Example sentences of "of it [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putting in a new inspection chamber will involve digging quite a large hole in the ground — and supporting the sides of it while the chamber is being built to prevent them caving in . |
| 2 | The Order strikes not at the creation of the obligation but only at the performance of it while the Order is in force . |
| 3 | Two people can read the same magazine article and one of them will get far more information out of it than the other . |
| 4 | Indeed , one of them may get more information out of it than the author realised he was putting into it . |
| 5 | I could tell the tutor I got scent of it before the system went down yesterday … . |
| 6 | As no order will have been made in respect of the property at this stage , the defendant appears to be free to dispose of it before the order can be made and thus defeat the object of making the order . |
| 7 | If the diet is broken why not make the most of it before the diet begins again tomorrow ? |
| 8 | If you let go of it before the fire button is released , the ball is kicked at an angle of about 20 degrees to the direction of travel — ideal for shots at goal . |
| 9 | Merlyn was a dark column near a window , apparently looking out of it although the torrent obscured the view . |
| 10 | She could n't see much of it because the thrust stage ran onward out of sight … but you did n't have to down the entire egg to know that it was rotten . |
| 11 | There is nothing more dispiriting , he says , than seeing a young doctor who has spent years on a project and has no thesis to show at the end of it because the project was ill-considered and ill-supervised . |
| 12 | ‘ I might get hold of it when the Bill have done with it , ’ she gasped between sobs . ' |
| 13 | I am presumably using words literally when the metaphor is a matter only of etymology ( ‘ insight ’ ) , and feel still more confident of it when the etymology belongs to the Latin ancestor of the word ( ‘ intuition ’ , from intueor ‘ gaze at ’ ) . |
| 14 | Under the project , the banks lend money in the normal way but the Department of Industry agrees to refund 80 per cent of it if the firm goes bust . |
| 15 | Even if the information is specific , the insider may deal on the basis of it if the information is generally known to those persons who are accustomed or would be likely to deal in the securities in question . |
| 16 | Concorde ( linked to five — a hive ) : An old-fashioned beehive with lots of miniature Concordes swarming out of it as the top is lifted off ; |
| 17 | One adds nothing new to the theory of casework in Saying this ; nor in remarking that the caseworker is essentially part of the case with which he or she deals , so that his or her sexuality is as much a part of it as the client 's . |
| 18 | The impetus for this undertaking derives from a lacuna in traditional Marxist theory — the fact that while the founding fathers acknowledged the importance of the state , their account of it as the tool of the ruling class is misleading . |
| 19 | Her action was so swift that he was hardly aware of it until the stone struck him full in the face . |
| 20 | One scheme was to transfer his legal estate to a relative or friend who was staying behind , who could look after it and administer it until he returned , or who , should the knight die abroad , could take care of it until the knight 's son reached his majority and could take it over himself . |
| 21 | Some workmen had left a wooden board on the pavement beside the bus stop and Katy danced on top of it until the bus arrived . |
| 22 | Erm , the particular one I 'm focusing on here is sort of the , the vision screening part of it cos the assessment of work stations is gon na be a longer term thing , we 're going back to pre where they 've actually sort of ticked the various boxes on the sheets and said this is like that and so we are collating that information currently . |
| 23 | A street lamp shed light over the front part of it where the boardroom table stood . |
| 24 | Some qualifications of it where the defendant acts bona fide are discussed below . |