Example sentences of "it one [prep] " in BNC.

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1 You feel at first that on a bad day ( there are quite a few ) Patrick might give it one of the kicks that the novelist seems about to direct at his readers .
2 This and its position , perched on steep ground yet effectively sheltered by the hillside behind , make it one of Lakeland 's finest climbing crags .
3 The Soviet Union used to produce about 150,000 tonnes of tea a year , making it one of the biggest growers .
4 Virgin last night refused to comment , but estimates are that the deal could be worth well in excess of £50m , making it one of the largest investments by a Japanese organisation in a UK company .
5 In the 1970s the government of Valery Giscard D'Estaing made a huge investment in the French telecommunications industry , giving it one of the most modern infrastructures in the world .
6 This makes it one of the most spectacular parts of Britain to visit .
7 Lofoten is the most beautiful place I have known , yet I find it one of the most difficult places to write about .
8 The wide availability of Cervelat in supermarkets and delicatessens makes it one of the most popular of charcuterie products and one that will not offend even the most conservative of palates .
9 Now Hector 's is in the limelight not only in New Zealand but also internationally , as efforts to save this unique species are making it one of the conservation success stories of the world .
10 The expansion will more than double the plant 's manufacturing capabilities , making it one of the world 's largest silicone plants .
11 Is it one of those reactions that occur spontaneously when journalists ' ink is mixed with an equal measure of pure ignorance ?
12 We found it one of the simplest to use because of the trigger action and the compact shape .
13 An odd aspect of the mountain is that although its relative isolation from other hills makes it one of the most prominent peaks to pick out from other far distant tops , the views are rather more limited than one might expect .
14 This would indeed have made it one of the greatest empires in Europe .
15 One of them carries Coslany Street north from St Laurence 's Church , and is a cast-iron bridge of 1804 , making it one of the earliest surviving iron bridges in Britain , built a quarter of a century after Shropshire 's famous pioneer at Ironbridge ( q.v . ) .
16 However , the judges awarded it one of the fifth prizes for a War Department design .
17 of the county , making it one of the most heavily-wooded areas in England .
18 The aria ‘ He was despised ’ can be quite a drag in the wrong hands , but she succeeds in making it one of the highpoints of the Oratorio , even though she appears to be under attack from a boa constrictor half way through .
19 Agrippina contains all the right elements to make it one of Handel 's most popular stage works .
20 Make it one of your financial goals to stay out of debt altogether and never borrow money for depreciating items .
21 Which makes it one of Britain 's least expensive automatic cards .
22 In fact , the light weight , the attractive looks , the easy-feeling neck and the light , low action make it one of the most pick-up-able guitars we 've had for some time .
23 Thereafter it was continually in need of repair or subject to minor alteration until the Reformation , given a Lady Chapel for the cult of the Virgin in the later thirteenth century and , most obviously , a spire in the fifteenth century , making it one of the best landscape features of any medieval building , far less uniformly oppressive than Salisbury .
24 It had scooped up armfuls of holiday bookings following the the collapse of Harry Goodman 's ILG group , which had taken with it one of Airtours ' biggest rivals , Intasun .
25 Behind it one of those screens of elms , all dead even by then of Dutch elm disease .
26 ‘ Or is it one of your imitations ?
27 Clearly my history is not one of overt cruelty towards me on the part of others ; neither is it one of extreme neglect , restriction or hardship .
28 ANGLIA Television yesterday announced a partnership with New York based Home Box Office , making it one of Britain 's leading producers and commissioners of drama and entertainment .
29 Wherever you look , the French countryside is brimming with light , colour , the aroma of herbs growing in the wild , and a people and scenery that make it one of the most wonderfully enticing parts of the world .
30 The Intel 386sx TM processor runs at 20Mhz making it one of the fastest SX 's on the market .
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