Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under this guise it probes the ‘ labyrinths and inward turns of the mind ’ in abuse of power in human relationships , especially that of mistress to servants or ‘ humble companion ’ , with acute psychological insight , no doubt won while living as a dependant . |
| 2 | In the New Testament it provides the terms in which the death of Jesus Christ is explained ( see for instance Hebrews 9:11ff . ) . |
| 3 | It is getting into the position of an excellent prize of war ; strategically it points right into the heart of Japan and into the hands of an enemy it weakens the Japanese bastion of Western defence . |
| 4 | This is difficult to define satisfactorily , but in the context of brief therapy it involves the therapist suggesting to the patient the possible motivation underlying his behaviour , with the objective of increasing understanding as a step towards behaviour change ( e.g. overeating may be explained in terms of a patient 's need for comfort at times of loneliness so that the patient may be more able to tackle the problem ) . |
| 5 | In effect it shows the flow of money through the company for the trading period . |
| 6 | He argues that if anyone questions the suitability of a designer as a captain of industry it displays the lack of understanding about the true nature of design that has plagued this country for many years . |
| 7 | London have all the entertainment , music and modern technology , famous buildings , statues , and money ; but on the opposite side it has the ugliness , violence , loneliness , homelessness , lots of pollution , litter , the poor run-down parts of London . |
| 8 | For if it relates to the BBC per se then it conveniently overlooks its seedier and more questionable aspects , whilst if it relates to some imaginary institution it ignores the real pressures on institutions which make them somehow less ideal than one would desire . |
| 9 | No wonder it tows the Peter Lynn Buggy ( with himself steering on board ) all over wherever land surfing and similar buggy racing is permitted . |
| 10 | Below the vernier is an illuminated mute button which shuts down the output socket sited on the far right , so when the tuner is put in line between the guitar and amp it mutes the signal after the tuner , for silent tuning on stage . |
| 11 | Lord of the Flies is a novel about English schoolboys marooned on a desert island — a Defoe-like subject , though unlike Crusoe it uses the third person — but reversing Defoe , it tells of their rapid descent into savagery , totem-worship and the childish joys of torture and terror . |
| 12 | In combination with oxygen it forms the gas carbon dioxide . |
| 13 | The major benefit of a word processing program is the flexibility it offers the user in amending documents . |
| 14 | On home-baked brown bread it takes the place of butter . |
| 15 | The strength of neo-elitism is best seen against the background of pluralism ; as a critique of pluralism it introduces the concept of non-decision-making and points up the failure of pluralist methods to define properly what is meant by the term ‘ key issues ’ . |
| 16 | I used it for areas hard to reach with chisel and mallet , and expect that when carving delicate work it has the advantage of not disturbing the workpiece with sudden strikes . |
| 17 | In exchange it asks the G7 to draw up an aid programme , to reschedule Russia 's foreign debt , and admit the country into the IMF and the World Bank . |
| 18 | When a neurotransmitter fits into its receptor it triggers the chemical response that changes the membrane potential and passes the signal from one neurone to another . |
| 19 | You rely on speed and on raising an lowering the tappet , so when you put your foot on the decelerator it drops the tappet down and stops the value opening , then you 're on full compression and then you pull up , and that 's your main brake . |
| 20 | The City is happy because a new source of revenue has been located , and as well as broadening the client portfolio it gives the company the business and creative opportunity to be lead agency for Europe on international brands such as Pepsi . |
| 21 | If this emission takes place it triggers the breaking of a vial of poison gas which instantaneously kills the cat . |
| 22 | Like compadre it carries the same moral connotations of diffuse , enduring obligation and the same quality of masking a hierarchical relationship in the mutuality of kinship relations . |
| 23 | From the outside it looks the same as the broader opportunity garden , but once through the gates the entrant sees that it is only a narrow strip . |
| 24 | While many new ideas have been promoted for budgetary reform it remains the case that they have generally failed to gain general acceptance . |
| 25 | But no-one in Tokyo dares say with any confidence it spells the end of a collapse that has nearly halved the value of Japanese shares since 1989 . |
| 26 | Even after the lamb has been weaned and has joined a flock it remembers the hand that fed it . |
| 27 | By refreshing the Ringbearer it does the best that any water could . |
| 28 | When the solar wind encounters the magnetic field of a planet it has the effect of compressing the planetary field on the ‘ upwind ’ side , and of trailing it out into a long magnetotail on the ‘ downwind ’ side . |
| 29 | Miliary er i it it refers , well you 've heard of millet seed and it 's it refers to a seeding of many different lesions er , around the body it means the disseminated form of of tuberculosis where the lesions occur all over the place . |
| 30 | This is several million years older than the previously oldest known fossil ape from Meswa Bridge in the Koru area , and if this specimen is indeed a fossil hominoid it puts the date for hominoid origins at least to 25Myr . |