Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow I ca n't see it catching on in the way Play-Doh did . |
| 2 | And it applied also to the Chartists — ‘ A nation can not become free and at the same time continue to oppress other nations ’ . |
| 3 | It applied equally to the Galapagos Archipelago where the ancestors of Darwin 's finches had on arrival resolutely stuck to their islands and refused to travel short distances across water to interbreed and had consequently evolved into thirteen distinct species . |
| 4 | It plays hard on the so-called ‘ 90-10 ’ rule , claiming that 90% of the code is already out there and that only 10% needs to be written . |
| 5 | It plays hard on the so-called ‘ 90–10 ’ rule , claiming that 90% of the code is already out there and that only 10% needs to be written . |
| 6 | It seems possible that it operated fitfully until the spring of 1911 . |
| 7 | The semi-set jelly has a deliciously seductive , viscous quality as it trembles briefly in the mouth before slipping , fragrant and alcoholic , down the throat . |
| 8 | ‘ It drains down to the moat , ’ Sir Brian mumbled . |
| 9 | Hundreds of residents of the Woolston area , the local parish council and the borough council oppose the gipsy camp plan but Cheshire wants it to go ahead on the site , off Manchester Road , near the junction with the M6 . |
| 10 | You wanted it to go out in the summer |
| 11 | I got sick of this , so I brought an old alarm clock and hung it around my neck and set it to go off at the moment he walked in one day . |
| 12 | The net emissions of Germany 's power stations were reduced from 1.6 million tonnes to 0.5 million tonnes within five years , enabling it to go far beyond the 30 per cent Club target . |
| 13 | But , as was explained in sections 1.1 and 1.2 , it differs markedly from the alternative , commonly held perspective which sees each country 's economy as essentially an integrated whole , exporting any surplus of goods , capital or finance , or importing in response to a deficit . |
| 14 | It differs slightly from the average salary which is which is the best year out of the last three . |
| 15 | If the transferor bothers to read the transfer form he will find that it differs slightly from the one that he would have used if he transferred his shares to his wife or children . |
| 16 | Under the Land and Compensation Act , Renfrew District Council does not have to entertain a further application within two years unless it differs substantially from the original . |
| 17 | The council does not have to consider a new application within two years , unless it differs substantially from the original . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , it differs only in the way it 's played . ’ |
| 19 | It differs greatly from the family-based structuring of human life with its stress on the long-term bond between mates . |
| 20 | Strolling , they pondered public education versus private schooling ; Johnson wondered why boys from England had been sent as far as Aberdeen to be educated , with ‘ so many good schools in England ’ , and they went back to the New Inn , to be joined there by Sir Alexander Gordon , an old friend of Johnson 's , who had sent a card in advance , and through Boswell we join their conversation as it drifts back to the stocking-making . |
| 21 | Sound quality suffers without a sound card , but it turns up in the unlikeliest places . |
| 22 | Back on the main road , it turns right at the junction in Gleann Beag , passing a complex of handsome farm buildings , and ascends a long incline where much-needed improvements have taken place . |
| 23 | It turns out in the end that , that , all the readings were in there it 's just a matter locating them ! |
| 24 | We corkscrewed on our way working towards the lee of the Buchan coast , where it turns westward into the Firth . |
| 25 | Something in his demeanour made a tremulous question form in Katherine 's mind , but it fluttered away at the distinctive sound of Violette 's infectious laugh . |
| 26 | Mattan and the yellow jersey were right in the middle of the pack as it peddled hard in the blistering heat . |
| 27 | Aware of the constant potential threat from gangs of gunmen , their mission was to bring the food into the country and make sure it got through to the people most deserving of it . |
| 28 | and then when it got over to the Clerks ' Department they used to stick it on another piece of paper so that they could put it on the file |
| 29 | The barrage initially had been aimed at the civilians but Maj Waters said as it got closer to the convoy , two trucks had been damaged . |
| 30 | Yeah I reckon so I reckon that 's how it got outside on the floor ! |