Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [art] [noun pl] it " in BNC.

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1 Having discussed the parameters of the signals it is time to look at the detectors .
2 The approach which is adopted in this book , and which is described in this introductory chapter , is a variety of ‘ contextual ’ approach : it is assumed that the semantic properties of a lexical item are fully reflected in appropriate aspects of the relations it contracts with actual and potential contexts .
3 BP Nutrition 's replacement cost operating profit of £xx million was up by £39 million compared with 1991 , thanks to the measures it had put in place to improve performance and its progress in focusing on key activities .
4 The tribunal was told that , following a review , the company decided to make redundant 16 drivers at the quarries it operated in the East Midlands .
5 From the ages of the samples it is possible to establish the length of time for which certain regions on the Moon , particularly the maria , have been exposed to bombardment .
6 In the discussions of the mid-1970s it was hoped in some institutions that this step might be the forerunner of others involving greater delegation of powers .
7 To find out what is distinctive about the style of a certain corpus or text we work out the frequencies of the features it contains and then measure these figures against equivalent figures which are " normal " for the language in question.The style is then to be measured in terms of deviations — either higher frequencies or lower frequencies — from the norm .
8 The suitability of candidates is assessed , in part , by those who already sit as judges how make their assessments on the basis of the candidates ' ability as an advocate and since those advocates come , in the County Court in the main and in the Crown and High Court exclusively , from the ranks of the barristers it is they who are selected .
9 ‘ If players are dragging matters through the courts it ca n't be good publicity for the game .
10 Stevens was playing for Spurs when he became a victim of a Vinnie Jones tackle which eventually ended his career and he said : ‘ If players are dragging matters through the courts it ca n't be good publicity for the game .
11 In the southern areas of the lowlands it grows in ditches , irrigation channels and ponds in water temperatures of 74°–78°F .
12 The slaughterhouse of the capital city tried to establish the origins of the animals it accepted , but with little success .
13 From the point when the water first burst the banks and began to rise up the gardens of the properties it was mainly a battle against he clock to try to stack everything as high as they could and take up the carpets .
14 Which is where Harry falls foul of the customs , for on all paperwork connected with the macaw 's movements over the years it is listed as Lears .
15 Secondly , the Ambulance Car Service provides a number of advantages to the patients it carries :
16 Banc One sets basic yet strict financial targets for the banks it takes over , but it lets local managers decide how to meet them .
17 The vehicle provides increased armoured protection from artillery fire and certain anti-tank weapons for the soldiers it carries , and its special air filtration system enables the crew to survive closed-down inside the vehicle when nuclear , chemical and biological weapons have been used .
18 More than a year after the publication of the Pastoral Instruction Aetatis Novae on the communications media , I once again invite all of you to reflect on the vision of the modern world which the instruction presented and on the practical implications of the situations it described .
19 After just twelve days of the hearings it was dramatically announced that the first parts for Hinkley C had already been ordered .
20 In the early days of the clearinghouses it was anticipated that they would have difficulty in persuading librarians to contribute their material .
21 As Chairman of the CNAA and strongly committed to its activities , Sir Michael Clapham was a consistent advocate of increasing the responsibilities of the institutions it validated .
22 The food manufacturing industry has benefited from the lower costs of the commodities it processes .
23 From the post-war years until the mid-1960s it had experienced steady decline .
24 It diagnosed the main weaknesses in the schools it had inherited from earlier decades and set out its alternative vision , a Primary Needs Programme intended to meet children 's needs by transforming schools into exemplars of ‘ good primary practice ’ .
25 The move follows the £1.4m out-of-court settlement agreed in July with the Tunstall Group , which had been suing the firm for damages for the losses it had incurred in purchasing Sound Diffusion shares ( see ACCOUNTANCY , August , p 15 ) .
26 The acting in Francis Gerard 's film is totally convincing ( Bill Flynn and Jana Cilliers are the parents who , incidentally , were finally able to marry , but only after the suicide of their son ) and , though it scarcely ever raises its voice , A Private Life shouts to the rooftops about the injustices it portrays .
27 Since the tax was paid out of the financial resources of the merchants it was quite proper to seek consent from them rather than from parliament , but the merchants were suspected , no doubt with some justification , of seeking to pass the real burden of the tax on to the producers .
28 It may hold within it the memories of the lives it has fostered , and the foreknowledge of the forms that will be rooted there .
29 In an ideal world I would also like to see the Campaign I support and represent cease to accept cash inducements from the institutions it attacks while paying lip service to valid campaigning issues .
30 One way is to check whether a consultancy has its own guidelines , aims and objectives for the audits it is offering .
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