Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [to-vb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its part is generally written in the treble clef on B or G to distinguish it from the side-drum . |
| 2 | An ANC statement on Jan. 27 expressed regret that the PAC was controlled by hostile forces , and that efforts to bring it into the main course of the armed struggle had failed . |
| 3 | Sun/Star readers were more likely than others to have no preference at all in 1986 ( despite voting in 1987 ) , and at the same time , those Sun/Star readers who did have a preference in 1986 were more likely than others to change it during the next year ( Table 8.16 ) . |
| 4 | The lease did guarantee the rights of these Hindu residents to cross Tin Bigha into India , but the transfer had nevertheless generated widespread opposition among local Hindus , and attempts to block it through a series of court cases , until in 1990 the Indian Supreme Court ruled the transfer constitutional . |
| 5 | If the bat 's brain hears an echo from another bat 's cry , and attempts to incorporate it into the picture of the world that it has previously built up , it will make no sense . |
| 6 | When Ford replaced the upright ( and well loved ) Cortina with the rounded ( and alien ) Sierra , it was forced to spend a fortune on advertising and promotion to establish it in the market . |
| 7 | France also persuaded the United States and Britain to join it in a joint declaration that a threat to the EDC would be treated as a challenge to their own security , and that this would be symbolised by the two Anglo-Saxon countries agreeing to station troops on the continent . |
| 8 | Not only were the boys patient in explaining fishing techniques to their obviously ignorant librarian , but when they questioned each other 's accuracy , they presented an argument and facts to support it in a calm and friendly manner . |
| 9 | Switchboard was formed in 1974 out of an alliance between the old Gay Liberation Front office collective , who donated the office , and Gay News , who donated the publicity and energy to get it off the ground . |