Syria served the Christian cause because it effectively postponed discussion of the reforms which Muslims believe are essential if their numbers are to be fairly represented in a future government . |
| 7 | In a few cases , such as steel , it effectively coordinated expansion plans . |
| 8 | Poorly wrapped frozen food may lose so much water it eventually develops freezer burn . |
| 9 | It only does error for something wrong with the machine . |
| 10 | ( This is one event I have not seen personally , as it only takes place every seven years , the next being due in 1990. ) the last perambulation took place in August 1983 , with about 500 people taking part in the fourteen mile walk . |
| 11 | Since then about ten new sites have been scheduled each week , and this could be seen as a deliberate blocking measure as it only takes place where the owner wants to do something with the site . |
| 12 | Send in the form at any time during the year , but it only takes effect at the beginning of the next tax year , in April . |
| 13 | Bernier constantly contrasts Mughal India and seventeenth-century France : the Jumna compares favourably with the Loire , he thinks ; adultery is easier in Paris than it is in Delhi : ‘ in France it only excites merriment , but in this part of the world there are few instances where it is not followed by some dreadful and tragical catastrophe . ’ |
| 14 | It only receives support for very basic administrative costs , and projects like this one are voluntary activities by members of working parties . |
| 15 | It only made sense to put tea back a bit . |
| 16 | Like every illustration , of course , it only goes part of the way in satisfying our minds . |
| 17 | It only requires behaviour to be broken down into some specifics , the equivalent of building blocks , and for those specifics to be cast into a coherent plan of action . |
| 18 | Like all other unusual accomplishments , it only nears perfection after hours of determined practice : but once the technique is acquired , the potential for a stunning showpiece is obvious . |
| 19 | The way it works in three , is it only uses memory within these five hundred and twelve row boundaries , so any between one and five one two , five one three and one O two four , one O two five and one five three six and so on , it 'll fill in the gaps within those ranges , but not outside of those ranges . |
| 20 | Also , the change in the potential difference phasor V over the infinitesimal element has been neglected in arriving at equation ( 9.74 ) since it only gives rise to terms that are second order in smallness . |
| 21 | ‘ It is vital that they are aware that it only gives protection against one of the many strains of the disease . |
| 22 | It only wants milk and stirring . |
| 23 | Out of control it caused dreadful havoc , but when it ran smoothly and sweetly it not only modified life 's aridity but added a pleasing dimension to the view , while Lydia , at present , was using it only to make mud pies . |
| 24 | The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 does not apply to the 1984 Act as it only has application to common law duties and the statutory duty under the 1957 Act . |
| 25 | But Wembley Stadium says it only has room for twenty fans in wheelchairs . |
| 26 | If the president of one of our major trades unions is right when he asserts that no company now pays mainstream corporation tax ( that it only pays tax on the dividends paid to its shareholders ) , it would cost the nation nothing to do away with mainstream corporation tax , but think what a boon that could be . |
| 27 | However it only makes provision for criminal penalties , and not civil remedies . |
| 28 | ‘ Self-determination is the right of all people in the world , including Germans , but it only makes sense when one does not lose sight of the concerns of others … we are coming to the end of a century which has seen the special responsibility of Germans for some terrible things . ’ |
| 29 | The decision to build the lift could not have been taken lightly ; it only makes sense as part of a scheme of general improvement . |
| 30 | Once it is decided that certain assumptions are true , it only makes sense to demonstrate this by counting on them in practice . |