Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the child is ‘ tamed ’ through its first ta'kwakomena lessons , it plays with a mixed-gender pack of free-roaming , small children . |
| 2 | I thought I heard the music of fairies , which is believed to render men forever enthralled to wonderland , and it plays in a responsive mind all life long . |
| 3 | Pity it plays like a dented tin can , really . |
| 4 | What is a voidable title and how it differs from a void title can best be shown by an example : A owns some goods which he sells to B who in turn sells them to C. If the first contract ( i.e. Between A and B ) is valid then title passes from A to B. If it is void for any reason then it is no contract at all and no ownership passes to B. If it is voidable then it is initially valid but can be avoided ( set aside ) later . |
| 5 | Pots will be attractive to add instant colour and a path sweeps away under the pergola towards the rockery where it turns through a right angle in front of the rose bed , eventually ending at the vegetable plot that is neatly screened by the hedge . |
| 6 | When you have seen an egg broken into a frying pan of hot fat so that it turns from a clear fluid into a rubbery opaque solid , you are inclined to believe that this is quite a good way to cook an egg . |
| 7 | The T network is actually the star network considered in the context of direct currents at the end of section 3.2 where it was shown that it transforms into an equivalent delta network . |
| 8 | It is always a characteristic of theories which have many other features , and since it refers to a general kind of explanation rather than to explanations which make use of any particular set of categories , it is compatible with social theories of many types . |
| 9 | The name of ‘ Derrida ’ has been used in such a way as to imply that it refers to a real person who has certain ideas and theories which he has expressed in various books and essays , and which this introduction has tried to repeat , treating them as signifieds that can be represented in a number of different forms . |
| 10 | Usually it refers to a relative address , the location of the next record when compared to the address of the record being presently processed . |
| 11 | In English , gender is determined not by form but by meaning : the word table , unlike mensa , would always be neuter in this system ( the correct pronoun would be ‘ it ’ ) because it refers to an inanimate object . |
| 12 | Erm the , it refers to an operational order er , an operational order is not a document that actually authorises police officers to do something . |
| 13 | Where information is adequate from the poorest nations it points to a close relationship between poverty , underdevelopment and the spread of AIDS . |
| 14 | But the Women 's Aid movement is more — it is a radical intervention in the law and order debate , it goes beyond a puritanical protection of women which reproduces their vulnerability , and it transcends the limits of the Left-Right contest between police authoritarianism and police accountability . |
| 15 | Carbon dioxide is the most soluble of the gases because as it dissolves it does n't just go through a physical solution it goes through a chemical conversion such that carbon dioxide dissolving in water forms carbonic acid which , in water will dissociate into a hydrogen iron and a hydrogen bicarbonate iron which can further dissociate this is why I 've got a nice wide blackboard and you 've only got a piece of A four paper so you end up with a carbonate iron two hydrogen ions This system is a dynamic equilibrium . |
| 16 | It had been discovered in the eighteenth century that light does not travel instantaneously from source to observer ; rather , it goes at a certain speed , about 186,000 miles ( 300,000 kilometers ) a second . |
| 17 | It goes with a new eagerness to protect the English language from the criticisms of feminists . |
| 18 | It goes with a whole package of your attitudes . |
| 19 | Gallons of intoxicating percussion guided rhythms fuel ‘ Pot Of Gold ’ like a train rampaging along an empty track as it goes for an energetic jog in the shadows , pacing along a tireless circuit . |
| 20 | If passed , it goes to a Private Bill Committee . |
| 21 | Also , the point of sharing would come much earlier as there is no need to wait for the completion of a ‘ book ’ before it goes to a central access point . |
| 22 | You can , but I 'd still advise it goes to a joint account rather than to er another person 's account . |
| 23 | And then it goes on a strict reminder . |
| 24 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman was asked extensively by Mr. Frost — I have the transcript here and it goes on a fair bit — about Labour 's policy . |
| 25 | If it hears a bat afar , it turns and flees ; if it is surprised by one nearby , it goes into a crazy flight . |
| 26 | Paper blocks the drains , so it goes into a little box . |
| 27 | It goes into an Industrial Estate |
| 28 | Leaving aside our personal addiction , we have acknowledged ( as parents ) the convenience it represents as an electronic nanny ; also the entertainment it provides ( leaving precious time for parents to do chores and entertain themselves ) . |
| 29 | Looking to the future , this conflict should cease to arise ; race-awareness training is now integrated into basic training , where it sits as a natural part of discussions on impartiality and prejudice during the interviewing process and should have the benefits that CAB anti-racist policy intends . |
| 30 | I leap off my spot and down into the cabin where it sits in a predominant place . |