Example sentences of "[prep] it [is] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This creeps across the shelf and down the continental slope , spreading along the sea-bed ; much of it is formed over the shelves of the Weddell and Ross bights , and from there it spreads far northward into the northern hemisphere . |
| 2 | When the sun 's rays hit the Earth a lot of the heat is reflected back into space but some of it is kept within the Earth 's atmosphere . |
| 3 | The insert procedure itself varies somewhat from model to model , but the essence of it is to arrange for the over-recording to end at a pre-determined out point . |
| 4 | If I said some of it is n't made from the words or the message some of it is made from the tone of your voice . |
| 5 | I make no attempt to define satisfactory ; for apart from the truism that it must not be so large that the individual member of it is lost in the crowd and hence in his own view and in that of those who lead , instruct or represent him , reduced to an impersonal average , what makes a satisfactory constituency will vary from case to case . |
| 6 | The most dominant structural factor in the work is that much of it is cast in the form of canticles . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , these arrangements have been subjected to considerable criticism , although much of it is related to the high-rise building , difficulty of supervising children , industrialised building materials and the other , now familiar , complaints about such brutal townscapes . |
| 8 | The trustee 's resignation is effective from the date the notice of it is filed by the official receiver at court ( r 6.127(7) ) . |
| 9 | In Madeira the local branch of it is dominated by the charismatic figure of Dr Alberto João Jardim and at any election , national or local , the party can count on between sixty-five and seventy per cent of the votes cast in the island . |
| 10 | Ostland lies on the far side of the Middle Mountains and a great part of it is occupied by the Forest of Shadows . |
| 11 | The region near the zenith looks rather dull , because much of it is occupied by the vast , dim Hydra . |
| 12 | Less bone is ingested by diurnal raptors , because some of it is left with the uneaten carcase after soft parts have been stripped off , whereas more of the bone is eaten by owls . |
| 13 | Much of it is preserved in the former DDR and now , thanks to German re-unification and to a renewed appreciation of grandiose kitsch , this great self-styled ‘ Universalkünstler ’ of the German fin-de-siècle can now be rediscovered at the Städelsches Kunstinstitut . |
| 14 | Levi-Strauss ( 1969 ) noted that such taboos certainly exist and a notorious modern example of it is found in the immorality laws of South Africa which forbid sexual relations between blacks and whites . |
| 15 | Wood is the most important commodity in international trade after gas and petrol , though most of it is used in the country of origin and much of it very close to source , being the only source of fuel for warmth and cooking for a third of the developing world . |
| 16 | One of the best forms of supplement is haemoglobin iron which is derived from beef blood and is completely natural ( virtually 100% of it is used by the body compared to very low utilisation by the body of synthetic iron-ferrous salts ) . |
| 17 | He 's still the most unlikely man in pop , and as for that vocoder of a voice , it still sounds like it 's coming from the very bowels of the planet . |
| 18 | The insurance by this Policy is subject to an endorsement below only if the reference set against it is specified in the Schedule of the Policy . |
| 19 | The last line of the book is the father asking Janet , ‘ What do you think I am ? ’ and Janet 's response to it is written by the reader . |
| 20 | A small battery-operated box with electrodes wired up to it is placed against the woman 's back and sends mild electrical charges to her brain , stimulating the production of endorphins , the body 's own natural painkillers . |
| 21 | As against this , it is possible to argue that corporate power , as exercised by management , is still ultimately rooted in , and hence legitimated by , property rights , on the ground that the structure that gives rise to it is created with the consent of the shareholders . |
| 22 | But the main point of going up to it is to look at the Pyrenean Museum that has been created inside . |
| 23 | The purpose is to allow exploration and explanation of the behaviour of the system or process , for instance : * as the values of its variables are changed , for instance on a " what if ? " basis ; * as the system or process operates through time ; * as it is affected by the incorporation of probabilistic measures of outcome risk and uncertainty . |
| 24 | Inequality has always been a politically contested issue for it is related to the distribution of power and resources in society . |
| 25 | The only reliable cure for it is to sandpaper off the damaged surface of the plywood . |
| 26 | What I do n't like about it is standing over the board , moving the iron back and forth . |