Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To begin with the efficacy of parliamentary control , it is clear that it suffers from the federal constitution itself : the intricacy of policy decisions , complex inter-governmental decision-making structures at the national , sub-national and supranational level , and the inherent complexity of new policy areas , have all made parliamentary scrutiny more difficult . |
| 2 | He concluded by stating that he had been ‘ compelled to trench on political questions as well as economic — because I feel we are approaching a situation that is so grave that it compares with the War , when we were compelled to act together in self-defence ’ . |
| 3 | These units could then be regarded as repeatedly subdivisible to the point that the final dimension is so minute that it stands in the same relation to the highest human capacity for feeling as does the single cell to the supreme achievement of cellular development , which is the physical human being . |
| 4 | The result is interesting because it bears on the following problem . |
| 5 | A fair proportion of the cells they recorded from gave rhythmic bursts of high-frequency firing , at the rate of some 4–12 per second , more or less irrespective of what the animal was doing ; this rhythmic activity is interesting because it corresponds with the so-called theta rhythm of the EEG , and may be an aspect of the attentional processes necessary for the learning or remembering of particular activities . |
| 6 | This conceptual inflation tends to reduce the effectiveness of the idea by playing into the hands of critics who maintain that the concept of dependency is unviable because it closes off the theoretical space for explaining growth and development , however limited , where it does occur . |
| 7 | How much this would increase the size of the tree structure and the speed of look-up , is not clear because it depends upon the number of words stored . |
| 8 | The United Kingdom , the Kingdom of Belgium and the Hellenic Republic argue , however , that the position is different when it comes to the competence of each state under public international law to define as it thinks fit the conditions upon which it grants to a vessel the right to fly its flag . |
| 9 | Things are somewhat different when it comes to the sales decision : here it seems that many worked out at quite an early stage that the sales strategy ought to take a reservation form ( with perhaps an intermediate section to take account of risk and risk aversion ) . |
| 10 | Without the villus a visitor would see very little in Wilpattu , though occasionally a day-hunting leopard will step out on the road , or a sloth bear stand 6 ft ( 1.8 m ) high as it reaches for the fruit , honey or tree termites on which these fierce-looking predators feed . |
| 11 | So , having consistently been right about why and how the Tories would win , I was wrong when it came to the point . |
| 12 | When taking aim , the fish also has to make allowance for refraction — the bending of light as it travels from the air into the water . |
| 13 | The Princess of Wales is equally quick-witted when it comes to the brief royal encounter . |
| 14 | It is possible that it came from the east of the Frankish confederacy , rather than the Rhineland . |
| 15 | Nevertheless the draw has dealt more sympathetically with the Scots than it did before the 1986 World Cup , when they found themselves grouped with West Germany , Uruguay and Denmark . |
| 16 | The appeals court found that the Koons copying of the photo was so complete that it went beyond the bounds of the ‘ fair use ’ doctrine , which allows artists , authors and journalists to ‘ quote ’ from other works . |
| 17 | As a strongly international business it is more appropriate that it appears beside the Big Four rather than with the British consultancies . |
| 18 | The method is simple and it relies on the duck 's instinct to try to chase away a threatening fox . |
| 19 | I know but you but you see if it came to be something big and serious and it went into the newspaper he would . |
| 20 | The the fire service is separate but it reports to the public protection committee . |
| 21 | For example , a book about human rights in the context in which we live can be considered subversive because it disagrees with the vision of those in authority . ’ |
| 22 | For example , a book about human rights in the context in which we live can be considered subversive because it disagrees with the vision of those in authority . ’ |
| 23 | In fact , this definition would be highly restrictive because it depends upon the subjective views of both client and practitioner . |
| 24 | Users themselves , however , are not completely blameless when it comes to the slow uptake of open systems , Wendler observes , ‘ our clients do n't take products seriously until IBM is involved . ’ |
| 25 | Plenty of clever , talented children seem to make slow progress at learning skills which they know their parents care about — like reading — while showing remarkable confidence and daring when it comes to the things their parents ignore , like swinging upside down , or building complicated models out of Lego . |
| 26 | Maybe the question , ‘ What is it that I have to undo in order to help myself ? ’ is more appropriate when it comes to the Alexander Technique . |
| 27 | But the civil servants have been vague when it comes to the detail of who is to be the competent authority , who is to foot the bill for its work ( and any extra studies it may require before giving consent ) , and how much of its deliberations are to be made public . |
| 28 | Without the ERM , countries could competitively devalue their currencies : that would prove as inflationary in future as it has in the past , and it would give rise to the sort of trade frictions that plague the relationship between America and Japan , or worse . |
| 29 | Although somewhat bulky and unflattering , it was not unsuccessful as it blended with the current trend for layered clothes and endorsed the rustic air of a bygone age that other ‘ Laura Ashley ’ clothes were now describing , As they would not consider offering anything that was not made of 100 per cent natural fibres , they managed to complete the range by producing dresses in brushed cotton and cotton corduroy . |
| 30 | No 4 ‘ Snowdon ’ sports a five-tone whistle which sounds splendid as it echoes around the valleys on the journey up the mountain . |