Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may start with the first glimpse she gets of the man she is destined to love , or the man she believes wrongly that she is destined to love . |
| 2 | He had supported Pennethorne 's design because it was the cheapest and did not encroach on the park , but if they abandoned that design they were bound to take the first prize design , ‘ but as there was some difficulty about that ’ , it should go to the second prize-winners . |
| 3 | Clearly then , if the company is to choose one it should opt for the first . |
| 4 | Their relationship was n't built on solid foundations , so it was hardly surprising , was it , that it should collapse at the first sign of trouble ? |
| 5 | " The Trieste crisis blew up with an intensity which at the time suggested that it might lead to the last battle of the Second World War or the first of the Third World War . " |
| 6 | ‘ I 've taken another envelope : it 'll do for the next batch of typescript . ’ |
| 7 | Always during this period the same paper was used , although a rumour that it would change at the next sitting was constantly promulgated by dealers who had once cheated , to discourage others from doing likewise . |
| 8 | Then the strategy ‘ cooperate with your neighbour if he cooperates ; otherwise defect ’ would be an ESS , although I have some difficulty in seeing how it would evolve in the first place . |
| 9 | It would date to the 1st or 2nd century AD . |
| 10 | She glanced around at the house , she would lose her home ; entailed as it was it would pass to the next male heir of the family . |
| 11 | On Aug. 6 Islamic Jihad issued a statement saying that it would send within the next 48 hours " a special envoy " with an extremely important message to Pérez de Cuéllar . |
| 12 | However , a special session of the Cambodian Supreme National Council ( SNC ) — the interim body established by the Paris accords to represent all four Cambodian factions — which had met on June 21 , failed in its attempt to extract a pledge from the Khmers Rouges that it would abide by the second stage of the peace plan . |
| 13 | At the end of the summer , a beautiful girl passed , and she saw the tall weed , and plucked it and put it in her dress , where it blushed a glorious red and died content ; the weed on the bank saw it die , and laughed , and reflected that it would live till the next year . |
| 14 | As the nursing profession waits to hear how it will do in the next pay round , there are fears that job evaluation could be used to take significant numbers of nurses out of current pay and grading structures , creating new pay set-ups unique to each different trust or unit . |
| 15 | This is followed by a question on how it will change over the next twelve months . |
| 16 | When property passes on death , it will go in the first instance to the executor appointed by will , or the administrator appointed by the court , who are charged with the duty of dealing with it and transferring it to the persons entitled ( see p. 114 ) . |
| 17 | Any such notice must state whether the current ( or preceding , when allowed ) reference period is to be shortened , so that it will end on the first occurrence of the accounting reference date , or lengthened , so that it will end on its second occurrence , but unless an administration order is in force the period can not be extended so as to exceed 18 months . |
| 18 | Mr Strang said the winning of the contract was a tribute to the engineering capability at Ferranti , adding : ‘ The long term benefit is probably even greater than the 100 jobs it will sustain over the next few years . ’ |
| 19 | R Ophiuchi , a Mira star , lies in the field with Eta ; it can rise to the seventh magnitude , but for most of its 302-day period it is far below binocular range . |
| 20 | R Hydræ , in the field with Gamma , is a Mira variable ; as it can rise to the fourth magnitude it can be a binocular object , and is very red , though at minimum it falls to magnitude 11 . |