Example sentences of "in [noun] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to reach her again , and told the operator to put the howler on the line because the phone was off the hook , but the girl said reprovingly that it could n't be done in the middle of the night in case it woke people up . |
| 2 | That is saying something and , indeed , there are those closer to him who suggest that he really believes he has got the ball ‘ on a piece of string ’ at the moment , but hardly dares to say so in case it tempts fate . |
| 3 | She wrote back to him careful little letters to which no one could object , fearing to display too much emotion in case it called attention to the boy 's over-regard for her but she managed all the same to make her affection felt , telling him : — Pilade looks for you everywhere and will not believe I have not hidden you in a box . |
| 4 | Or had they been afraid to do so in case it drew attention to what they were up to ? |
| 5 | Scar tissue all right ; a birthmark she 'd had removed in early teens in case it turned malignant . |
| 6 | In part it involved differences in perceptions about the boundaries of people 's work and what they contributed : in general , professionals and parents tended to see themselves as concerned with the young person and their life as a whole , but they saw others as being restricted in their work and concerned only with limited aspects of the young person . |
| 7 | In addition it warns Sun that it is alienating its customers by not letting them apply their corporate discounts to the Classic and by letting them perceive Sun as turning its back on its established technical clientele to pursue the commercial marketplace . |
| 8 | In addition it offers training of the eye as well as of the mind . |
| 9 | In addition it has snow ( I quote Arnie Wilson ) which at its floor level of 2,494 feet it has no right to expect . |
| 10 | More significantly , in practice it encouraged speculation in the more traditional sense — on assets whose prices were expected to rise by considerably more than the overall price level ( and would indeed do so if enough speculators made similar judgements ) . |
| 11 | In practice it makes mistakes all the time but Horizon showed its English as flawless . |
| 12 | In practice it means government by the representatives of a majority of the people . |
| 13 | In Hilton it represents stages in the journey to God when the soul is no longer engaged with worldly things and as it were asleep to sin ( 24.90r. – 235 ) but is not yet fully illuminated by the knowledge of Christ : The experience of the dark can be either painful or restful : painful in so far as the soul is still troubled by the pressures of the worldly attractions from which it is hiding ; or restful in so far as the soul is waiting untroubled in its longing for Christ . |
| 14 | It finished up with one erm very relevant , relevant to this class , quotation erm ca n't remember the last part of it though , he was talking about the Indian , that he had a , talking about it and saying voodism catholism and then the next stage erm which I ca n't remember the word but in effect it meant co-operation and you ca n't get that it seems to me unless you have a , a change of vision , change in erm not just in society but in people because this is where it starts . |
| 15 | In practice this agreement reflected yet again the pattern adopted by Shearman in Bedfordshire from 1930 onwards , and in effect it gave university resident tutors freedom to arrange both types of Chapter III courses . |
| 16 | Even in rehearsal it requires stamina and dedication to make it appear so smooth . |
| 17 | St Clement 's was one of the better-known wool-churches of East Anglia , and even in winter it attracted tourists . |
| 18 | In England it provided sails and cables for the fleet ; and for this reason , legislation going back to the reign of Henry VIII required that a small proportion of land be set aside for its production . |
| 19 | But in hindsight it maintains Carter 's idiosyncratic position within current trends — fuelled by a mix of humanitarianism and hate . |
| 20 | in , in Italian it says supporto |
| 21 | Remember , when your Interest option account is in credit it earns interest . |
| 22 | On the other hand if Herakleophorbia was eaten in excess it caused illnesses like tumours and cancer in humans . |
| 23 | In water it forms aluminosilicates , which are inert as far as living organisms are concerned , so long as the level of acidity stays low — the silicon will make the aluminium separate out harmlessly . |
| 24 | Chardonnay is the most highly revered white grape of the southern hemisphere , and in Australia it produces buttery , honeyed wines , broadened and enriched by maturation in oak , sometimes so oaky it stings . |
| 25 | In Britain it spawned works as varied as Peter Maxwell Davies ' Eight Songs For A Mad King ( 1968 ) and Harrison Birtwhistle 's Punch And Judy ( 1967 ) , even Britten-s church parables . |
| 26 | Such agreements on extraterritoriality are common where American forces or advisers are stationed abroad , but in Iran it aroused memories of the humiliating capitulations demanded by the British and the Russians in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 27 | When we arrived in Lima it took time to go through the formalities . |
| 28 | Nostalgia drew strength from , was nourished by Qaddafi 's ‘ abolition ’ of the state ; and in turn it nourished opposition to the leader 's state-like actions . |
| 29 | In science it involves peer review — other scientists examine , criticise , and question your work and only when you pass this rigorous vetting can you be truly confident that the work is valid . |
| 30 | Although in adults it exhibits flu like symptoms , it can be disastrous if passed on to a baby . |