Example sentences of "[prep] it [verb] its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my own studies of theatre audiences and of book reading habits in the United Kingdom I found , when I began , that there was very little published at all on who goes to the theatre and , while there was more information available on adult reading habits , much of it had its source in America and much of what was available in Britain referred to borrowing from libraries but excluded book buying . |
| 2 | DeFleur , in 1970 , saw a further element in the chain — feedback — which allows the transmitter to adapt his message in order to make it more effective and thus increase the chance of it reaching its destination clearly . |
| 3 | Since Cornerstone works with a memory copy of the information it retrieves , there is no danger of it corrupting its source data . |
| 4 | ‘ A lot of it found its way to the Irish Republic . ’ |
| 5 | It is only when extended memory is available that DR-DOS can make use of it to reduce its demands on conventional memory and so improve on MS-DOS 3.3 . |
| 6 | Zenith disassembles Acme 's program and re-writes parts of it to make its program , perhaps using a different computer language — definite infringement of copyright ( the act of disassembly itself will constitute an infringement of copyright ) . |
| 7 | The bamboo rungs , though wide and strong , were loosely lashed with unreliable cordage , and Lorne 's and my first simultaneous step onto the lowest rung resulted in it slipping its knots and depositing us both heavily in the mud — myself for the second time in less than twenty minutes . |
| 8 | So in order to prevent it raising the mound 's temperature too high , a thicker layer of soil has to be heaped over it to shield its interior from the sun 's rays . |
| 9 | The next Easter , when the march sensibly reversed its direction , it stretched for four miles as it wound its way into Trafalgar Square , which held a crowd ten times as big . |
| 10 | For the DUP to embrace this accord and attempt to make it work would be for it to abandon its opposition to anything which presages a united Ireland . |
| 11 | The shape of a tapir makes it possible for it to push its way through the thick undergrowth at considerable speed . |
| 12 | There would surely have been a strong argument for it to take its gauge from the parent line and worry about the break of gauge later , when it met the Cambrian — which of course would probably not have happened . |
| 13 | Once an organisation is operational it is not unusual for it to extend its powers to matters outside the treaty , or to implement policies or decisions without following the procedural requirements of the treaty . |
| 14 | It is assumed that it will find on the market , readily available , the correct quantity and quality of means of production and labour-power necessary for it to restart its production cycle . |
| 15 | London Underground correctly realised that it would be better for it to make its proposals as a separate Bill , which it has done , and the Bill has now passed through the House . |
| 16 | Its timetable calls for it to have its requirements back to UI by next July . |
| 17 | One way for Novell to increase its current minority position in USL might be for it convert its shares in Univel , where it controls 51% , into USL stock . |
| 18 | But the fact that each group came into existence in its own time and for its own reasons , and found its own identity and direction , means that we need have no fear about it losing its autonomy vis-à-vis the other groups . |
| 19 | ‘ Did you now ? ’ said Hilary , coming in to the sick bay , which was really no more than a scruffy little room with only a slight hospital smell about it to bespeak its function . |
| 20 | Keen to integrate the building into everyday life , he has made a diagonal route through it to encourage its use as a short-cut , and has redesigned the square outside , down to recreating the original pattern of Roman paving . |