Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [verb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted to say , ‘ I 'd be more than happy to leave it to the experts . ’ |
| 2 | The energy transferred from the photon to the electron is more than enough to remove it from the atom . |
| 3 | The Romans , imitating the Greeks of Asia Minor and , nearer home , the Etruscans , thought a grid should have precise right angles , and so the rectangle of streets sits awkwardly in the bend of the river and one has to tack this way and that to cross it to the medieval cathedral and the Roman bridge . |
| 4 | The crime rate in Liverpool/ Bootle in 1921 and 1931 was several times the rate in Manchester/ Salford , for example , but the massive increases in that area between 1938 and 1971 put it above the Liverpool area by 1971 . |
| 5 | Mercury was believed to possess magical properties and some regarded it as the quintessence of the human body and of all substances . |
| 6 | Most writer were left a little bemused by the change and few viewed it with the clarity of Lorraine Edwards in the Nottingham Evening Post . |
| 7 | It was agreed that if it did , the disclaimer would have no effect because the defenders were not able to show that it was fair and reasonable to incorporate it in the contract . |
| 8 | She rummaged in the shed for the fork and emerged even more tousled and grumpy to spike it into the ground with the wish that it was Leo 's indifferent back ! |
| 9 | They reckon they 've had enough and theywant to leave it to the younger ones.0 |
| 10 | Nevertheless , though the currents of genuine popular opinion are now even more difficult to evaluate than they had been earlier , given the intensified persecution from 1942 onwards of even relatively trivial ‘ offences ’ of criticizing the regime or ‘ subverting ’ the wartime ordinances , every sign points towards the growth in this period of a ‘ silent majority ’ increasingly critical of the Nazi regime — even if the criticism was often only obliquely expressed — and ready to blame it for the mounting miseries of the war . |
| 11 | All the prisoners are given temporary parole and most use it to the full . |
| 12 | Only 40% thought that there will be a united Ireland one day but few expected it in the short term — 16% expected it to come about in 25 years , 13% in 50 years and 11% in 100 years . |
| 13 | Both could have done with outboard motors , since neither managed it into the top eight . |