Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Reg. v. Grant and Hewitt , 12 J.L.R. 585 , although it adds nothing to the established principles , is an example of inconsistent previous statements wrongly withheld by the Crown at the trial but properly , if belatedly , disclosed on appeal , so that a conviction depending on evidence of identification was quashed for want of a fair trial .
2 It is a very effective package , paperbacked with a threatening kind of picture on the cover ; it has a subtitle ( ’ The fight to save children from damage by lead in petrol ’ ) which begs the question , and although it contains nothing but the truth , it certainly does not contain the whole truth .
3 Zephandra Butolphi has this idea that you have repeat everything until it becomes one with the cosmic miasmal consciousness , so pages one , two and three read :
4 If it rains everything in the shed will get wet .
5 I call that a restricted international perspective because it does not explain or attempt to explain how production is organized internationally and , to my mind , a theory can not do that unless it says something about the changes in the organization of labour that go along with innovations in machinery , transport , instruments and products .
6 Murder appalled him because it took everything from the victim with no possibility of restitution , it blotted out memories of a past and hopes for a future .
7 Such rationalization is , however , of great interest to the historian because it reveals something of the social processes involved in gaining respect for scientific work both inside and outside a scientific community .
8 I think we might need to look at that one very carefully to see whether it adds anything to the er criteria .
9 His job at Selby , though it had none of the glamour of his former work , at least enabled him to provide for his family of two sons , Ken and Bruce , and daughters Mollie and Joyce .
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