Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of the dictum in Lord Roskill 's speech in Seymour [ 1983 ] 2 AC 493 , Parliament had otherwise ordained with regard to recklessness in s.47 — after Spratt it seems that Parliament can otherwise ordain without expressing such a wish . |
| 2 | It specialises in motor insurance and has doubled the number of policies it sells each year as well as moving into household insurance . |
| 3 | The publicity is fairly short-lived , of course it has tremendous effect on the British media , and we 're all very , very happy for the families of these people |
| 4 | In a number of cases it ousted earlier conventions , such as the indiction or year of grace ( see later ) . |
| 5 | Insofar as municipal systems set limits to the use of force and punish at least some of those guilty of crimes of violence it has some success as law and an undisputed claim to be regarded as law for as long as the officials of the system pursue these objectives by taking steps against non-compliance ( Hart , 1961 , pp. 79–88 and 213ff . ) . |
| 6 | Japan ( not the United States , as suggested last week ) still boasts the world 's biggest official foreign reserves : at the end of January it had some $79 billion-worth ( including foreign currency , SDRs and its reserve position at the IMF , but excluding gold ) . |
| 7 | Since it involved a fresh assessment of wealth it encountered some hostility . |
| 8 | Beneath Sumatra the subduction zone does not exceed a depth of 200 km , but north of Java it reaches 400 km and north of Flores , at the extreme eastern end of the zone of steady-state subduction , it attains a depth of 700 km . |
| 9 | The hull was unrecognisable as such ; half out of water it became unidentifiable debris . |
| 10 | Out of control it caused dreadful havoc , but when it ran smoothly and sweetly it not only modified life 's aridity but added a pleasing dimension to the view , while Lydia , at present , was using it only to make mud pies . |
| 11 | The group doubled the number of passengers it carried last year to 1.65m and should perform even better this year following the purchase in September of Pickfords Travel from NFC for more than £16m . |
| 12 | Thus as a formal method of scrutiny it has little value . |
| 13 | At its worst it may have been a parasitic racket representing only itself to the detriment of all , but on the larger canvas of society it gave political power to a narrow group of substantial landowners in loose alliance with merchant princes and the small towns which returned members to Parliament . |
| 14 | In its first year of operation it made 25,000 cars and trucks . |
| 15 | As a monument to extravagance of taste it has few equals in England , although it may not entirely justify the descriptions of a series of upended turnips stuck on boxes or St Paul 's pups which two irreverent contemporaries , William Cobbett and Dean Smith , bestowed on it . |
| 16 | This Act is very important in the commercial world ; in addition to being a very comprehensive regulator of contracts of sale it implies important terms into contracts such as requirements that the goods must match their description , be of merchantable quality , be fit for their purpose and that the seller has the right to sell the goods . |
| 17 | However , as a matter of principle it annoys Hon. Members to think that Welsh Members should adopt such an attitude , because millions of pounds of English taxpayers ' money are directed towards Wales . |
| 18 | Lois Brown was critical of the length of time it took many publishers to make deliveries . |
| 19 | A Fresco ‘ canvas ’ on to which gliffs can be ‘ painted ’ will allow developers create things like two-dimensional geometric figures : like X it has some difficulty with three dimensions at the moment . |
| 20 | Simply ideal for families it has direct access on to the beach and offers a wide range of holiday activities for children . |
| 21 | Whereas for John the Kingdom came as a threat to a people who were unprepared , for Jesus it represented good news to those who felt unworthy or excluded . |
| 22 | For example it omits retail services |
| 23 | Masklin ran this sentence through his head again , in case it made any sense when you listened to it a second time . |
| 24 | I do n't want to give any details just in case it gives other landlords ideas . |
| 25 | Though his union did not entirely disappear in Hull it took many years to recover . |
| 26 | In addition it made some recommendations to BRAC , one of which was to encourage BRAC to make a greater effort to cooperate with the local village practitioners . |
| 27 | In addition it followed Roman Law on rape . |
| 28 | In addition it limits public understanding of government ability , inhibits the explicit establishment of public sector planning programmes , and leads to inefficiency and lack of accountability on the part of departmental and programme managers . |
| 29 | The maritime antarctic as a whole has 20% more lichens than the continent and 150% more mosses ; in addition it has 25 taxa of hepatics to the continent 's one , and two species of angiosperms that have not yet been found on the continent . |
| 30 | Performed in Shiraz it aroused enormous anger and offence . |