Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This approximation is shown by the dashed horizontal line in Fig. 2 b , and it agrees with the numerical results significantly better than we would have expected . |
| 2 | The historical significance of this book is therefore multi-levelled : it is a reminder of the intellectual scope of one of America 's leading feminist art historians , it testifies to the changing interests of the discipline of the history of art and , perhaps most importantly , it charts the developing priorities and concerns of the American women 's movement . |
| 3 | and then thump it with a huge mallet and it splits along the natural lines of the grain . |
| 4 | In this respect it differs from the four perspectives discussed earlier in the chapter , which converge in adopting a social model of health for a restructuring of priorities and goals . |
| 5 | He also said that he would not undertake to follow best practice while it differs from the operational guidelines . |
| 6 | A short bout of exercise has a further role , namely of waking you up in the morning as it turns on the alerting mechanisms of the body . |
| 7 | A derivation of White Sunday , it refers to the white garments worn by the recently baptised Christians of the early Church . |
| 8 | In rug-making it refers to the contoured areas at the four right-angles of the field adjacent to the borders , usually only found in rugs employing a central medallion . |
| 9 | It burrows into the subcutaneous tissues and spends up to 60 days feeding on them . |
| 10 | Whether or not there is a God , none of the great religious traditions can be saddled with intentionally fostering such anthropomorphism , for it goes against the fundamental tenets of their faith . |
| 11 | Where we believe the orthodox account to be seriously misleading is in the causal relationships it postulates between the different factors , and especially its explanation of prison riots . |
| 12 | Actual quantities , which exceed internal expectations of only a month ago , boil down to between 100,000 and 200,000 units a quarter , which in turn means that by the end of the current quarter Sun expects to be able to fill all the back orders it has for Model 41 Sparcstation 10s plus the orders it receives in the intervening weeks . |
| 13 | On the other hand , it may change financial reporting practice because of what it represents in the continuing controversies about professional self-regulation . |
| 14 | It lies in the western shadows of Thunder Mountain , and was discovered by the Dwarfs who mined into it creating a labyrinth of tunnels , caverns and partially complete workings . |
| 15 | It lies in the sporting feelings it draws aht o' people . |
| 16 | It specifies for the managing adults when to give a lot of positive attention , and precisely the behaviour they are aiming to reinforce . |
| 17 | " A point has now been reached , " it declared , " where the continued dynamic development of the Community has become an imperative not only because it corresponds to the direct interests of the 12 member states but also because it has become a crucial element in the progress that is being made in establishing a reliable framework for peace and security in Europe . " |
| 18 | The answer is clear : it owes to the biological presuppositions which he takes from Aristotle . |
| 19 | Basically a picture book , it looks at the great collections of Schukin , Morozov and Costakis , reproducing the well known photos of the interiors of their homes , but is probably more interesting for the lesser-known contemporary names . |
| 20 | Barclays says it looks after the financial affairs of some 150 ‘ high technology ’ companies in Cambridge : three years ago the figure was 15 . |
| 21 | Companies are merely voluntary associations of individuals joined together by contract , and correspondingly the state has no greater standing to intervene in corporate affairs than it has in the individual affairs of the citizens who make the company up . |
| 22 | It starts with the minor gods working to irrigate the land , then rebelling at their lot , from which they are relieved by the creation of man who is to do the work instead . |
| 23 | His instinct is to nourish the corruption where it lives in the dark places of himself . |
| 24 | In fact , this definition would be highly restrictive because it depends upon the subjective views of both client and practitioner . |
| 25 | No , it 's purely advisory , it , it depends , depending on which piece of legislation , it depends upon the regulatory bodies , and in most cases that tends to be the District Councils , but it 's |
| 26 | It is the result of conscious planning by multinational corporations and banks and it results from the conscious actions taken by the US and UK governments in building the post-war world . |
| 27 | This zig-zagging technique is particularly effective in visually widening the area , since it passes between the two wings of planting that divide this second ‘ room ’ from the next . |
| 28 | The Kyle road from Achmore curves round to renew acquaintance with Loch Carron as it passes through the narrow straits of Strome and widens into an estuary . |
| 29 | I mean , it can turn gold into copper while at the same time it is still gold , it makes men rich by destroying their possessions , it allows the weak to walk fearlessly among thieves , it passes through the strongest doors to leach the most protected treasuries . |
| 30 | As it says in the original rules : |