Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] it a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zimbabwe 's elevation has about it a pronounced aroma of political engineering . |
| 2 | The head of the figure at the extreme left of the Demoiselles is , like that of her companions in the centre of the picture , expressionless and impassive but now has about it a mask-like quality that recalls a wide variety of African tribal masks in which the component parts of the head and face have about them exactly the same quality of definition , although here the similarities may possibly be simply affinities rather than derivations ; the heads of many of the paintings of late 1906 had also been severe and mask-like although they tend to resemble sculptures in stone , whereas the head of the demoiselle in question looks more wooden in both colour and texture . |
| 3 | It has behind it a powerful cluster of motivating forces , accompanied by a theory of motivation which , however inadequate , works sufficiently to keep the system going . |
| 4 | He himself thinks of matter after the analogy , if not actually of the timber which is the concrete meaning of Greek hulè and Latin materia , at any rate of the ‘ materials ’ utilized in making an artefact ; and the usage of ‘ matter ’ has behind it a larger model , of a universe created by God for a purpose , from which the transparently metaphorical ‘ laws of nature ’ also derive . |
| 5 | This particular version contains within it a cooling device of unsurpassed elegance . |
| 6 | But that law has upon it a rich gloss of practice , realism , and political sophistication which , I suggest , would preclude a repeat of events such as those which occurred in 1963 . |
| 7 | Yet this ‘ philanthropy ’ has in it a considerable element of Minchampstead self interest . |
| 8 | Although the younger woman has been taken to be a likeness of his sister Wil by many biographers , misled by an ambiguous comment of Vincent 's , Tralbaut sees in it a close resemblance to Kee . |
| 9 | Hilton sees this destruction as a continual process , but he also recognises in it a major stage that other mystics call the " dark night of the senses " a particularly sharp period of suffering during which the will is firmly dislodged from false values and reoriented towards God . |
| 10 | Now this may be because we 're on the way from one position to another , or it may be a traditional British approach , but I find this personally a great source of pressure because on the one hand I recognise as a parent myself one 's going to have a crucial interest in the education of one 's child , on the other hand how one reconciles those hundreds of different philosophies and then superimposes upon it a professional approach is , I suppose , the greatest single source of strain I find running a large secondary school , particularly , as I said before , in the end the responsibility in law is mine . |
| 11 | The defendant was held liable for trespass , for ‘ the right to the possession draws after it a constructive possession , which is sufficient to support the action . ’ |
| 12 | The matter of which they are made is crushed right out of existence … but it leaves behind it a gravitational field , as if it were still there but compressed into a very small volume of space . |
| 13 | That explanation comes into it a great deal really . |
| 14 | Incorporation thus brings with it a useful device to facilitate borrowing , from both the company and the lender 's viewpoint . |
| 15 | ‘ This latest project brings with it a new lease of life to a formerly run down area . |
| 16 | Where … as in a mature legal system , we have a system of rules which includes a rule of recognition so that the status of a rule as a member of the system now depends on whether it satisfies certain criteria provided by the rule of recognition , this brings with it a new application of the word ‘ exist ’ . |
| 17 | The amount of pigmentation tends to increase slightly with age up to adolescence and brings with it a gradual improvement in visual acuity . |
| 18 | Thankfully , this mystic certainty brings with it a deepening understanding of the ways of our human mind . |
| 19 | This twofold emphasis upon religious consciousness and on the task of theology in the present brings with it a major shift in the understanding of the character of theological and doctrinal statements — a shift from the objective to the subjective pole , from the truth to be affirmed to the awareness and intention of the person or community affirming it . |
| 20 | But also , it is not exactly that they bring sexuality to politics ( it was always already there ) ; rather deviant desire brings with it a different kind of political knowledge , and hence inflects both desire and politics differently . |
| 21 | MDC 's wider remit inevitably brings with it a broader strategy and will encourage it to form more elaborate working relations with other agencies in the field . |
| 22 | That form of life , with reason as a constitutive part , brings with it a larger transformation in the way individuals approach , view and take up stances towards all their experiences . |
| 23 | So desire for , and identification with , the cultural and racial other brings with it a complicated history . |
| 24 | The loss of parents brings with it a whole range of mixed emotions . |
| 25 | Marriage brings with it a disconcerting reality : |
| 26 | Where mystics like the author of The Cloud of Unknowing and Walter Hilton insist that their apprehension of the divine brings with it a calm joy that has nothing to do with either physical or emotional sensation , these prophetic visionaries feel , like Julian , that the shock of the divine impact has brought them close to death . |
| 27 | Because clearly an increase in in in the allocation sends a much stronger signal to potential investors and it carries with it a greater degree of certainty as far as the district council 's concerned , as far as potential investors are concerned . |
| 28 | The anthropologists ' work of reconstruction carries with it a major temptation , which is to try to show that every part of an exotic culture is coherent and consistent with all the other parts . |
| 29 | This latest presentational fiasco carries with it a perverse irony : it was that trickiest of time-honoured running sores , the cold climate allowance , which first brought Mr Major to public attention . |
| 30 | For while an objective attitude carries with it a certain distance , and a recognition that what we think of as natural responses such as gratitude or resentment are out of place , reactive attitudes confirm our beliefs about the expectations people have of one another in society . |