Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb base] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the liberal Russian press , Moskovskiye novosti of July 19 commented that " the SC has been given powers which raise it above the government " ; and Kommersant also compared the newly empowered SC to the former communist party politburo , because of its potential power , its secrecy and its non-accountability . |
| 2 | The label draws attention to three important developments which distinguish it from the early Romanov State . |
| 3 | It is generally the present tense which is used when you describe a text , even when you describe it in terms which place it in the past ( e.g. by mentioning the author ) : In Los Gusanos ( 1991 ) John Sayles describes Miami as it was in the early 1980s . |
| 4 | I 've heard also of courses of injections which remove it in the short term but result in a worse incidence of cellulite after the treatment has worn off . |
| 5 | Flannelette was the cheapest warm clothing available , and even the banana-box crib that was usually recommended cost 1/ , with blankets and mattresses , 1/8d , which put it beyond the budgets of the poor . |
| 6 | The smooth pillars which support it in the centre have capitals of a style that has made some art historians suppose that they may originally have come from the Roman villa or palace presumed to have existed on this site in the fourth century . |
| 7 | Indeed , the divisions within the class are as striking as the features which separate it from the middle class . |
| 8 | The palace stands far back from the river , its only access being through fields and orchards which protect it against the vagaries of the Thames . |
| 9 | Retroactive notation is achieved by subdividing a letter by letters which follow it in the alphabet ( since retroactive notation based upon numbers would be rather restrictive in the number of classes or facets that could be indicated , letters are normally used ) . |