Example sentences of "it [verb] [prep] the [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If in doubt , one compares another specimen with the type in order to see if it belongs to the same species . |
| 2 | The hon. Member for Foyle ( Mr. Hume ) has , much more eloquently than I could , told us of the damage that it does and the effect that it has on the young people of Northern Ireland because it gives them a future of either migration or unemployment . |
| 3 | It lives off the local people , eating the camels of roaming nomads , who appeared to offer them willingly . |
| 4 | The Bulgers are also quick to defend their home city from the criticism it received in the national media after James 's death . |
| 5 | But when it came to the British people , who it was claimed he had so dreadfully harmed , the court went into secret session . |
| 6 | The law , the most draconian to have been passed by any mainland state , could not take immediate effect because it conflicted with the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision — the foundation of legalized abortion in the USA . |
| 7 | This view was not widely held , nor does it accord with the observational data on the men 's practice while doing beat duty . |
| 8 | The policy of austerity and a strong franc , which he had so staunchly defended for the best part of a decade ( and which had earned him such praise abroad ) , was being blamed within France for recession and for the record level of unemployment ( it broke through the symbolic 3m mark the day he handed over the reins of government ) . |
| 9 | What this sort of research will not have told you is anything about the advertising 's ability to stand out and attract attention when it appears in the chosen media . |
| 10 | Had they not supported it when it called for the major means of production to be taken over ? |
| 11 | I mean what does it mean for the actual people living here ? |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a bit of fun , and if it appeals to the young people , that 's a good thing . |
| 13 | Now as your sheet tells you and as you should know if you read it carefully , punctuation marks where someone is speaking come inside the inverted commas , so , the question mark is a type of punctuation , is n't it , obviously , so it comes within the inverted commas. okay ? |