Example sentences of "it [prep] be [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , that focal point could be established as a definition of ‘ god ’ sufficiently broad for it to be accepted as the believed-in entity covering all the diverse forms of the totems credited with the power to heal . |
| 2 | One acne theory has it that an enzyme deficiency permits testosterone ( the male sex hormone present in both men and women ) to run riot , allowing it to be converted within the skin into a by-product called dihydrotestosterone ( DHT ) which over-stimulates the sebaceous glands . |
| 3 | Part or all of the aedeagus is held by some authors to be of a secondary , non-appendicular nature but others consider it to be formed by the division of the gonapophyses of the 9th abdominal segment , the two median halves fusing during development to form the penis while the lateral halves constitute the parameres . |
| 4 | Is it to go to all the members of your organisation , is it to be read by the Board of Directors only , is it to be studied by the upper echelon of the scientific staff , or is it for the eyes of your boss only ? |
| 5 | In presenting it that night , Robert Naish would most certainly have expected it to be rejected by the weight of bondholders already known to oppose redemption . |
| 6 | If the trouble had not occurred , there would have been an enquiry about the West Brom performance in the final match , but there was enough anti-Leeds feeling for it to be brushed under the carpet . |
| 7 | That 's right , but we would expect it to be subsumed in the numbers of overall requirements for housing . |
| 8 | This summer , a flock of 31 birds ( including some European flamingos — Phoenicopterus ruber rosus ) successfully raised four chicks at the site , thereby allowing it to be designated as the world 's most northerly wild flamingo colony . |
| 9 | Radon occurs naturally in rocks such as granite , and can move readily through porous rock and soil and can seep into buildings causing dangerous concentrations to accumulate ( inhaling radon causes it to be deposited in the lungs so increasing the risks of lung cancer ) . |
| 10 | the movement which , at the close of the colonial era , led it to be asked of the West what entitles its culture , its science , its social organization , and finally its rationality itself , to be able to claim universal validity : was this not a mirage associated with economic domination and political hegemony ? |
| 11 | Even were it to be filled with the rinse water from a nappy wash , as long as it was hot it would be shared round with glee and noises of appreciation . |
| 12 | A fourth option I did not mention it in Committee is to sell the property separately but arrange for it to be leased to the bus operating company . |
| 13 | With reference to individuals in public life , if a serious allegation is made the public now expects the question of the truth or falsity of it to be demonstrated by the taking of proceedings , whether the proceedings result in a decision of the court or an apology and settlement . |
| 14 | The official imposition of conventional social forms and norms was achieved largely through the education and legal systems , but its strength lay in its manipulation of existing social values and a long-standing social system which enabled it to be internalized by the average Japanese . |
| 15 | Or was it to be understood as the horrified realization that , in the words of Hercule Poirot , ‘ It might have been ME . ’ |
| 16 | I think I can interpret Ken 's request for it to be done by the end of the week as meaning in his hands on Monday morning . |
| 17 | From the outset the wide impact of the ban was and anticipate , the experiment has given me opportunity for it to be tested on the ground so that future decision can be taken objectively . |
| 18 | It has to for it to be festering at the bottom ! |
| 19 | In amphisbaenians , well adapted to their burrowing lives , with vestigial or non-existent limbs and much reduced eyes , the skull is very heavily ossified and box-like to enable it to be rammed through the soil , and so the orbitosphenoid is a thick plate of bone . |
| 20 | If the tax is intended to discourage landfill , ought it to be based on the volume of a product ? |
| 21 | Given its basic anti-absolutist thought that , whether within or without political society , men have a right to life , liberty , and possessions , it can be seen as a kind of picturesque metaphor which , in explaining the structure of legitimate political authority , reveals it to be based in the consent of the governed . |
| 22 | Introduction of the ‘ schwa ’ vowel has been deliberately delayed until this chapter , since I wanted it to be presented in the context of weak syllables in general . |
| 23 | If this picture held true , then one would expect it to be confirmed in the real world of industry . |
| 24 | The last control on this channel is a volume pot which enables it to be balanced with the Normal channel . |
| 25 | A constitutional amendment first proposed in 1789 , designed to prohibit a Congress from voting pay rises for itself while in session , finally achieved during May the approval of enough states for it to be incorporated in the Constitution . |
| 26 | 1964 ) he maintained that Barth and Bultmann had come to represent the extremes of objectivism and subjectivism , and offered his own attempt to chart a middle way in which both the given truth of God and the need for it to be apprehended in the personal encounter of faith would be given their proper place . |
| 27 | But in a written statement Chelsea said tonight : ’ As far as the playing situation is concerned we are a million miles apart and we 're quite happy if necessary for it to be settled by the Football League appeals procedure . ’ |
| 28 | At the same time the inner part lies too high for it to be entrusted to the cellos without probable results of the most devastating nature . |
| 29 | It would not allow it to be enforced against the promisor ; and if property had been transferred , the recipient was treated as holding it for the benefit of the person who had parted with it , and as bound to restore it . |
| 30 | ‘ So wonderfully pleased and satisfied ’ was he with it that , as Molyneux wrote to Locke , ‘ he has ordered it to be read by the Batchelors in the College , and strictly examines them in their progress therein ’ ; and so it came about that Locke 's masterpiece was on the curriculum which faced George Berkeley , the subject of the next chapter , when he entered Trinity as a student in 1700 . |