Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of brushing your hair after setting which can cause splitting , gently run your fingers through it to create tousled waves . |
| 2 | It is not possible for those who are weak to apply this soul force for it makes great demands on those who would use it . |
| 3 | The force of it lifted Golden Girl 's stern and for a moment Trent feared that she would bury her bows in the sea and pitch-pole . |
| 4 | However , the non-markers again included the three informants who read very little science fiction , and the fact that the phrase occurs towards the end of the passage suggests that readers have become accustomed to the science fictional discourse model to the extent that elements of it display diminishing values of foregrounding . |
| 5 | This is an absolute necessity and to work in defiance of it means total failure . |
| 6 | There was no need for it to re-cover old ground . |
| 7 | The predominant over-view in this Department was that Television held a special kind of mystique ; that writing and producing drama for it demanded special levels of skill which were to be somewhere between the scopes of the Theatre and the Cinema . |
| 8 | He ran a shrewd brown eye over the formidable ramifications of Isambard 's favourite castle , and speculated on which of the stony holes under it held young Harry . |
| 9 | The board considered that although the investigation ordered by the Chief Executive on 18 October 1990 is not yet complete the imposition of the restrictions referred to above is necessary in the interests of investors given the evidence before it highlighting serious deficiencies in Norwich Union 's internal systems for monitoring the performance of the Winchester Group and in particular ensuring that the Winchester Group complied with the Code of Conduct . |
| 10 | The Dialogue is one of the pieces Purcell included in the Guildhall songbook : he seems to have compiled this manuscript for his young lady singing pupils , and several of the items in it show similar signs of revision and re-working . |
| 11 | Because the government abandoned any formal incomes policy there was less call for it to maintain close relations with union leaders . |
| 12 | Moddy Dhu was the PHANTOM dog of the Isle of Man , and the sight of it caused immediate death . |
| 13 | % ( hatching ) : connects string of specified x , y coordinates defining the outline of a polygon and hatches inside it using specified line spacing and angle . |
| 14 | On Tarvaras there were several subject races who spoke a variation of it — perhaps because they were descended from Second Empire colonists — and suddenly Alexei found that there was insufficient subtlety in it to convey precise nuance . |
| 15 | In a two-year period of review from late 1981 the Course as a whole and all fields within it reviewed overall principles , the design of the Course and the specific contributions of subject areas . |
| 16 | Necessary as legislation was in terms of public safety , for years it was unattractive to Ministers since it required considerable expenditure whilst at the same time being unlikely to attract any votes . |
| 17 | When the chocolate begins to set , run a fork through it to give wavy lines . |
| 18 | Despite the majority in favour of merit , SCOTVEC 's implementation of it attracted critical comment . |
| 19 | In the home however , they soon adapt to their owner 's timetable , often to the extent that deviations from it induce erratic behaviour which can develop into a full-blown eating disorder . |
| 20 | The concept of ‘ objectivity ’ is not neutral in English culture nor in international affairs in the modern world ; the appeal to it has significant implications not only for status but , more crucially , for power and control of resources . |