Example sentences of "[pron] it [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wood is affected by liquid water in the form of rain , rivers , seas and so on with which it may come into contact but , more importantly , it is affected by the moisture vapour which is always present in the air . |
| 2 | On 7 June an emergency meeting of the NSFU Executive was held at which Father Charles Hopkins , standing in for the absent Havelock Wilson , pointed out the disastrous financial effects which participation in such a stoppage might have on the union and the peril in which it might stand in respect of its hard won provincial settlements . |
| 3 | He followed the principles set out in the Gillian case and concluded that a local authority had a ‘ governing reputation ’ capable of being damaged by libellous statements in respect of which it might sue for injury to reputation without the need to prove damage to its property . |
| 4 | Wherever you may locate your own particular response , I want in this book to discuss what is involved in giving RE the positive and creative image which it should have by virtue of the importance of its subject-matter , the challenging controversy it can generate , and the depth of feeling to which it can appeal . |
| 5 | The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board was a public-trust authority which was becoming rapidly insolvent , yet there was no way in law in which it could go into liquidation . |
| 6 | The equilibrium solubility of a mineral represents the extent to which it will dissolve in water ; it is usually expressed in ppm ( parts per million by volume ) or . |
| 7 | From the seventh month onwards there is a marked increase In weight and by the end of that month it is about two thirds of the length and almost a third of the weight which it will achieve by birth . |
| 8 | The middle-class children 's toy is never intended for mere amusement or pleasure ; its prime interest is its educational value , the child must absorb the toy as a challenge , something from which it will learn in order to improve itself . |
| 9 | According to sources , Hewlett-Packard Co has snapped up 88open 's testing suite which it will re-write for use with its PA RISC : HP shelled out a reported $600,000 . |
| 10 | It 's presumably popular for its unusual appearance , but it requires very dim lighting and a peat or sand substrate in which it can burrow for food . |
| 11 | Neutron activation was not chosen because those elements which it can measure in flint ( as compared to pottery ) are more erratically distributed than those measured by atomic absorption ( the major elements in clay ) , and this makes it harder to distinguish the products of any two mines . |
| 12 | Assuming Newco has no taxable profit in this accounting period , it will have excess charges on income within the meaning of s403(4) TA 1988 of £100 which it can surrender by way of group relief to Target under s402 . |
| 13 | If we do n't get the last meadow itself it will do for bedding . |
| 14 | Peggy wanted to laugh , but she knew if she gave way to it it might turn to hysteria . |
| 15 | Syria was asked to consider what it would give in return for Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights . |
| 16 | Such is their determination that the actual value of the item they want to buy — in comparison with what it would cost at home — becomes irrelevant . |
| 17 | I understand the emotional pull that devolution has for people in Scotland , but I hope that every Scot will examine very carefully what it would mean in practice for Scotland and for the rest of the United Kingdom . |
| 18 | A good illustration of this principle is provided by the rules concerning ‘ statutory default powers ’ , that is , powers of ministers of central government to give directions to an authority which fails to perform some statutory duty ( or , sometimes , a statutory power ) as to what it must do in pursuance of its duty ( or in exercise of its power ) . |
| 19 | Think what it could do to security . |
| 20 | Though the social survey method was not extensively used in Chicago-inspired studies , and there was some scepticism about what it could achieve for sociology compared to field research , with the appointment of Ogburn in 1927 , a statistically trained sociologist , the pace of the development of quantitative methods quickened . |
| 21 | The UN is being asked to police Iraq 's border with Kuwait ; to decide how much oil Iraq sells abroad and what it can buy in return ; to make sure Iraq destroys any nuclear- or chemical-weapons plants ; and to get ready to protect Kurdish enclaves when American , British and French soldiers leave . |