Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead it agrees with the Government 's view , expressed in its document ‘ Sensible Drinking ’ , that these could penalise the moderate drinker , while problem drinkers would either continue drinking to excess and deprive their families of essentials or switch to cheaper or illicit drinks . |
| 2 | This collection is a sampler only — there are no more than six poems from each poet — but it testifies to the way in which poetry can — and does — survive in the most unpropitious circumstances . |
| 3 | His poem exemplifies for me the many wonders and the brilliant light of the transcendent ; and also the unity of our soul as it basks in the warmth of that light . |
| 4 | A full understanding of current unemployment and the role it plays in the working of the labour market requires an explanation of the persistence of long duration unemployment . |
| 5 | The implications for social policy are as follows : first , that the main determinants of welfare are economic ; second , that the government 's role in diverting resources into social policies must be seen to be closely interrelated with , even dependent upon , the role it plays in the management of the economy ; third , that social policies will be determined by views about the way the economy does , or should , operate . |
| 6 | As an inside exploration of culture this might also be considered to be a ‘ liminal ’ or ‘ liminoid ’ phenomenon ( V. Turner 1974 , 1977 ) , for as it delves beneath the surface phenomena , the subjective analysis can reveal unconscious categories and transformational operations which lie between the dual poles and such exclusively preferred categories as ‘ cops and robbers ’ . |
| 7 | When groundwater flows naturally or is pumped from an unconfined aquifer , it drains from the pores . |
| 8 | Sign language interpreting shares the process with spoken language interpreting and probably with general language comprehension but it differs in the situation of the users of the language and the community 's attitude towards them . |
| 9 | Where it differs from the Mirza Nama is in the richness of the fawning which curdles every sentence : reading Inayat Khan 's chronicle you experience a sensation like drowning under a sea of the sweetest , stickiest honey . |
| 10 | The labour input can be defined as consisting of all the human attributes which are used in producing goods and services and , as such , it differs from the inputs of the other factors of production in one major respect . |
| 11 | It differs from the rest of Newham in that it is less typically an inner-city area and rather more middle class with few tower blocks and a higher proportion of owner-occupied housing . |
| 12 | In addition to these requirements a responsible person may be required to keep the supervisor informed of his address if it differs from the child 's ( para 3(3) ) . |
| 13 | It differs from the Biogas specimen in the shape of the dorsal arm spines , which appear to be equal and nearly an arm segment long . |
| 14 | For Lacan notes how it is only when the infant encounters itself in a ‘ mirroring ’ image that a form is set up for the face and body ; the mirror provides a perceptual gestalt ‘ ideal ’ form , which does not reflect a reality since it differs from the subject 's fragmentary experience . |
| 15 | For example , if we consider the English phoneme , it is easy to show that it differs from the plosives and in its place of articulation ( alveolar ) , from in being lenis , from and in not being fricative , from in not being nasal , and so on . |
| 16 | This is the best deal , although it differs from the bank and building society accounts in requiring one month 's notice for withdrawals . |
| 17 | This is the best deal , although it differs from the bank and building society accounts in requiring one month 's notice for withdrawals . |
| 18 | This is the best deal , although it differs from the bank and building society accounts in requiring one month 's notice for withdrawals . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Where it crosses through the X and Y axes . |
| 21 | And when at last it drifts through the window and fluffs all round his feet and legs , even then he does not let himself be disturbed . |
| 22 | And so throwing up its hands in horror and resignation it turns to the priests and pastors of religion — of a more primitive world order — and tells them to get on with it . |
| 23 | Then it turns to the effect of the ‘ managerial revolution ’ ; that is , it says , to concentrate power in the hands of directors and to withdraw power from ineffective and acquiescent shareholders who only exercise it at times of crisis . |
| 24 | It turns at the top and goes straight . |
| 25 | Advantages : The grill is well positioned in one corner of the roof of the oven and browns food evenly as it turns on the turntable — excellent for cooking dishes such as lasagne and cauliflower cheese . |
| 26 | It trades under the name English Estates . |
| 27 | Today , it trades under the name AEA Technology and in the remainder of this text it will be referred to as AEA . |
| 28 | ‘ When it trades in the securities markets it can be regulated by the SEC . ’ |
| 29 | Hence one might expect the orbiting gas to become more and more quiescent the farther it recedes from the stimulus of the ILR . |
| 30 | The second use of the z value is in depth cueing in which the intensity of the line is chosen to dim gradually as it recedes from the observer . |