Example sentences of "[prep] it [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the non-markers again included the three informants who read very little science fiction , and the fact that the phrase occurs towards the end of the passage suggests that readers have become accustomed to the science fictional discourse model to the extent that elements of it display diminishing values of foregrounding . |
| 2 | The Act defined the area for which bye-laws could be made , that is , all of the Moray Firth , although much of it comprised international waters . |
| 3 | Though it travels through some wonderful hill country the Way is n't a tough route — much of it follows level footpaths with plenty of riverside walking . |
| 4 | The solar wind carried its own magnetic field , and as this sweeps past it causes electrical currents to flow in the Moon . |
| 5 | In Ghana 46% of the population are under sixteen years of age which brings with it associated social problems . |
| 6 | With the arrival of scientific methods in the twentieth century , we have been able to determine the essential nature of a healthy diet , and with it make dietary changes based on knowledge . |
| 7 | Second , three of the variables incorporated into it have negative signs , indicating that as the number of pixels of these types increases , so population decreases . |
| 8 | The Companies Act 1989 and regulations made under it allow listed companies to issue summary financial statements to those shareholders who do not wish to receive the full annual report and accounts . |
| 9 | However , the Central Food Technological Research Institute in Mysore has shown that although the hyacinth is relatively rich in crude protein , protein extracted from it contains large quantities of unfavourable minerals . |
| 10 | The board considered that although the investigation ordered by the Chief Executive on 18 October 1990 is not yet complete the imposition of the restrictions referred to above is necessary in the interests of investors given the evidence before it highlighting serious deficiencies in Norwich Union 's internal systems for monitoring the performance of the Winchester Group and in particular ensuring that the Winchester Group complied with the Code of Conduct . |
| 11 | In a two-year period of review from late 1981 the Course as a whole and all fields within it reviewed overall principles , the design of the Course and the specific contributions of subject areas . |
| 12 | The Dialogue is one of the pieces Purcell included in the Guildhall songbook : he seems to have compiled this manuscript for his young lady singing pupils , and several of the items in it show similar signs of revision and re-working . |
| 13 | I do n't think they 're in it to make zillions and zillions of pounds , I think they 're in it to make great records . |
| 14 | Ask yourself about the current African political scene and read round it to find interesting parallels , since Mageeba represents a mixture of the kind of African leadership to be found . |
| 15 | In the churches , traditional orthodoxy of a more or less pre-Enlightenment character fought to retain its footing , but alongside it grew other movements ranging from what today would be called Conservative Evangelicalism to those which were consciously progressive , liberal and modern . |
| 16 | A few modifications have been made to it to accommodate foreign words but , generally speaking , it is the words rather than the syllabary that get modified and some get very thoroughly modified indeed . |
| 17 | The concept of ‘ objectivity ’ is not neutral in English culture nor in international affairs in the modern world ; the appeal to it has significant implications not only for status but , more crucially , for power and control of resources . |
| 18 | The proposed legislation relies on it to find technical solutions that are cost effective while permitting the development of its technology . ’ |
| 19 | The predominant over-view in this Department was that Television held a special kind of mystique ; that writing and producing drama for it demanded special levels of skill which were to be somewhere between the scopes of the Theatre and the Cinema . |
| 20 | It is not possible for those who are weak to apply this soul force for it makes great demands on those who would use it . |
| 21 | Because the government abandoned any formal incomes policy there was less call for it to maintain close relations with union leaders . |
| 22 | Instead of brushing your hair after setting which can cause splitting , gently run your fingers through it to create tousled waves . |
| 23 | When the chocolate begins to set , run a fork through it to give wavy lines . |