Example sentences of "in it [Wh det] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is easy ’ , he says , ‘ in retrospect to see this spirit as naive or ‘ utopian ’ but there is nothing in it which entitles us to regard it with academic superiority . ’ |
| 2 | The book is in great part a ‘ presentation ’ of Morgan 's ‘ Ancient Society ’ , but as Engels points out there is much in it which goes beyond Morgan , in terms both of documentation and interpretation . |
| 3 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 4 | There is nothing in it which precludes town centre type uses . |
| 5 | Even though Pt II of SGA 1979 ( ss2-15 ) is entitled " Formation of the Contract " , there is nothing in it which regulates the actual formation of the contract of sale of goods . |
| 6 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |