Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] it [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where do evokes the infinitive as a reality , the modals evoke it as a potentiality . |
| 2 | Virtually all the Japanese martial arts use it as a means of producing extra power from within the body — just as weightlifters make great grunting and groaning noises when attempting a particularly heavy lift . |
| 3 | We normally on the first three months do it on a group basis |
| 4 | Many off-road drivers see it as a challenge and while a voluntary code of practice has reduced the number of cars and bikes on Sundays and bank holidays , some are still upsetting the walkers and riders . |
| 5 | Children who witness sexual intercourse in the first few years of their lives see it as a sort of ill-treatment , an assault by the man on the woman ; ‘ they view it that is in a sadistic sense ’ . |
| 6 | In the case of this group , they were able to define the questions related to strategy , to conduct their own inquiries , to have staff people conduct some relevant research , to have three individuals organise it into a presentation that was ultimately approved and owned by the top group . |
| 7 | Moore , who did not place much value upon a society as a whole , might not have agreed , but his general principles allow it as a possibility . |
| 8 | Chefs have banned it from their kitchens , farmers see it as a threat to the family farm , and the Swiss have voted on it ( amongst many other issues admittedly ) . |
| 9 | Small businesses see it as a boost to get them out of recession while other , larger firms criticised Mr Lamont . |
| 10 | At the top the beetles have discovered the dead mouse ; they bury it by tunnelling beneath it and removing the earth from below so that it drops down into the excavation ; at the bottom as the mouse sinks down into the earth the beetles roll it into a ball ready for the reception of their eggs . |
| 11 | Its 30 000 facets provide it with a picture rather like a grainy photograph . |
| 12 | And these top earners have it to a tee . |
| 13 | I used an MVP brace , which was made of carbon , titanium , graphite , velcro and other highly technical but very strong lightweight substances — it resembles scaffolding , but the Americans wear it as a fashion accessory on top of the trousers ! |
| 14 | So valuable is it that some scientists regard it as a scent and as soon as they detect it , they know that they are on the right track . |
| 15 | Many singer-songwriters hav it as a topic |
| 16 | The cases fall into two categories : those in which the disposition described in the problem is evidently a legacy , yet the petitioners describe it as a trust ; and the opposite case , where the petitioners describe as a legacy what is really a trust . |
| 17 | The dark hair was greying at the sides , but these days some guys do it with a brush . |
| 18 | Simple extrapolation has been the pattern for five years now , to the point where the financial markets treat it as a game . |
| 19 | It can presumably survive , even though it is edible to birds , because birds take it for a monarch , and avoid it . |
| 20 | Some critics question its sustainability and others view it as a sop to pacify the poor . |
| 21 | In Florida , scrub-jays tackle it as a family team . |
| 22 | Some regard it purely as a means of conveying information , while others regard it as a means of building and maintaining relationships . |
| 23 | Some commentators see it as a society suffering from a vast nervous breakdown at community level , with the social fabric slowly disintegrating . |
| 24 | The courts treat it as a question of fact and take an ad hoc approach . |
| 25 | Thus in Norway , employers see it as a mechanism providing for industrial peace , whereas according to the CGT in France it is a form of class struggle ( Schregle , 1981 ) . |
| 26 | Subservience is also shown because other prisoners see it as a mask , necessary for survival for weaker or less competent prisoners . |