Example sentences of "[det] [prep] it [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He revealed afterwards that he , like John McEnroe , who had described the prize money on offer as ‘ obscene ’ , was considering giving some of it to charity . |
| 2 | Some of this work will take place in the classroom , some of it during drama time . |
| 3 | OAG members examined the dumped waste , suspecting that Raybestos was dumping asbestos waste there while being prevented from dumping in Ringaskiddy , and sent some of it for analysis to London . |
| 4 | It was built of soft stone and has needed considerable renovation , some of it in cement , so that it is now almost pure , but delicate , rococo . |
| 5 | For as little as £100,000 , some of it by courtesy of the Department of Agriculture , Cuffey has turned 40 acres of rolling farm land into a snug 4,800-yard , par 66 course that high-handicap players especially , will enjoy and want to play again . |
| 6 | of crime relates to property , much of it to burglary and breaking into people 's homes . |
| 7 | One pointer was the way that a growing percentage of the work-force was employed in the various activities of tourism , much of it of necessity on a shortterm or seasonal basis . |
| 8 | The National Trust owns a considerable land area , much of it of importance for nature conservation . |
| 9 | For example I often paint an area with retouching varnish mixed with pigment as a glaze , then I absorb much of it with newspaper dabbed onto the canvas . |
| 10 | Er so , that task , much of it under legislation , is carried out by fire officers and much of it as I say by good will and erm er advice to householders and bodies and erm big concerns and so on . |
| 11 | A lot has happened in the seven months since Ford unveiled its new Escort range — and not much of it in accordance with its £1 billion master plan . |
| 12 | Deep-sea fishing had entirely disappeared , but there was some expansion in the inshore sector , much of it in fishing for prawns . |
| 13 | There was no longer just the promise of investment , but much of it in place . |
| 14 | This journal fills 24 volumes--6,000 pages , much of it in code . |
| 15 | Since January American banks have offloaded around $1 billion of commercial real estate and loans , much of it in bulk to single buyers . |
| 16 | The stress laid by profiles on a comprehensive statement of achievement , much of it in prose , is presented as an argument for their value in acknowledging success and encouraging pupils in their development in particular subjects as well as in their personal growth . |
| 17 | It was a mammoth undertaking involving digging into the side of a sheer cliff face , much of it by hand since the proximity of buildings made the use of explosives hazardous . |
| 18 | We can get rid of much of it by subduction , but certain Orogenic episodes ( notably the Hercynian ) seem to have very little to show of the ocean floor . |
| 19 | Other high figures come from Central America and Mexico , where 24 per cent of soils are seriously degraded , and Africa , with 14 per cent soil loss , much of it from wind erosion from overgrazed pastures in arid areas such as the Sahel and much of South Africa . |
| 20 | With government grants and private sector donations of £100,000 , much of it from paper and plastics group Bunzl , NI set up a series of programmes to clean the estate and create more jobs . |
| 21 | My right hon. Friend referred to the Chancellor 's views but , when we asked him that question in the Select Committee , it became clear that he was not so much against it in principle as uncertain in his own mind what he should do . |
| 22 | I knew all about it in theory because I had a young Bhabi and she used to tell her friends about her experiences and I used to overhear ( laughs ) . |
| 23 | She knew all about it in theory and tried to explain it to Enoch . |
| 24 | And all of it in English ! |
| 25 | It could be telling the children all of it in fact . |
| 26 | Sixty one of these hundred women like foo football , sixty two would watch it if there was more of it on television . |
| 27 | To ensure that all the pleats lie at one level when the blind is raised , the top pleat section should be slightly deeper than those below it in order to cover the front of the batten and to allow for the depth of lath and rings which accumulate at the top of the blind when it is raised . |
| 28 | Do n't you get enough of it at home ? ’ |
| 29 | I will say in moving that , would I note that the property services , the property sub- committee I should say , is receiving a further report on recommendations on how to preserve the long-term viability of the estate , which I consider to be the right priority , erm , the long- term viability of the estate is essential for the value both as an estate and for the value of it er , to us should we need to dispose of any of it for development land in the future . |
| 30 | I do n't even attempt to do any of it from memory . |