Example sentences of "[prep] it [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this respect testing has a poor track record , and its lack of impact at national and school level forms the substance of the major criticisms of it as an evaluation procedure . |
| 2 | No doubt M. Chaillot agreed to my demand only because he imagined I would regard his acceptance of it as an incentive to call again . |
| 3 | It would be very wrong to think of it as an alternative ’ . |
| 4 | Oh no , it would n't , I would n't think of it as an alternative to interaction with other people . |
| 5 | Any goal of mine which I have allowed to be chosen for me by others , even if I think of it as an end in itself , can only be serving as a means to something else which my private test does confirm as wanted for its own sake . |
| 6 | So , ‘ the distinctive feature of Christian piety lies in the fact that whatever alienation from God there is in the phases of our experience , we are conscious of it as an action originating in ourselves , which we call Sin ; but whatever fellowship with God there is , we are conscious of it as resting upon a communication from the Redeemer , which we call Grace ’ . |
| 7 | Perhaps think of it as an action then . |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't say I 've ever thought of it as an obsession . |
| 9 | Rather than calling this a paradox ( as others did ) the authors preferred to think of it as an indication of the incompleteness of quantum theory . |
| 10 | Think of it as an investment that your tips will pay you back . ’ |
| 11 | Think of it as an introduction ; a statement of intent . |
| 12 | When he turned to face me he held in his hand a small spherical flask with a tube coming out of it at an angle . |
| 13 | Juries may therefore be reluctant to impose the stigma of it on an offender save in the most extreme cases . |
| 14 | That low , dishonest decade was when we broke free of our parents , banished the Fifties , discovered that we 'd missed the Sixties , and tried to make the best of it with an orgy of revolting clothes , tasteless music and formless anomie . |
| 15 | I just wonder at the necessity of it in an area that already has two golf-courses to its credit . |
| 16 | To reduce the magnification soak up some of the water drop by gently touching a piece of paper tissue or blotting paper against it for an instant . |
| 17 | Gandhi was sufficiently aware of the utilitarian formula of the greatest happiness of the greatest number to realize that he was completely at odds with it as an interpretation of the aim anti purpose of life and as a principle of morality . |
| 18 | This in turn means that instead of patronising or colonising the community , existing statutory and voluntary agencies are going to have to live with it as an equal ’ . |
| 19 | He was drawn to the work of IPTA ( Indian People 's Theatre Association ) , a cultural wing of the Communist Party of India , and worked with it as an actor — playwright — director till 1954 . |
| 20 | If he raises it , fine , you deal , deal with it as an objection but if you know do n't , do n't invite objections er . |
| 21 | Did Microsoft tweak Windows so Novell 's DR DOS would n't run with it without an upgrade ? |
| 22 | She grabbed her mug of tea , gripping it in both hands and staring down into it with an expression of such misery that one could almost imagine the dead girl 's face reflected in the surface of the liquid . |
| 23 | When we got back into it with an equaliser , our defensive naivity flared again . ’ |
| 24 | Then Thomson bought The Times late in 1966 and poured resources into it in an attempt to make it profitable . |
| 25 | If you must get into a dilemma then charge further into it in an attempt to gain control of your destiny once again . |
| 26 | Up here once , Bienvida had seen the full moon appear in that purple square and a pointed cloud cut a segment from it like an eclipse . |
| 27 | The sport has given him all this , and could take him from it in an instant . |
| 28 | Always you are separated from it by an expanse of one thing or another : docks or roads . |
| 29 | Abuse and scorn were heaped upon it with an intensity of attack that I can not remember experiencing previously in my political career . |
| 30 | At first the other orderlies had merely seized upon it as an excuse for extra banter . |