Example sentences of "it [prep] a [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fuqua Industries first estimated the cost of capital for the corporate group using CAPM principles and then modified it for a division by reference to fourteen key risk elements . |
| 2 | When the Lord made Sunday he meant it for a day of rest , a day of peace and quiet after the turmoil of the working week . |
| 3 | But in the very next poem he says that he did it for a change of diet , a bout of ‘ physic ’ as it were , needed after over-indulgence : ‘ being full of your ne'er cloying sweetness , /To bitter sauces did I frame my feeding ’ ( 118 ) . |
| 4 | We are justified in using it for a quality of material things only if the quality is like the bodily sensation . |
| 5 | Therefore we are not justified in using it for a quality of material things . |
| 6 | There are women who will do it for a glass of champagne ! |
| 7 | I stole the candle from its socket and sold it for a crust of bread and a stoup of water from an ale wife . |
| 8 | A studied , casual flick of the quiff ; only a sap like Ms Rosenbloom could mistake it for a gesture of surprise . |
| 9 | Sir George Calvert , a politician at the Stuart court , had already shown his interest in colonization by trying to found a settlement in the Avalon district of Newfoundland , though this had failed partly because of the climate and partly because of the opposition of the fishermen who came from England every summer to use it as a base for fishing on the Grand Banks . |
| 10 | But Fromm interprets it as a conflict between matriarchy and patriarchy ; Jung sees it as a story of ethical conflict between laziness and duty ; and Ferenczi argues that Oedipus himself is a phallic symbol since his name means literally ‘ swollen-foot ’ . |
| 11 | ( By contrast , in April 1990 some journalists had questioned the regime 's claim of an alleged attempted coup , dismissing it as a pretext for action against suspected opponents — see p. 37367 . ) |
| 12 | The Lower Mill site had clearly been re-used on a number of occasions , as references during the 16th century describe it as a structure of mud walls with a thatched roof . |
| 13 | But for this to be achieved , the government must acknowledge it as a problem worth solving . |
| 14 | Like Rolle , Hilton sees prayer as the primary activity , recognising it as a state of consciousness which enables man to receive the gift of God ; and while it does not cause it to be given , nevertheless prayer is a way in which such grace comes ( c.24 ) He sharpens a constant awareness of two modes of activity in the inner life : that of conscious effort , and that of an effortless creative power of love and understanding which is sometimes experienced and believed by the mystics to be the work of God in man . |
| 15 | Both critics and defenders of the present regime describe it as a system of self-regulation . |
| 16 | Like all its designs , the B3 is tailor-made and you can buy it as a flat-pack for self-assembly or have it assembled by the company . |
| 17 | It remains highly questionable why such a sensational and unrealistic play should be thought worthy of attention in the first place , but this is perhaps indicative of attitudes within the theatre that mental handicap is a good basis for plays written by writers who have no understanding of mental handicap but view it as a subject of horror around which some dramatic scenario can be created . |
| 18 | But there is enough to suggest one could be hailing it as a masterpiece in future . |
| 19 | most of the changes that have been made to those houses have been er erm at the request of Newton Sherwood District Council , they the the they lifted the room pitch , we had a lower one , they wanted a higher one , erm , and you know , erm , all all basically erm the the although they counted it as a change since application |
| 20 | It is not only the exaggerated violence and horrific detail of the book that marks it as a portent of change within the genre . |
| 21 | The squeamish would doubtless see it as sadistic ; I see it as a test of character and inner strength . |
| 22 | the smoking of tobacco will reduce the money supply in a society which uses it as a medium of exchange . |
| 23 | The immersion programme in Canada ( described in Stern 1978 , 1983 ; Swain 1978 , 1982 ; Swain and Lapkin 1981 ) involves the teaching of French contingently by using it as a medium of instruction for other subjects on the curriculum . |
| 24 | It could be just down to good digestion and calm dreams , of course ; but I take it as a sign of happiness . |
| 25 | When the US President , Eisenhower , visited Madrid on 21 December 1959 , Franco persisted in interpreting it as a sign of recognition of his rightness , not as an indication that times were changing and he would have to move with them or be left behind . |
| 26 | She blames her mother for this and sees it as a sign of inferiority , thus experiencing penis envy and transfers her affections to her father as he has the penis she wants . |
| 27 | In addition , the victor sees it as a sign of capitulation by his opponent . |
| 28 | Integrating primary care into the contracting framework of the health service will have advantages for patients , doctors , and managers but general practitioners could see it as a threat to independence rather than an end to isolation . |
| 29 | Critics of the whole APU testing programme , such as Holt ( 1981 ) saw it as a threat to teacher autonomy . |
| 30 | A a as you and various other people likely said erm a lot of people regarded it as a kind of act of erm racial er disloyalty I 'm not bothered about what race I am , I 'm just bothered about the truth , and the truth is that I think erm Moses was not Jewish well who 's to know , who 's to know erm as I said it 's a fascinating book and if , if you like that kind of detective story approach to history , you , you might , you might enjoy reading it , erm there are , i it raises a lot of other issues , many of which I 'll talk about in the , in the lectures , so I , I wo n't waste time say repeating it all here . |