Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course it suits beaurocracy , the treasury to drag their feet , but it 's not good enough . |
| 2 | Of course it went shite next season . |
| 3 | Of course it takes time for the increased number of women on the list to work through into actual appointments , but one of the purposes behind the Prime Minister 's initiative was to see that they did work through into actual appointments . |
| 4 | Of course it requires skill in curriculum organization to cover the necessary ground , for example by use of modular schemes and carousels . |
| 5 | Of course it says things that are uncomfortable for the Government and for local authorities . |
| 6 | Of course it made Carvin virtually unobtainable in this country , but now ABC Music have stepped into the breach to provide a UK retail outlet . |
| 7 | Of course it made Jews feel more Jewish . |
| 8 | So a resistance can be used with that and of course it indicates interest in the product ? |
| 9 | Of course it costs $700 to go . |
| 10 | By moulding the prevailing climate of opinion it influences values which in turn both influence events and fashion institutions . |
| 11 | But if you have n't got that amount of capital it takes capital out of your hands and you ca n't spend it in five years time if you need it because you 've given it away effectively forever . |
| 12 | ‘ Like cocaine it has anaesthetic qualities . |
| 13 | As Registrar it provides shareholders registration services to over 200 companies . |
| 14 | But if it is to do with relationship it needs witnesses . |
| 15 | When brought into operation it stimulated hope , emulation and friendship , the maturing of the social affections . |
| 16 | For example it monitors driving times and can tell a driver when he needs to take a break . |
| 17 | If it so wishes , the Bank can provide assistance only at penal rates of interest , if for example it wishes interest rates to change as part of its overall monetary policy of controlling the money supply . |
| 18 | He tried to reach her again , and told the operator to put the howler on the line because the phone was off the hook , but the girl said reprovingly that it could n't be done in the middle of the night in case it woke people up . |
| 19 | That is saying something and , indeed , there are those closer to him who suggest that he really believes he has got the ball ‘ on a piece of string ’ at the moment , but hardly dares to say so in case it tempts fate . |
| 20 | She wrote back to him careful little letters to which no one could object , fearing to display too much emotion in case it called attention to the boy 's over-regard for her but she managed all the same to make her affection felt , telling him : — Pilade looks for you everywhere and will not believe I have not hidden you in a box . |
| 21 | Or had they been afraid to do so in case it drew attention to what they were up to ? |
| 22 | Scar tissue all right ; a birthmark she 'd had removed in early teens in case it turned malignant . |
| 23 | In part it involved differences in perceptions about the boundaries of people 's work and what they contributed : in general , professionals and parents tended to see themselves as concerned with the young person and their life as a whole , but they saw others as being restricted in their work and concerned only with limited aspects of the young person . |
| 24 | In addition it warns Sun that it is alienating its customers by not letting them apply their corporate discounts to the Classic and by letting them perceive Sun as turning its back on its established technical clientele to pursue the commercial marketplace . |
| 25 | In addition it offers training of the eye as well as of the mind . |
| 26 | In addition it has snow ( I quote Arnie Wilson ) which at its floor level of 2,494 feet it has no right to expect . |
| 27 | More significantly , in practice it encouraged speculation in the more traditional sense — on assets whose prices were expected to rise by considerably more than the overall price level ( and would indeed do so if enough speculators made similar judgements ) . |
| 28 | In practice it makes mistakes all the time but Horizon showed its English as flawless . |
| 29 | In practice it means government by the representatives of a majority of the people . |
| 30 | It finished up with one erm very relevant , relevant to this class , quotation erm ca n't remember the last part of it though , he was talking about the Indian , that he had a , talking about it and saying voodism catholism and then the next stage erm which I ca n't remember the word but in effect it meant co-operation and you ca n't get that it seems to me unless you have a , a change of vision , change in erm not just in society but in people because this is where it starts . |