Example sentences of "[prep] it [verb] by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Experiments on the biological effects of radiation were similarly hampered by the problems of measuring the intensity of radiation and the proportion of it absorbed by living tissues .
2 The free edge of the epidermis has clearly moved in over the marked wound mesenchyme , leaving less than 10% of it exposed by this stage .
3 Similarly , the common good ( or rather , that part of it defined by legal rules ) is not taken to be an objective category .
4 Cleveland police say the girl grabbed her shopping bag , fished out the purse and ran off with it joined by another girl .
5 Access to it varies by social class .
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