Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main thing is to get a piece of paper between each piece of glassware so that if it does move , And if you j you just pack a piece of paper in er er fold it over a little er and push it in , i i so you stop movement . |
| 2 | Trevor , fishing it with a floating line and a 20-foot leader , retrieved the Tinhead slowly on Kingfisher Pool and tempted a fine 7lb 2oz rainbow trout . |
| 3 | After expressing the cooked garlic from its skin , puree it with a little vegetable oil , raw coriander root and leaf , plus black pepper . |
| 4 | After completion , post it in a sealed envelope to Patio Competition , Small Gardens , Bushfield House , Orton Centre , Peterborough PE2 OUW to arrive no later than December 31st 1989 . |
| 5 | Now , you can see that coin down there , if you look carefully , you can see it you ca n't get it , you know where it is , it has n't gone through a hole into the centre of the earth it has n't , sort of , disappeared into outer space , you know exactly where it is , the chances are you could pin point it within a few inches of where i , even if you ca n't see it you know where it is , but you ca n't get at it to you , it 's lost you know it 's geographic location , you know when it went there , you know everything about it , you only thing is you ca n't get at it ! |
| 6 | It is learning about religion it 's an educational process and it has an importance , whether it 's learning about religion and whether its learning it as a cultural , historical and a religious er tradition of the country and that is what is important . |
| 7 | The chemist can use just such a matrix to trap a species whose normal lifetime is just fractions of a second , and subject it to a longer , closer scrutiny than would otherwise be possible . |
| 8 | Against this , as we saw , the existentialists argued that rather than making futile attempts to " eliminate " the problem one should subject it to a different type of treatment that would help place it in a proper philosophical perspective , and this was correct as far as it went . |
| 9 | The Secretary of State is now likely to call in the application and subject it to a public enquiry . |
| 10 | Partly , this is because the author rightly recognizes that many users of the Statute Book approach it in a different way from a judge who is presented with two opposing interpretations with supporting arguments . |
| 11 | Hence it was decided to remove this ceiling and its supporting joists and to resite it at a higher level . |