Example sentences of "[prep] it [art] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 This jumping-off line gave some order to the patrolling , and behind it the many administrative essentials could be organised .
2 But also , by the time the programme drive came to an end [ when the Emergency ended and with it the effective coercive powers of than government ] , millions had suffered harassment at the hands of government officials bent on implementing it , many , perhaps hundreds , had died from it ; the political leaders who had willed it were out of power , and in disrepute , and the programme itself was in total disarray .
3 Have you remarked , where a fast-flowing stream comes to a little fall , how the racing water becomes glassy smooth and under it the long fine threads of the water-weed are drawn along in its still-seeming race , trembling a little , but stretched out in the flow ?
4 In it the two front-raised items ( castle , dabble ) appear to be randomly front-raised rather than governed by any systematic rule .
5 When you think about it the two big problems are transport and communication
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