Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb -s] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At just 24p , the chocolate treat is cheaper here than anywhere else in the world , except America where it costs the same . |
| 2 | The Etude retrouvée that he also plays is one that the composer did not use in the final set ; although it has the same title and key as Pour les arpèges composés , it is otherwise quite different and a splendid piece which pianists will look forward to seeing in print . |
| 3 | However , the appointment of a receiver must not be equated with that of a liquidator : ( i ) where a receiver is appointed the company need not go into liquidation and if it does the same person who acted as receiver will normally not be appointed liquidator ; ( ii ) liquidation is a class action designed to protect the interests of the unsecured creditors whereas , as we shall see , receivership is designed to protect the interests of the security holders who appointed the receiver and it is for this reason that a receiver can be appointed even where the company is in liquidation ; ( iii ) liquidation terminates the trading power of the company whereas this is not the case with receivership ; ( iv ) a liquidator has power to disclaim onerous property , something not possible in the case of receivership ; ( v ) a liquidator in a compulsory winding up is an officer of the court whereas this is not the case with a receiver unless appointed by the court ; ( vi ) lastly , it is easier to obtain recognition of liquidation as opposed to receivership in proceedings in foreign courts . |
| 4 | The cases perhaps support the principle that an alternative remedy will oust judicial jurisdiction if it performs the same function as the available judicial remedy ; but if it performs a different function , the court will have a discretion to refuse a remedy . |
| 5 | In other words : " if it looks different it must be of the same age " , and " if it looks the same it must be diachronous " . |
| 6 | I 'll have a look and see if it 's the same publishers , cos it looks the same kind of format , but then again it probably would be cos it 's aimed at the same market |
| 7 | Salesman : ‘ sorry , guv , you 'll have to take a black Datsun because it does the same job , and is cheaper ! ’ |
| 8 | The stored or potential energy in a raised weight can be used , for instance , to drive the mechanism of a grandfather clock though in most clocks a spring is usually more convenient , if only because it stores the same amount of energy which ever way up it is . |
| 9 | The intruder is able to recognise the owner because it smells the same as its mark , and so can decide whether to challenge for ownership or simply move on . |
| 10 | The chimp is very important to medical research because it has the same blood groups as humans , and a large brain to bodyweight ratio . |
| 11 | The first could be called the modal use , because it has the same kind of force as the modal use , ‘ probably ’ , and the second the psychological use because it makes a statement about one 's own psychological state of belief . |
| 12 | And yet it seems reasonable to suppose that , since it remains the same object viewed by the observer , the retinal images do not change . |
| 13 | As Nina remarks , this is a condition which afflicts Gael 's novel as well , and since it has the same title as the novel we read , comparison is inevitable . |
| 14 | Procedurally speaking , this is not an aggravated assault , since it carries the same maximum penalty as common assault ( six months ' imprisonment ) and is also triable summarily only . |
| 15 | The market for conveyancing services provided to commercial firms will also be studied to establish whether it requires the same degree of self regulation as the market for domestic conveyancing . |
| 16 | An organism assimilates another organism when it makes the latter into something like itself , as food into the body . |
| 17 | The Pentium , explained Ian Pearson , director of Inmos 's Transputer Business Unit , is 30% bigger though it has the same number of transistors . |
| 18 | The Pentium , explained Ian Pearson , director of Inmos 's Transputer Business Unit , is 30% bigger though it has the same number of transistors . |
| 19 | If the detent spring is weak it would probably jump out of second as well as it utilises the same spring . |
| 20 | Welsh rugby needed last year 's tour , with its half-century hammerings , as much as it needs the All Blacks here now . |
| 21 | By far the most common escape mechanism for organisms ranging from bacteria to human beings is ‘ habituation ’ , a kind of behavioural boredom by which an animal becomes less responsive as it encounters the same stimulus repeatedly . |
| 22 | All that is required , they feel , is the offer of a scholarship from the Police College , for it serves the same purpose on the c.v . |
| 23 | From the back the sack looks very much like the Condor , for it has the same capacity — 60 litres expanding to 80 . |