Example sentences of "it passes [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 This first capacitor is then connected to the second one in the chain via a buffet stage so that it passes on the sampled voltage .
2 ‘ Knock-for-knock ’ , where an insurer pays for damage to the car covered under its policy — regardless of blame , has become unpopular as it passes on the costs of settling claims to comprehensive policy holders .
3 Unlike billiards , however , rather than a clean ‘ hit or miss ’ , the repulsion of the two positively charged nuclei causes a curvature in the ion 's path even if it passes to the side of the atom .
4 Much the most common prescription is for the title to descend to ‘ the male heirs of the body ’ , in which case , it passes to the eldest or only son if there is one , failing which it becomes extinguished .
5 ‘ No , it passes to the next male heir , that 's my cousin , Craig Grenfell . ’
6 Therefore y it does not matter whether there is will or not because it passes to the survivor independently of what a will may say .
7 This zig-zagging technique is particularly effective in visually widening the area , since it passes between the two wings of planting that divide this second ‘ room ’ from the next .
8 They pump oxygen into the bloodstream , so that it passes through the heart and reaches the working muscles .
9 It passes through the confining layer somewhere above the aquifer .
10 This is greatest at the point where the main vein , carrying blood from the animal 's body back into its heart , is constricted as it passes through the animal 's chest .
11 as it passes through the human medium .
12 An object can not be seen unless light reflected from it passes through the eye on to the retina and the brain receives the impulses transmitted from the retina via the optic nerve .
13 The Kyle road from Achmore curves round to renew acquaintance with Loch Carron as it passes through the narrow straits of Strome and widens into an estuary .
14 A final problem is that these substances may be taken up into the blood supply as it passes through the brain and carried to other parts of the body where they may have toxic effects that confound their effects on the nervous system .
15 We now consider the forces on the cylinder as it passes through the atmosphere .
16 10 It enters the spinal cord through the dorsal root of the spinal nerve from where it passes through the white matter and into the grey matter .
17 The water is nearly gone from a local river and of course is filtered before it passes through the tower , fish as fry or eggs inevitably get through , craving in the warm oxygen rich pond under the tower .
18 I mean , it can turn gold into copper while at the same time it is still gold , it makes men rich by destroying their possessions , it allows the weak to walk fearlessly among thieves , it passes through the strongest doors to leach the most protected treasuries .
19 As much of the oestrogen gets lost as it passes through the digestive system , quite a large dose has to be taken initially and this large dose causes most side-effects .
20 The new bass made use of Leo 's bolt-on maple neck , with the now traditional long-scale measurement ( the distance in which the top string can vibrate freely , ie. from the nut to where it passes over the bridge saddle ) of 34″ , and twenty frets set directly into the maple fretboard .
21 Simply take a length of split foam pipe insulation , and slip it over the offending cable where it passes over the sill .
22 And it 's a huge great big muscle but it can get a little bit er inflamed , as it passes over the front edge of the kneecap there .
23 MOTORISTS are advised to avoid Bayswater Road , Wallasey , where it passes over the access slip road to Leasowe Road , while road works are carried out from today .
24 just beyond , spanning a feeder of the Dee as it passes under the viaduct , is an ancient packhorse bridge , happily preserved but appearing incongruously insignificant below the mighty railway arches .
25 Occasionally it was found in the Rio Sarabia , as it passes under the road near the town , but this was very rare .
26 At the shaft head the tunnel is ten metres beneath the surface , although it immediately deepens by 67m as it passes under the gorge wall .
27 In the Ripon area weekend roadworks mean the Road will be closed as it passes under the A one bridge delays are likely as a result .
28 And finally in the Ripon area weekend roadworks mean the Road will be closed as it passes under the A one bridge and delays are likely .
29 It is currently in the hands of a young family and , with an asking price of £385,000 , it is surely not too extravagant a dream to hope it passes into the care of another one .
30 The planet grows to fill the screen , the saucer glows as it passes into the atmosphere .
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