Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [v-ing] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 But for him to go self-employed will cost him more money than doing it on the bl black market .
2 the sad news for golfers is that you 've a better chance of watching the sport than playing it at the Oxfordshire club … membership is being limited to 750 and the joining fee is twenty five thousand pounds …
3 Mr Papandreou paid lip service to the clean-up while condemning it as a political plot to end his career and destroy his party .
4 Here the dog will have the benefit of family companionship , but it is best to advise the person concerned not to let your pet off the leash when taking it for a walk outside .
5 Just slipping and dropping a wing while loading it into the trailer will cause hundreds of pounds ' worth of damage , and although most gliders are insured , every accident eventually results in higher premiums and higher costs for gliding enthusiasts .
6 At the instant of applying the excess rudder , it speeds up the outer wing-tip , creating more lift there , and gives the inner wing ‘ sweep back ’ in relation to the airflow , thus increasing the tendency to tip stall on that wing while reducing it on the other .
7 More the kind of face-lift marketing men give an old product when launching it with a new package , less a shift of political culture and strategy rooted in the configurations of modern social change .
8 By making sure the pigment or glaze was transparent , I could gauge the build-up of colour while mixing it in the palette .
9 If the military do n't use the area often , they can not cause as much distress to the natural environment as opening it to the public would .
10 For most of the time since 1986 , many parent companies would have done better putting their money safely in a bank deposit than risking it in the securities markets .
11 The rule against prior restraint is secure in libel cases " because of the value the court has placed on freedom of speech and freedom of the press when balancing it against the reputation of a single individual who , if wronged , can be compensated in damages " .
12 Georgina Naylor of the National Heritage Memorial Fund explained that securing the house under the charity was a cheaper solution than placing it with the National Trust and also allowed a greater individuality .
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