Example sentences of "of it by [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Because science is public knowledge , experiments and observations should be repeatable ; but an enterprise that depends on trust will sometimes have advantage taken of it by a rogue .
2 If the owner of a watch is robbed of it by a thief , the owner 's rights as rights remain intact ; the thief acquires no right to the watch as against the owner .
3 Not only does the body clock contribute to the changes that are found , but also we can gain clues about the nature of it by a study of the changes .
4 5. of , a firm having been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 1.50 in that in Stockbridge between 1 June 1991 and 3 March 1992 the firm failed to pay its Investment Business Authorisation Fee for the year ending 31 December 1991 and having been in breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) as applied by Investment Business Regulation 6.09 in that the firm at Stockbridge between 19 December 1991 and 28 January 1992 failed to provide information required of it by the Investigation Committee on 19 December 1991 in exercise of its powers under Bye-law 80(a) concerning the payment of its Investment Business Authorisation Fee for the year ending 31 December 1991 was reprimanded and ordered to pay £l , 000 by way of costs .
5 In drawing up his list of inhabitants of Corfe Castle in 1794 , the compiler justified his efforts by claiming that it would not only help the overseers keep in touch with actual and potential needs , but would " enable the magistrates to form an opinion on the propriety of applications for parochial relief on the one hand , and of the refusal of it by the parish officers on the other " .
6 Inheriting the earth , or what 's left of it by the time the non-meek have realized the folly of their ways , is a process which takes much fortitude and patience .
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