Example sentences of "the [noun sg] it [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should the ego fail to satisfy the id it becomes prey to neurotic anxiety arising out of the strength of its instinctual drives ; if it fails the superego it is subject to moral anxiety ; and if it can not meet the demands of the outside world it is likely to experience realistic anxiety . |
| 2 | After the service it took time for the galleries to empty . |
| 3 | And it was pink paper and at the top it had space for your parent 's signature so that when you 've done the work your parents had |
| 4 | When it was on the ground it looked kind of lost . |
| 5 | It suggests that Microsoft is engaging in anti-competitive behaviour in the way it sells DOS to hardware manufacturers , and in the way it uses its lead in the operating systems business to gain advantages with its apps software . |
| 6 | After redesigning from scratch the way it processed orders from customers , it has cut delivery times from 8-12 weeks to ‘ days ’ even while using 35% fewer people to do the job . |
| 7 | For him , myth is a concentrated image of the world , which is serious and effective notwithstanding the way it breaches causality by introducing miracles . |
| 8 | ‘ The initial attraction was advertising , ’ he says , ‘ and particularly the way it achieved communication in such a slick way . |
| 9 | the way it swigged litres of fresh water |
| 10 | But he did n't just hate the railway as such ; he hated the way it flattered people with the illusion of progress . |
| 11 | Mr Vaz said the report ‘ very clearly states that the Bank of England acted improperly in the way it conducted supervision of BCCI and puts forward very powerful arguments for compensation . ’ |
| 12 | LABOUR launched a strong protest last night over the latest Conservative election broadcast , which invited Tory supporters to telephone Labour 's London headquarters to complain over the way it gave prominence to ‘ bad news ’ about Britain . |
| 13 | In the meantime it makes sense for the unit to be stored in a plastic bag but I do look forward to the perfectly waterproof receiver being available in due course . |
| 14 | Section 5.4 is also interesting because the problem it raises cuts across the boundaries of linguistically defined levels of analysis . |
| 15 | First , to the extent that an issue is expressly covered by the Convention it displaces rules of national law that might otherwise apply and thereby renders otiose conflict-of-laws rules designed to lead to the selection of the applicable national law . |
| 16 | If the drawing is moved towards the edge of the rectangle it gains weight as a thing , a unit , a shape . |
| 17 | Once InsP 3 is released to the cytosol it mobilizes calcium by binding to receptors . |