Example sentences of "[Wh det] it [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The program file contains a series of instructions which it sends to the Central Processor Unit ( CPU ) when the program is run .
2 In mounting this exhibition , the National Gallery is correcting a bias which it perceives in the content and popularity of the British collections and continuing its reassessment of Northern European art , already apparent from its recent acquisitions policy .
3 The aphid has a proboscis which it inserts into the tomato in order to suck out its juices — a vampire-like attack which cripples the growing tomato .
4 It catches several eel-pout and a couple of butterfish which it eats on the surface , sometimes holding the fish between its forepaws in order to control their writhing .
5 There can not be a moment from which it passes from the class of invalid into that of valid covenants " .
6 Which it does in the UK , e.g. 20% on the first f2,000 of taxable income 25% on taxable income up to f23,700 and 40% on higher income ( 1992/3 )
7 Once sand starts to move on the foreshore , which it does by the process of saltation , it will tend to be trapped by shingle patches , by piles of drifted debris , or by tufts of a coarse grass , Agropyron junceiforme .
8 Each differs in the outcomes which it selects as the most important ones to be studied .
9 What remains is released into an elaborate system of drains , penstocks , pumps , flumes , and concrete-sided irrigation ditches , from which it emerges at the Mexican border , severely depleted and laden with salts and pesticides .
10 write , you write and er feed into the thing which it operates along the rules defined by its firmware which someone else has put into it .
11 There will be variations which stem from the background and cultural heritage of the children who are in attendance , from where the school is situated as well as the resources ( in quality and quantity ) which it receives from the local authority .
12 My hon. Friend is right to remind us that the Universities Funding Council has considerable funds which it receives from the Government and distributes partially for research-based purposes .
13 Finally , in view of the crucial part which the further education sector plays in the educational and economic well-being of Wales , not least in the way in which it caters for the indigenous population , it is regrettable that too big a gap still exists between it and the secondary school sector and too few Welshmen and women , particularly perhaps among those who are Welsh speaking , recognize its many achievements in the past and the vital contribution which it will be called upon to make in the future .
14 Having regard to the terms of that subsection in its substituted and current form I would for my part place the duty which it imposes on the local authority on the decision-making , as distinct from the executive , side of the line .
15 ‘ All sins will be forgiven the sons of men , and whatever blasphemies they utter ; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness … for they said , ‘ He has an unclean spirit ’ ' More light is shed on this verse by the form in which it occurs in the ‘ Q ’ material ( sayings of Jesus preserved in Matthew and Luke independently of Mark ) .
16 Although all this evidence suggests a central role for the IP 3 R , at least in certain cells , there is controversy concerning the way in which it contributes to the initiation and propagation of calcium waves .
17 O. coriacea superficially resembles Ophiotrema alberti from which it differs by the lack of distinct spinelets on the disk ; the shape of the adoral shields which are straight and do not have an indented proximal edge while those of Ophiotrema alberti are more wing-like and indented over the second oral tentacle pore ; the shape of the oral shields which are arrow shaped not round and almost hemispherical as in some specimens of Ophiotrema and by the absence of tentacle scales in Ophiotoma .
18 Intonation helps to produce the effect of prominence on syllables that need to be perceived as stressed , and in particular the placing of tonic stress on a particular syllable marks out the word to which it belongs as the most important in the tone-unit .
19 The heart needs a constant good supply of oxygen which it gets from the bloodstream .
20 The role which it envisages for the state is limited to that of providing the minimum framework necessary for the regulation of competing private interests , while the gesellschaft model of law is conceived in terms of formally defining the equivalent individual rights that are required to make the market work .
21 Previewed at the Manchester City Art Gallery in the spring , they are highly charged works bluntly tackling the issues of AIDS and the usually hysterical reaction which it engenders in the popular press .
22 An upper garment is drawn diagonally across the breasts , revealing their broad forms and falling loose below them over the tight belt which it conceals at the sides , and it hangs in a shallow curve on the left hip , a long trail on the right .
23 However , such use is always motivated and when it occurs , Creole carries a symbolic value which it imparts to the utterance in question .
24 A standard is acceptable on the authority of ‘ Be aware ’ to the extent that , when most aware of the recurring situation to which it applies from the viewpoints of those affected by it , one is spontaneously moved to act as it prescribes — which is what makes the standard feel right .
25 The mudskipper manages to do so by holding water in its mouth which it swills over the lining of its mouth with a rolling action of its head to extract the oxygen .
26 Title II makes considerable amendments to the Treaty establishing the EEC ( which it renames as the European Community ) .
27 If you have a lead rising main , it may well be that you can see it only at the mains stopcock , after which it disappears into the wall to re-emerge in the loft covered with sacking on its way to the cold water cistern .
28 The holder of a floating charge is not solely concerned with the rights which it provides against the company but equally importantly he is concerned with the priority it provides against other charge holders .
29 One of its striking features is the way in which it grapples with the many difficult and conflicting issues which that report — and all the other soul-searching reviews of the 1980s — had highlighted .
30 Even if inflation can be contained , there remains the question of whether a lower rate of economic growth in the Western world can be sustained in view of the demands which it makes on the limited resources of our planet , especially food and minerals .
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