Example sentences of "[prep] it [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even now , when it has in plate tectonics a unifying , fundamental theory , much of it remains an observational science , intuitive to the point of subjectivity . |
| 2 | A number of further points should be noted : ( 1 ) If the financial adviser is acting for a newly-formed bidder ( eg an " off-the-shelf " company ) , the standard of care required of it has a special dimension . |
| 3 | It 's a big guitar , 16″ wide across the body and just over 4¾″ deep at the bottom bout , and with handsome-looking wood and satin-finished lacquer throughout it makes an immediate impression . |
| 4 | The ghost associated with it remains a permanent threat to the living , as it wanders the earth with a stretched neck looking for companions . |
| 5 | To come to terms with it demands an abrupt shift in one 's conceptualization of the rational man , which runs against resistance from one 's vanity , from a certain ideal of human dignity perhaps , but above all from habit . |
| 6 | But it says with it has a limited budget and Touchdown will have to compete with other deserving projects . |
| 7 | No one is disputing that the number of tournaments has increased and with it comes an overall increase in the numbers of people playing in them . |
| 8 | Laid mesh side up it gives a good base for carpets and tiles , and smooth side up it can be painted and stencilled to match design schemes . |
| 9 | More recently , people have stated to reinvestigate the role of the stomach in hunger and have found that , when the stomach is intact , feedback from it plays a vital part in controlling food intake ( McHugh and Moran 1985 ; Rolls and Rolls 1982 ; Smith and Gibbs 1979 ) . |
| 10 | Achmore is entered and from it goes a narrow road to Plockton and Kyle of Lochalsh on a journey of sustained delight . |
| 11 | Like an archaeologist who digs up a tiny shard in the desert and from it extrapolates a whole civilisation , so Simon Charsley lifts an inconsequential marzipan confection and uses it to illuminate the shifting sands of Western civilisation . |
| 12 | A semi-circle with a smaller semi-circle in it represents an Aboriginal mother and child . |
| 13 | Everyone who looks upon it sees a different weapon . |
| 14 | Inside it retains an old forge , providing winter visitors with a truly warm welcome . |
| 15 | Next to it goes a soft touch 6a , Cocoluche , which has an easily avoidable 6b section . |
| 16 | Ethology 's assertion that male aggression has an instinctive basis to it has a close parallel with those radical feminists such as Dworkin who argue that males are inherently and innately violent . |
| 17 | But that is misleading for it implies a real object now dismembered . |
| 18 | Something about the words that I use , and the way that I deliver them , something about it strikes a low chord in his guts . |
| 19 | Unfortunately the more we talk about it encourages a certain kind of person to continue with it . ’ |
| 20 | Plus it has a great speech about robins . |