Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for such vituperation and the violence it provoked the law could not punish him , though it tried to do so on a number of occasions . |
| 2 | In the New Testament it provides the terms in which the death of Jesus Christ is explained ( see for instance Hebrews 9:11ff . ) . |
| 3 | Therefore , whilst in theory the compact could be approved by a simple majority , in practice it required the removal of the anti-nuclear clauses from the Constitution , a process which required a 75 per cent vote in its favour . |
| 4 | If it needed a car it borrowed the Army 's one . |
| 5 | This is difficult to define satisfactorily , but in the context of brief therapy it involves the therapist suggesting to the patient the possible motivation underlying his behaviour , with the objective of increasing understanding as a step towards behaviour change ( e.g. overeating may be explained in terms of a patient 's need for comfort at times of loneliness so that the patient may be more able to tackle the problem ) . |
| 6 | In effect it shows the flow of money through the company for the trading period . |
| 7 | In effect it gave the UK all the frequencies needed for a nationwide Carfax service on a dedicated lattice . |
| 8 | He argues that if anyone questions the suitability of a designer as a captain of industry it displays the lack of understanding about the true nature of design that has plagued this country for many years . |
| 9 | In the long term it committed the papacy to active government . |
| 10 | For the longer term it envisaged the strengthening of civil liberties , a ‘ stage-by-stage transition to a market system ’ , international cooperation and democratisation of the party itself . |
| 11 | But helped by the wind it cleared the hump in the middle of the fairway , bounced high off the forward slope and ran through the narrow gap between the bunkers . |
| 12 | London have all the entertainment , music and modern technology , famous buildings , statues , and money ; but on the opposite side it has the ugliness , violence , loneliness , homelessness , lots of pollution , litter , the poor run-down parts of London . |
| 13 | The second it to ask the suppliers to provide information on the correlation between different census variables and the various geodemographic systems . |
| 14 | No wonder it tows the Peter Lynn Buggy ( with himself steering on board ) all over wherever land surfing and similar buggy racing is permitted . |
| 15 | Below the vernier is an illuminated mute button which shuts down the output socket sited on the far right , so when the tuner is put in line between the guitar and amp it mutes the signal after the tuner , for silent tuning on stage . |
| 16 | To the north the Corridor had a sea coast of 76 km ; to the south it had the river Notec and the Notec canal . |
| 17 | In combination with oxygen it forms the gas carbon dioxide . |
| 18 | The shorter prologue of Lex Salica states that With God 's help it pleased the Franks and their nobility and they agreed that they ought to prohibit all escalations of quarrels for the preservation of enthusiasm for peace among themselves ; and because they excelled other neighbouring peoples by force of arms , so they should excel them in legal authority , with the result that criminal cases might be concluded in a manner appropriate to the type of complaint . |
| 19 | The major benefit of a word processing program is the flexibility it offers the user in amending documents . |
| 20 | On home-baked brown bread it takes the place of butter . |
| 21 | The strength of neo-elitism is best seen against the background of pluralism ; as a critique of pluralism it introduces the concept of non-decision-making and points up the failure of pluralist methods to define properly what is meant by the term ‘ key issues ’ . |
| 22 | I used it for areas hard to reach with chisel and mallet , and expect that when carving delicate work it has the advantage of not disturbing the workpiece with sudden strikes . |
| 23 | After Stalin 's fall it became the Road of the Heroes and then was changed to the Road of Youth . |
| 24 | You rely on speed and on raising an lowering the tappet , so when you put your foot on the decelerator it drops the tappet down and stops the value opening , then you 're on full compression and then you pull up , and that 's your main brake . |
| 25 | The City is happy because a new source of revenue has been located , and as well as broadening the client portfolio it gives the company the business and creative opportunity to be lead agency for Europe on international brands such as Pepsi . |
| 26 | During the war it became the seat of the Nazi occupiers , including the infamous Nazis Heydrich and Frank . |
| 27 | Caroline held her breath as they stood in the silence , watching as it began its final plunge , and , at just the moment it painted the world crimson , Nicolo put his hands on her shoulders . |
| 28 | Instead , when budgetary reform took place it took the form of a three tier decision making unit . |
| 29 | If this emission takes place it triggers the breaking of a vial of poison gas which instantaneously kills the cat . |
| 30 | While many new ideas have been promoted for budgetary reform it remains the case that they have generally failed to gain general acceptance . |