Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] it [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A cross spirituality will ensure that you and I are never tempted to follow fashions and fads in church life which , attractive though they may seem , ignore the cross or push it to one side .
2 What this argument suggests in Gandhi 's case is that he does not abandon his commitment to the principle of non-violence or qualify it in any way when he approves the destruction of life .
3 All of that gives it a very encouraging sure-footedness once you try to throw it around a corner or two , or test it on poor road conditions .
4 Another stimulus to the market has come from issuers buying back bonds , to retire the debt entirely or swap it for new equity .
5 The embalmer helped them replace the planks , and then fussed about whether to sweep up and re-use the original natron , or replace it with fresh salt .
6 If anything happened to the computer and it proved impossible to get at the data inside , you could go to your back-up diskettes and simply copy the data back into the computer when it had been repaired , or replaced , or put it onto another computer .
7 Figs 3 and 4 were generated by a flexible PostScript generator , show , which can either summarize the entire data-set on a single page , or show it in greater detail spread over several pages .
8 If a fond mum sends you back after a weekend at home with your favourite fruit cake , do you keep it in a tin under the bed and eat it secretly , or demolish it at one swoop by sharing it with others ?
9 Er Lewis and Ramprakash there , so the umpire 's view is somewhat impeded , Lawrence in from the pavilion end , bowls to , oh the full length , and he 's off the mark with four , steers that down to deep third man , there is no deep third man , and er he indulges in a little token trot to the other end , but no one was going to chase that or , or stop it by any stretch of imagination , four , the total a hundred and sixteen for three .
10 If this is not possible , either cut a chase in the plaster ( horizontally or vertically , but never diagonally ) and bury the cable , or run it in surface-mounted mini-trunking , fixed to the top edge of the skirting board or to the wall surface .
11 Alternatively , the exporter could seek a loan against it or negotiate it to another party in settlement of a domestic trade debt .
12 As well as good documentation and ‘ driving ’ information for the user , as described on page 35 , it is also very important to document the computer program as a further aid to those who wish to understand how the program works or modify it in some way .
13 To taste for seasoning , either fry a teaspoonful of the pate or poach it in simmering water ( it will taste less strong when cold ) .
14 You can also , at the touch of a button , double the width and/or length of the pattern , mirror image it or convert it to double jacquard .
15 If you have a good facing brick , it is generally best not to paint it or seal it with any kind of coating .
16 Does Steven stay to wrap up report he planned to wrap up before lunch or leave it till next day ?
17 And they 'll read it from that point of view , and they 'll accept it or reject it on that basis .
18 If it 's a concrete floor you could either put down a new wood floor or tile it with some sort of composition tile or sheeting like vinyl or linoleum which is showing quite a revival .
19 After inspecting an item of mail , each user can elect to delete the message or retain it for later examination .
20 If the joint tenancy between the husband and wife has been severed , it will have been possible for the husband to mortgage his own share or settle it upon certain trusts .
21 I E or formalize it in some way .
22 Candles give a warm glow to the festive arrangements ( but make sure they are far enough from the wallpaper not to scorch it or damage it with hot wax ) .
23 After such training a given element will , when the stimulus is applied , be the target both of external input and of internal input by way of the associative links that connect it to other elements .
24 Nutty said icily , ‘ Not everyone can afford made horses that do it without any effort on the part of the rider , like yours .
25 The Parade is the stage and the great offices of state that enclose it on three sides are the décor .
26 The ego , as says , is open to the outside world and furthermore to stimulations from inside , from inside the body , that reach it through subjective sensations like hunger when you need food , or fear when something threatens you , and cognitive er awareness like er okay you realize that before you have your lunch you 're gon na have to go to the bank to get some money to pay for it .
27 It 's very interesting to note that in contemporary political philosophy there is almost no room left for democratic decision making because in most theories that we 're given , more or less everything is already decided at a constitutional level I mean think of theory of justice , it 's the theory of justice that decides the basic nature of a constitution so the role of members of a government is simply to interpret and apply the constitution so they can make the most efficient tax policies given the basic constitution , but no individual has the authority to challenge that constitution and change it by democratic means .
28 And then we go beyond that , and develop it into this sort of slightly murky negative area .
29 One answer is to cut out a gull in white paper and sketch it from all angles ; at other times you can catch these interesting shapes with a camera .
30 The other significant finding was that when the eleven patients receiving clozapine and extra psychotropic medication were compared with those on clozapine alone , the latter showed deterioration in logical memory ( the ability to memorize a passage , and repeat it in logical order ) .
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