Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He scrapes it round the edge of the light metal ashtray until the tip of the fag is a perfect cone , then smokes it carefully . |
| 2 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a viscious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 3 | If , on the other hand , the teacher has it in the back of their mind always to be aware of the possibility of bringing into the work that 's going on in the classroom and bringing all they 're usually very excellent pedagogic skills to bear on it , aspects of the physical sciences , so that the children can get an early and meaningful introduction to it , then it will happen . |
| 4 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a vicious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 5 | If , on the other hand , the teacher has it in the back of their mind always to be aware of the possibility of bringing into the work that 's going on in the classroom and bringing all they 're usually very excellent pedagogic skills to bear on it , aspects of the physical sciences , so that the children can get an early and meaningful introduction to it , then it will happen . |
| 6 | ‘ Buck thinks he has it in the bag , but there 's a long way to go yet . ’ |
| 7 | This status exempts it from the need to obtain full FSA authorisation , but only while its FSA-regulated business is limited to " arranging deals in investments " . |
| 8 | When two businesses are both buying from and selling to one another the outstanding accounts between them can be offset and the net balance paid by whoever owes it to the other . |
| 9 | Does not the Prime Minister think that he owes it to the country to say exactly which other taxes he would put up to pay for his bribe ? |
| 10 | If a doctor offers a risky and as yet scientifically unproved treatment the GMC surely owes it to the public either to stop the doctor offering that treatment ( outside scientifically valid trials ) or to stop the doctor practising at all . |
| 11 | The Labour party owes it to the House and the country to tell us freely , frankly and openly where it stands . |
| 12 | There 's nothing worse than the straight man who shouts it from the rooftop . ’ |
| 13 | At Laruns the valley divides or , if that description is demeaning to the Gave d'Ossau , another , smaller valley joins it from the east . |
| 14 | On the whole Cepheus is rather a barren group , but the presence of Delta and Mu redeems it from the viewpoint of the binocular observer . |
| 15 | The leader then calls for items , and the first person from one of the teams brings the article and places it on the chair . |
| 16 | A university congregates together that type of personality and places it at the disposal of the succeeding generation . |
| 17 | It provides also for management of resources outside the EEZs , both high-seas fish stocks and the resources of the sea bed ; the latter it declares to be ‘ the common heritage of mankind ’ and places it under the control of an International Sea-bed Authority . |
| 18 | This book focuses upon 1985 , a mid-way point in the Thatcher years , but places it in the context of the changing reporting which we have studied in the years 1951 , 1961 , 1971 , 1978 as well as 1985 . |
| 19 | It presumes the existence of at least two parties , one who allocates responsibility and one who accepts it with the undertaking to report upon the manner in which responsibility has been discharged . |
| 20 | Except in a case to which Ord 11 , r 4(2) applies , the plaintiff is entitled to have the accepted sum paid out to him without any order of the court , if he accepts it within the time limited by the rule ( Ord 11 , r 4(1) ) . |
| 21 | Peers are nowadays almost entirely appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister although the monarch does retain the right to confer personally and occasionally exercises it in the case of eminently deserving elder statesmen and suchlike . |
| 22 | The dealer works out the car 's value in two years ' time ( the MGFV , or Minimum Guaranteed Future Value ) and subtracts it from the price , minus your deposit . |
| 23 | It will also handle both little and big endian byte ordering so as to be able to run personal computer operating systems such as Windows NT as well as Unix , although the company denied that it had any plans to support NT on it — the capability is simply there if anyone wants it in the future , the company said . |
| 24 | But Poulantzas argues that the attribution of the power to manipulate to the ruling class elevates it to the status of a subject — an agent who does things — and thereby reintroduces the idea of collective intensions which cry out for individualist explanation . |
| 25 | A smith uses a hammer very differently to most tradesmen , never holds it at the bottom of the shaft , for the resulting whip means that power is lost so they always clench the tool near the head . |
| 26 | ‘ Who holds it for the Empress ? ’ |
| 27 | He hands me the silver tube , lights a match and holds it under the foil while I suck in and follow the smoke . |
| 28 | If it does catch it , it knocks it to the ground and then grabs its throat in its strong jaws , killing it by suffocation . |
| 29 | ( He gets up and ‘ accidently ’ scratches the record — which knocks it on the head for Vixen — and me , since we are reviewing the singles on the editor 's stereo . ) |
| 30 | If IBM actually endorses it for the Presentation Manager it will become a second standard ! |