Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this was not the main argument used by the Government during the debate on the Bill in Parliament , where it met with determined opposition . |
| 2 | Once it exploded with divine flavour — but no longer . |
| 3 | Basil de Ferranti was chairman of the company until it merged with International Signal and Control , a takeover which he supported . |
| 4 | But a Washington court could stop the launch today , if it agrees with anti-nuclear activists that the space probe 's plutonium generators are unsafe , writes Mark Champion . |
| 5 | Specifically , a stricture in ulcerative colitis is more likely to be malignant ( 1 ) if it occurs after 20 years of duration of the disease , ( 2 ) if it is located proximal to the splenic flexure , and ( 3 ) if it presents with obstructive symptoms . |
| 6 | As such , redevelopment may be in the public interest even if it conflicts with local policy . |
| 7 | It follows that because a practice may work well in one country , there is no guarantee that it will continue to do so should it be transferred elsewhere , especially if it conflicts with indigenous traditions and social values . |
| 8 | Although Mr MacKarness wo n't confirm it , the Fowlers claim the price was just £70,000 because it came with sitting tenants . |
| 9 | As we shall see , a gene may increase in frequency not because it increases the fitness of its carrier but because it associates with other genes that do , or even because it is in a sense parasitic on other genes . |
| 10 | many people see it [ the employment of women ] as a challenge to society , because it breaks with long-established patterns of family life , and with the values and beliefs supporting them … |
| 11 | N.T.A. was considered the alternative to phosphates in washing powders at the start of the 80's , but it is now banned in the USA because it combines with heavy metals , as does E.D.T.A. In this way carcinogenic substances such as lead , mercury etc. , which normally remain at the bottom of lakes and rivers , are reintroduced to the water supply . |
| 12 | Yes that seems to me to fit that sort of bill , erm to be quite honest I would prefer that we base the promises on a previous paper that T six six one , er you know , sort of er typical success of the fact looking forward cos at least erm that 's not so erm , you know , sort of difficult to erm you know achieve as erm sort of repairing potholes within , when you consider that the reason that the potholes do n't get mended is because government legislation has it that we have to actually erm have lines painted all round them , so that they can be part of the package of er road mending in many cases , I mean urgently erm difficult ones are not that common er so I think that perhaps some of these promises are so difficult because it gives with one hand and takes back with the other , you know , it says we promise , but , I , I would say that 's not much of a promise , you say I promise to erm , you know , erm merge , I forgot about , but if it said but , you know , if it rains I wo n't tell you , er it would be very sad |
| 13 | NCR Corp will be showing-off its Disk Array Plus software , which , the company says , allows users the benefits of RAID — redundant array of inexpensive disks — technology without the need to purchase new disks , because it works with existing disks . |
| 14 | The inspectorate states that while it sympathises with that view , the compulsory wearing of uniform has become a service-wide decision . |
| 15 | Such a model is of interest to geographers since it deals with man-environment relationships . |
| 16 | The validity of a patent still turns mainly upon the question whether it complies with this enactment . |
| 17 | In the end each successive British government was obliged to trust the Americans , and to hope that circumstances would not arise when it disagreed with American policy . |
| 18 | Parliamentary supremacy means that in Britain the courts can not invalidate legislation ( except when it conflicts with European Community legislation , when EC law prevails ) . |
| 19 | So , between friends lost and friends forgotten , he was very much alone this Saturday night , and picked up the phone when it rang with some gratitude . |
| 20 | Though it worked with reasonable smoothness in some cases , this was a result of good county-district relationships which were able to overcome the inherent difficulties of the division of responsibilities as set out in ( virtually incomprehensible ) detail in Schedule 16 of the 1972 Act . |
| 21 | In relation to the Special Document , whilst I support the document er , as far as it goes with one exception , and that 's in relation to the unemployed members , but whilst I support it as far as it goes , I do n't believe it goes far enough . |
| 22 | So , I write , as well as this diary , some of my new novel ( a killer , this one , dealing as it does with post-Holocaust survivors ' guilt ; why do I set myself these agonies ? ) and start pinch-hitting for Gloria Hunniford on Radio Two . |
| 23 | fears about not bonding with or loving the child immediately — this can take some time , as it does with some birth parents . |
| 24 | It is now too late for ‘ Wrapped Reichstag ’ to challenge the Wall itself , but it will give focus to the new political challenges which the country is facing , as it struggles with domestic discontent , recession and the enormous cost of unification . |
| 25 | When elicitation is complete , scores are allotted to each judgment as it correlates with each element . |
| 26 | Then a division can trade as much as it wants with that market at the market price . |
| 27 | Then a division can trade as much as it wants with that market at the market price |
| 28 | The victory of supporters of Rafsanjani 's " moderate " administration in the October elections for the Assembly of Experts [ see above ] , coinciding as it did with higher oil revenues and regional political developments as a result of the Gulf crisis , worked to strengthen the administration and effectively silence the Islamic regime 's " radical " wing suspicious of internal reforms and of economic and political opening to the West . |
| 29 | Consequently the project became as concerned with curriculum issues as it did with linguistic ones . |
| 30 | A third technique was to sell off a proportion of the whole operation , as it did with British Telecom , British Gas , British Aerospace , and Britoil ; and British Rail was made to sell off its hotels . |