Example sentences of "it [verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In capture theories more possibilities open up : the Moon could have suffered its late heavy bombardment as it tumbled through space before capture ; it could have suffered it from debris already in orbit around the Earth or the large basins alone could have arisen from such debris ; or it could have been bombarded by material which entered the Earth-Moon system after the Earth had captured the Moon . |
| 2 | Although the SNP recorded swings in several seats it failed to breakthrough in the Labour seats it would need to win in any significant nationalist revival . |
| 3 | ( At the same time , the government reformed the rating system as it applied to companies by introducing a uniform business rate — set at the same rate throughout the country . ) |
| 4 | In Plowman 's case it was argued that on its true construction the restrictive covenant was too wide as it applied to goods of all kinds and would prevent canvassing by the employee in articles of trade of any kind . |
| 5 | However , in 1965 it was given to the National Tramway Museum to care for , and it operated at Crich in the Derbyshire hills from 1965–1971 , when 59 was withdrawn as needing extensive overhaul . |
| 6 | He concludes that ‘ it is not too strong to say that the marriage law as it operated in practice in England from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries was a mess ’ ( p. 135 ) . |
| 7 | Granted that I have a map of my house in my head , how do I use it to go from A to E ? |
| 8 | They had left the paddock gate open , and Joe had taken advantage of it to go in search of more of the nice green apples he remembered having enjoyed so much the previous day — but this time he did n't reach Jessica Turvey 's orchard ; he got himself trapped in the marsh . |
| 9 | Mainstream elitism is now represented by writers such as Keller and Aron , as we discussed earlier ; this refers mainly to the interactions and functions of ruling and strategic elites , and though it differs in emphasis from earlier writings , these writers appear to have normative assumptions not radically removed from those of the classical elite theorists . |
| 10 | One final point to be remembered about contributory negligence is that it differs in effect from a finding of negligence . |
| 11 | It differs from Ophiotoma in having one distinct tentacle scale , only 3 as opposed to 4–5 arm spines the proximal arm spines are transformed into hooks , the ventral arm plates are more rounded and pentagonal , and are contiguous at least proximally . |
| 12 | It differs from BSL in the same way as Gaelic differs from English . |
| 13 | But it differs from Hanson in its attachment to fancier activities , where men in white coats are essential . |
| 14 | While British Standards ( BSi ) sets minimum requirements for the number of facilities for men and women , the provision of public lavatories is the responsibility of local authorities , so it differs from area to area . |
| 15 | There may well be an element of compulsion involved in civil disobedience , but it differs from coercion in that it is aimed at securing mutual co-operation and understanding in accordance with a dialectical quest for truth . |
| 16 | In tennis he will ask his students to call out their estimate of the height of the ball above the net as it crosses from side to side , or he will ask them to shout ‘ Bounce ’ each time the ball bounces and ‘ Hit ’ each time it is hit , giving Self 2 a chance to show what a fluent player he really is . |
| 17 | The story , which traces some of the bad feelings Novell harbours towards Microsoft to the spoiled deal , says Novell got skittish after it shared inside information with Microsoft and then found it was secretly negotiating to take over Fox Software . |
| 18 | Fishing under licence was to continue within the original 150-mile zone , but no fishing was to be allowed in the new zone , to be regarded as an area of Anglo-Argentine co-operation , the eastern half of which was to be patrolled by the Falklands and the western half by Argentina since it overlapped with part of its 200-mile territorial waters . |
| 19 | More often , it turns into loss of direction or of purposeful organization , because no one is willing to separate herself from the rest in order to take charge . |
| 20 | The frontier between France and Spain runs along the estuary of the Bidassoa and then for some little way along the river itself , until it turns at right-angles to the east , leaving the Bidassoa exclusively to Spain . |
| 21 | They could n't catch this stallion : it was in a loose box and it got on top of the chap who 'd been leading it . |
| 22 | In the case of Descartes , it eventuated in laws of motion , one of which resembles the principle of linear inertia that was so basic to Newton 's analysis of the relationship between force , mass , and acceleration . |
| 23 | Rhodes Music Radio ( RMR ) became the first campus radio station to broadcast live , when it transmitted to Grahamstown during the Standard Bank National Festival in July . |
| 24 | The BA has organised a meeting of trade representatives to look at the wording of the Legalities of Price Marking documentation to ensure that the advice it passed to members in September 1989 , which was approved by trading standards officers at that time , still covers all eventualities . |
| 25 | Dr Obelkevich in a detailed study of rural Lincolnshire has shown that the " religious realm " of the rural poor reached beyond Christianity to " encompass an abundance of pagan magic and superstition " which was integrated with a Christian doctrine itself not left unchanged as it passed from church to cottage . |
| 26 | In 1890 it passed by marriage to Herbert Robertson of Strathloch , the Scottish barony to which his grandson Lawrence lays claim . |
| 27 | Some time after 1066 , the estate came into the possession of the Heslerton family from whom it passed by marriage in 1336 to the St Quintins and then by marriage again to the Legard family who are the present owners . |
| 28 | I remember the screech of the horn and the blur of the car as it passed in front of me . |
| 29 | Defamatory comment may not be actionable if it refers to people by class rather than by name . |
| 30 | excluded if it refers to arrangements between a body corporate and another body corporate within the same group or is in connection with a joint enterprise as noted above |