Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the police were thinking about blackmail it would n't be long before they got to Barbara Porter . |
| 2 | For instance it might be suggested that action sample clients were less likely to be admitted straight away to long-term institutional care than control sample clients , for service-providers might have felt that with the Home Support Project such clients could be sustained at home whereas in its absence in the control areas they were not sustainable . |
| 3 | If Microsoft is found to have a case to answer , the minimum possibility is that the company is forced to sign a consent decree under which it has to unbundle , and agree not to bundle in future — for instance it might have to dismantle Windows for Workgroups and sell the networking elements as a separate product ( similar networking code will be an integral part of standard Windows NT ) ; at worst , the company could be forced to split itself into two completely different companies , one for operating systems and languages , the other for applications . |
| 4 | For instance it might be predicted that aspects of situations which were highly inconsistent with a pre-existing schema would be better recognised than relatively consistent aspects , but less well recalled . |
| 5 | For instance it may be that , viewed at this point , the woman has a quality of cautious practicality and by comparison the man seems a reckless dreamer , which is hard to see as anything but a weakness . |
| 6 | For instance it would enable broadcasters to offer interactive services — such as the ability for viewers to call up statistics while watching a baseball game . |
| 7 | For instance it could be a good idea to introduce your free boilies at 12 mm or 15 mm and use hook baits of 18 mm , 20 mm or maybe even 22 mm . |
| 8 | ( 1 ) Where the Council refuses an application for recognition it shall notify the applicant of the refusal and of the grounds on which it has been refused . |
| 9 | The main problem with this theory is that because of the nature of judicial review for illegality it would , in many cases , be extremely difficult , if not theoretically impossible , for a plaintiff to prove a causal link between the illegal action and the loss suffered . |
| 10 | President Gorbachev and other Politburo members have angrily , and at times desperately , appealed against such a move , for fear it would lead to a breakup of the Soviet Communist Party and , ultimately , of the Soviet Union . |
| 11 | ‘ I was never allowed to do anything for fear it would spoil my hands . |
| 12 | He needed a drink before he spoke to McGann , and Dowd , ever the anticipator , had already mixed him a whisky and soda , but he forsook it for fear it would loosen his tongue . |
| 13 | He had n't admitted this for fear it would disqualify him from this part of the mission , and anyway he had thought he would feel safe behind the comforting protection of a pump-action . |
| 14 | Last November he refused to chair a conference on AIDS for fear it might cause panic . |
| 15 | The next letter from Miller , dated 2 February 1756 , acknowledged three from Bartram and two boxes of plants and he added ‘ To the first of your letters , I returned an answer in September last , but for fear it may miscarry , I beg leave to repeat the substance of that here . ’ |
| 16 | I hold my breath until it is melted , for fear it will fly away . |
| 17 | In spite of her bulk she moved swiftly to grab the instrument , and she stepped back for fear it should be taken from her again . |
| 18 | And King Henry , alone in his chamber , held his head between his hands for fear it should burst with anger and chagrin , and something else which he did not or would not recognise for pure hatred . |
| 19 | The vendor may simply refuse to consider a retention or deferred payment since after completion it will simply not have the facilities to perform any remaining contractual obligations and vicarious performance by the purchaser is not possible or is inappropriate . |
| 20 | After marriage it would be different ; they would suddenly , without prior instruction , be expected to supervise cooks and other servants , direct a household , entertain , and give to charity out of the housekeeping money . |
| 21 | As it had been used after employment it could only have been protected by an express term . |
| 22 | After Christmas it will . |
| 23 | In preparation for winter it will be busy putting on fat by eating all the wild fruit that it can find , and by making a nuisance of itself feeding on produce growing in the kitchen garden . |
| 24 | As was noted above , however much one may value identification with one 's community , since it can be expressed by other means than respect for law it can not be a foundation of an obligation to respect the law , nor a basis for the general authority of governments over all their subjects . |
| 25 | Utd. at the end of the season but with players feeling uncertain about management it will be difficult . |
| 26 | To see whether it is the high alcohol concentration or the possible lack of stimulants or their inability to act in the presence of high alcohol concentrations that is responsible for the absence of stimulatory action of whisky it would be interesting to study the effect of a simultaneous intragastric infusion of beer and whisky . |
| 27 | Stuart was very happy he 's gon na get a bottle of whisky it could n't of been a bottle of bacardi for me could it ! |
| 28 | After the series of treaties in 1854 – 58 which helped to launch her on a rapid and irreversible process of change it could even still be questioned whether full-scale diplomatic representation there was worth what it cost . |
| 29 | The Australian honey-guide is so fond of hair it will pluck it straight from a horse 's back or even a human 's head . |
| 30 | ‘ And in that sort of story it 'd have to be their own fault . ’ |