Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The core of Plant 's argument is a careful statement of the case for social citizenship and the reasons for preferring it to the philosophy of the New Right . |
| 2 | Kermode has set out his reasons for refusing it in Essays on Fiction , and Lodge has remarked , ‘ To open a book or article by … |
| 3 | There are , indeed , impressive reasons for characterising it as such , but only the most committed proponent of this view would wish to deny that the defence effort and the scientific-technological base on which it rests can be entirely insulated from the problems we have surveyed here . |
| 4 | Either the directive or the reasons for holding it to be binding should be counted but not both . |
| 5 | It was not a book that he had packed when leaving London : he had bought it a day or two earlier in Inverness , and to Boswell , years later , he gave , not unmemorably , his reasons for buying it at all : ‘ Why , Sir , if you are to have but one book with you upon a journey , let it be a book of science . |
| 6 | Do n't blame yourself for that choice ; you had reasons for adopting it at the time . |
| 7 | There are also good reasons for associating it with rich clusters ( groups of several hundred galaxies ) as these seem to have a collective halo , possibly formed from the material in the original haloes of the constituent galaxies . |
| 8 | whether the subsidiary undertaking is included in the consolidation and , if not , give reasons for excluding it from consolidation |
| 9 | Even then , there is a good case for bringing it before a court so that each side is heard and specific boundaries are laid down . |
| 10 | It follows that we see no case for placing it on the semi-statutory footing proposed by the select committee . |
| 11 | Cunnilingus is a marginal case but since it involves genital contact and may involve a form of penetration , there is a case for placing it within the more serious category . |
| 12 | Indeed , if it is possible to talk of a Keynesian revolution in economic policy , then there is a strong case for placing it in the early 1950s rather than around 1947 . |
| 13 | ‘ For these reasons I think there is a fairly strong case for marketing it as a health product but it will also probably be considered a luxury , ’ Mrs Rowan added . |
| 14 | That is when the strength of his emerging side , and England 's case for making it to the 1994 World Cup finals , will be truly tested . |
| 15 | They they do n't want any further payment for doing it on our behalf do they ? |
| 16 | He 'll introduce proposals for abolishing it by the end of the year . |
| 17 | When , turning , he reached the part about finding it behind the standing stone , he revealed the gleaming decoration . |
| 18 | She was telling a story about buying it in Sunningdale before she first came to France , because there was a rumour that one could not buy decent tea the other side of the English Channel . |
| 19 | It is easier to reformat text after typing it in ( rather than before ) until you have had some practice . |
| 20 | The novice to word processing might find it easier to reformat text after typing it in than before . |
| 21 | mm , Sheila 's thinking about doing it with me as well |
| 22 | A sense of inner worth , and the talent for reflecting it in outer forms and appearances . |
| 23 | The planning so far has taken into account the needs of the strategic company plan and the opportunities for achieving it in terms of products and markets . |
| 24 | We are therefore exploring opportunities for divesting it from the group and have already successfully negotiated a number of disposals , including the sale of its processed meats division . |
| 25 | As there are few opportunities for making it by oneself , a great deal of the effort of those in low-income groups goes into working out how they can maximize their income within the existing rules . |
| 26 | Her virtuosity with language is not in doubt ( and all credit to her translator for rendering it with such vitality ) . |
| 27 | Thieves made off with the gear after spotting it outside Peter Mountain 's flat in Victor Street , York . |
| 28 | By February he was at least considering a retirement condition , though still sceptical about its effect on unemployment , and commissioned a paper on the feasibility of enforcing it from the Ministry of Labour 's representative on the Committee , P.Y. Blundun . |
| 29 | Trials for the signalling system have been accelerated as BR examines the feasibility of introducing it on the entire 11,000-mile network . |
| 30 | A simple microscopic examination of some vaginal discharge , suspended in a salt solution , will give the diagnosis in most cases , and there are also reliable methods of culturing it in the laboratory . |