Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is still too early to be certain , and the jury must remain out until there is sufficient evidence of a true change of heart to distinguish it from the earnest gestures of political expediency . |
| 2 | I take his point about maintenance and I shall of course draw it to the Housing Executive 's attention . |
| 3 | However , the Council of Guardians re-submitted it to the Majlis on Jan. 24 , calling for revisions to be made to it . |
| 4 | The coronet is shown in loving detail as it embodies the moment when this family of merchants made it to the princely ranks . |
| 5 | When the hamlets were first included in the development area for the new city of Milton keynes in the 1960s , people of Calverton fought it in the High Court and won . |
| 6 | Not that the organs of perception apprehended it at the time . |
| 7 | Against the left-hand wall stood an old-fashioned gas stove so heavy that Meg was unable to move it to clean behind it and preferred not to think of the accumulated grease of decades gumming it to the wall . |
| 8 | Speaking at the University of Loughborough in October 1986 , the Governor of the Bank of England explained it as the outcome of ‘ deregulation ’ and subsequent ‘ structural changes ’ in financial markets . |
| 9 | My conception of sport elevates it to the realms of art , where the producer finds room to express himself and the consumer studies and appreciates ; both seek satisfaction . |
| 10 | As well as an excellent display , the Lynx has a much louder speaker and — in the tradition of the Atari 8-bits and Commodore Amiga — a powerful set of chips to help it with the animation needed for superior three-dimensional games . |
| 11 | It was also a prison , and at the back of the palace is the beautiful Bridge of Sighs connecting it with the dark , damp cells . |
| 12 | Some hours later — no one counted , but it was a long time — eight soaking , snow-covered individuals just — but only just — on the right side of hypothermia made it to the main Teesdale road , which snow ploughs had kept open . |
| 13 | ‘ I have no love for the very common attitude which places certain literature and pictorial matter in the realm of art to justify it to the establishment … |
| 14 | the sneeze of movement returns it to the same position , |
| 15 | ah , I 've put you a three eight , wide eight thick piece of steel lay it on the top that would hold it down in the middle |
| 16 | Lovers of opera know it as the setting to Benatsky 's ‘ White Horse ’ operetta : you can still enjoy eating apple strudel and cream on the balcony of the 350 year old White Horse Inn . |
| 17 | Its status as written narrative fiction and its function as a means of communication provide it with the wherewithal to participate actively in present-day debates about the future of social institutions . |
| 18 | Schrödinger imagined an experiment in which a cat was placed in a sealed box with a sufficient supply of air to last it for the duration of the experiment . |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman conceded that it was an idea worth considering , whereas the Secretary of State mocked it from the outset . |
| 20 | The cost of lighting puts it beyond the reach of the Parish Council so they should like to request that Wyre Borough Council install footway lighting on this part of Gubberford Lane . |
| 21 | Hundreds of soldiers doing it after the last war — and airmen . |
| 22 | Once dolphins locate a school of fish , they spread out , some individuals diving down to the school of prey to herd it to the surface by swimming around and under the fish in an ever-tightening formation . |
| 23 | I admit my man was out of order tackling it in the way he did , for which he will be disciplined , I assure you . ’ |
| 24 | On a shelf was a pebble that had been polished by running water ; it was ovoid , a piece of granite about big enough to hold in a clenched fist ; a seam of quartz halved it on the diagonal . |
| 25 | Where standard discussions of autonomy place it in the context of rights , freedom and equality , paternalism and rationality , here it is discussed in conjunction with questions of fantasy , how we treat others , social and personal relations , and responsibilities . |
| 26 | Delaney fixed the detonating pins into the plastic , using the remaining length of wire to bind it to the timer , making a DIY bomb . |
| 27 | That is , when we inform someone by means of language we retrieve a message from our model of reality and by means of the encoding and decoding of language transfer it to the addressee , who then fits it into his own model of reality . |
| 28 | There 'd be plenty of time to study it on the flight . |