Example sentences of "[noun pl] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were he among familiars it might help him but as it is he can not place himself here and it is pitiful to see how lost he is . |
| 2 | It is thought to be exploring how insurance risks compare and fit in with the other financial risks it already manages routinely for customers . |
| 3 | He sees that the grandiose , monumental scale on which the universe is being planned is wrong in itself , even apart from the physical risks it will entail . |
| 4 | In all types of contracts , particularly the last , definition of the risks it is intended to cover and the manner in which they will be allocated is of great importance . |
| 5 | Although the analysis of variance for the recoded risk information is slightly different from that for the all the potential risks it is clear from Figure 7.3 that with the exception of the medium risk exemplars the general pattern of results is very similar to that shown in Figure 7.2 . |
| 6 | Unless the landlord is prepared to agree that the insurance should be in the joint names of the landlord and tenant , which is unlikely as the landlord would wish to keep control of the policy and proceeds , the tenant should ensure that either the landlord will act reasonably in deciding which other risks it may wish to insure against , or that the tenant will also have the right to nominate risks . |
| 7 | The reference to " or " such other risks should be amended to " and in addition to the foregoing " in order to make it clear that the landlord is not given the choice which of the stated risks it may choose to insure against — perhaps an obvious point but one worth making . |
| 8 | Not only does the promotion system mean that people who rise to the top are likely to have just those personal characteristics it takes to commit corporate crime , but these are also reinforced by the psychological consequences of success itself , for these too free a person from the moral bind of conventional values . |
| 9 | We have considered the subject before , in the previous chapter , and we only need notice here the kinds of characteristics it leads to in males . |
| 10 | It was generally accepted that the role of wife and mother was incompatible with a career , not only because of the time and energy required , but also because of the very different qualities and characteristics it demanded . |
| 11 | ‘ When we go in to write songs it 's not fun , ’ protests Paul , who promptly giggles hysterically as if to suggest that , actually , songwriting is about as much fun you can possibly have with your clothes on . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , quite … ’ said the Matron , and to Alida 's ears it was a firm interruption . |
| 13 | This is potentially a glorious voice — one senses that instinctively — but to my ears it is at present just a voice , an instrument . |
| 14 | What with the wind and the trains and the traffic and her woollen hat pressed tightly over her ears it 's hard to hear what Jo 's saying . |
| 15 | To my ears it sounds like a composed solo as opposed to an improvisation , and as such is very typical of his rock/metal soloing approach at that time . |
| 16 | When her voice came to his ears it denied the ordinariness of her clothes and the simplicity suggested by her powderless face and loose lying hair , for her tone was crisp , each word clear . |
| 17 | To my jaded ears it is a stupendous musical achievement . |
| 18 | The normal bass roll-off of -6dB by 38Hz is low enough to lend a convincing weight to the majority of signals and if the bass seems initially a little ‘ polite ’ to some ears it is only because it is tight , with little or no hangover — the dual coupled-cavity technique really does give a positive ‘ start and stop ’ throughout its range . |
| 19 | Over his ears it was completely shaved . |
| 20 | Even to his ears it sounded wild . |
| 21 | She 'd meant her tone to be clipped and dismissive , but even to her own ears it sounded slurred and indistinct as she made a mental attempt to regain conscious control over the increased rhythm of her heart . |
| 22 | To Curtis 's ears it sounded uncannily like the faint clapping of a ghostly audience . |
| 23 | Watch the buoy drifting westwards just north of the equator , as it approaches one of the moorings it suddenly changes direction with the current . |
| 24 | Good , well-managed soil is reflected in the plants and animals it carries . |
| 25 | Like higher animals it has a nerve cord , muscles , and a gut , with a brain at the mouth ( hardly a head ) end . |
| 26 | Since foxes are basically nocturnal animals it takes a great deal of time and patience to shoot a fox , and also a good shot at close range . |
| 27 | With animals it tends to be the other way round : more instinctive behaviour patterns and relatively less to learn . |
| 28 | But experience tells us that adaptive behaviour most often reflects the intelligence of evolution rather than that of the animals it has so carefully programmed . |
| 29 | Fortunately I have never had this problem either with ferrets or dogs but should it ever hit my animals it means more than just the loss of the ferrets . |
| 30 | A Dogs are naturally social animals and it is very important that from birth every puppy learns how to fit in with its own family and other animals it lives with . |