Example sentences of "it [verb] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Nevertheless the Church could not preserve men 's minds from modern heresy ; it failed in the campaign to exclude ‘ dangerous ’ books nor could it prevent the influence of contacts established by Aranda and others with the French intellectuals . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | To monitor the course of the project , that is , to study the implementation of the action project design , to find out whether it operated in the way envisaged , using the means planned , and to examine any problems which arose and any unanticipated consequences . |
| 6 | The tribunal was told that , following a review , the company decided to make redundant 16 drivers at the quarries it operated in the East Midlands . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Vizigothic in origin , with its Bishop Boèce at the Third Toledo Council in 589 , and worth besieging in 673 , it shared in the collapse of the Spanish kingdom of Toledo , and the Muslims moved in , though not for long . |
| 9 | ‘ When it trades in the securities markets it can be regulated by the SEC . ’ |
| 10 | That was the first occasion when I saw my exercising as an irritating use of time , because it got in the way of our friendship . |
| 11 | It got in the way when she had tried to cry yet it allowed no room for self-pity . |
| 12 | The addition of organic detritus or liquid fertilizer will induce it to flower in the tank . |
| 13 | Smell it hanging in the air , |
| 14 | Born , they held it like a long skinned thing and for a moment she stared at it hanging in the air not knowing if it was alive or dead , good or bad , not believing it was over . |
| 15 | It seemed to Carolyn that there must be a vividly speeded up life flitting through the infant 's dreams , as if it skimmed in the air like a bird over the facts of its life and they were reflected as changingly and as unknowingly on its face as the moving bird would be in seas , rivers , lakes , in stagnant puddles on flat roofs , and silted-up canals . |
| 16 | No , no I 'm alright I only wan na see goal , that 's what I wan na see there when it goes in the goal there .. |
| 17 | So you 're filtering it before it goes in the machine and still we 're saying , why do n't we filter it as it comes out the machine , before it goes back in the tank . |
| 18 | It goes in the cokes mid-afternoon you leave that until next morning and take it out , put in a clean muslin and turn it back in the coke and more pressure until the next morning . |
| 19 | And so it is necessary to ask how we are to transform the distinction commonly drawn between arts and sciences , or perhaps replace it , deep though it goes in the structure of our educational curriculum . |
| 20 | I think we might even wash it before it goes in the David 's mug is quiet compared to Oh have you bitten your mouth again ? |
| 21 | ‘ No , I will , ’ said Linda , ‘ you bump cups of tea up an' down , and it goes in the saucers . |
| 22 | And I have to sort it out , sit there , sort it out and then work out how much it 's gon na come to , and then I know then when I go to the shop I know what to get , and I know when it goes in the cupboard I know that I 'll have a meal for every day of the week . |
| 23 | It goes in the fridge for about four days . |
| 24 | It goes in the sink . |
| 25 | It goes in the blood , you see . ’ |
| 26 | Do you agree and therefore is it best that it goes in the research one ? |
| 27 | This wo n't significantly affect the water flow , but should prevent it sticking in the future . |
| 28 | Instead of putting it in the power of the creditor to prevent his debtor from obtaining his liberty on giving up his all , it vested the right of a negative in the judges in open court , where it was more just to place it than to allow it to remain in the power of the creditor who , from motives of resentment , was less likely to decide impartially in his own cause . |
| 29 | It used every means at its disposal : it argued and pressured the Versailles politicians ; it cheated in the plebiscites ; it engineered uprisings in Silesia and Wielkopolska ; it skirmished and then went to war with the Red Army for territory in the east . |
| 30 | When we turn to the uterus , not only is it situated in the abdomen , but it is also confined to women ; and even in our enlightened days , it is hedged around with taboos . |