Example sentences of "is [verb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | More likely he is using it in the more everyday usage of ‘ not sent or guided in any special direction ; having no definite aim or purpose ’ ( OED ) , which suggests that any such view of history must have no end , and therefore no teleology . |
| 2 | The second way of considering the tending of the fire is to compare it to the feminine ability to create and sustain atmosphere . |
| 3 | A stop gate provides protection as the canal approaches the aqueduct which is to carry it across the River Tame ( Feb 83 guide ) and between a sewage works and an electricity substation . |
| 4 | The quickest comparison is to liken it to the replacement branches mentioned above , shoot ( a ) in Fig. 5 , for example . |
| 5 | ‘ Martin and his team keep kicking the ball into the penalty area and all I have to do is nod it into the net , ’ the 31-year-old rider said . |
| 6 | He is basing it on the book by Martha Zamora Frida , el pincel de la angustia . |
| 7 | The Three Choirs vineyard is making an English equivalant of Beaujolais Nouveau , and is launching it on the French market . |
| 8 | All you have to do is introduce it into the plebs ’ soap . |
| 9 | Your last option , if everything is closed off , is knock it on the top and try and lead into chase . |
| 10 | The best way is to decorate it with the materials found in nature , and attempt to soften the overall box shape . |
| 11 | Consequently the company is touting it as the first hub to support seamless migration from direct-attached to Token Ring-attached devices . |
| 12 | So we need to be looking forward , but we ought to be looking short-term , so the best way to look at objectives , is to look it in the short-term , which is in fact , year one if you like , medium term , years two and three , and long-term , years four and five . |
| 13 | O over this election , what you 've got ta do is every night , is if you 're interested is watch it for the first quarter of an hour of the news every night . |
| 14 | CNAPS stands for Connected Network of Adaptive ProcessorS , pointing to the fact that the system applies neural network technology , although as neural networks are less fashionable than parallel systems at the moment , the company is describing it as the lowest priced massively parallel system on the market . |
| 15 | CNAPS stands for Connected Network of Adaptive ProcessorS , pointing to the fact that the system applies neural network technology , although as neural networks are less fashionable than parallel systems at the moment , the company is describing it as the lowest priced massively parallel system on the market . |
| 16 | He reminds them of the confidential nature of the case : nobody is to discuss it outside the room . |
| 17 | However , if he happens also to run a business and sells one of the cars in circumstances suggesting that he is selling it in the course of that business , then he is likely to be regarded as doing just that , Southwark London Borough v. Charlesworth ( paragraph 9–20 above ) . |
| 18 | The way I approach anything is to do it to the best of my ability , whatever . |
| 19 | So it helps first of all when you 're setting up the spreadsheet I suppose you can create one formula then copy it instead of having to edit each one individually , erm but later on you might accidentally or maybe deliberately in some cases overtype a cell and er if you have to put it back again and what you probably do is copy it from the adjacent cell and then you have to study the formula to try and understand it , and then edit it if it was n't the copyable formula and , er it may take a little time to edit it but it could take you a lot longer to understand it . |
| 20 | The only satisfactory way to deal with a word which can not be found is to negotiate it with the user ; such a word can be ignored ( i.e. , removed from the search ) or replaced , or the search can be abandoned on the ground that the word is correct and essential to the success of the search . |
| 21 | The best method nowadays , of course , is to put it on the computer and let the computer plot the lot . |
| 22 | ‘ The Dream is trying to stay together , but our input is expanding it at the seams . |
| 23 | The problem is getting it to the surface , and in rural areas the best way is by handpump . |
| 24 | The Bishop of Woolwich , John Robinson , did this some time ago with ‘ Honest to God ’ and Don Cupitt , I think , is doing it at the moment too with his book ‘ Taking Leave of God ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ Magnus is among the top assets in the XEU portfolio and my job is to keep it in the premier league , ’ he says . |
| 26 | The alternative to burying cable in the walls is to run it on the surface in mini-trunking , and then use surface-mounted light switches . |
| 27 | The plan is to convert it into the ultimate upmarket hotel and haute cuisine restaurant . |
| 28 | Cos you know one of the people says that the best place for it is to lob it in the arboretum lake . |
| 29 | Western countries are overflowing with dangerous waste — and their first thought is to dump it in the Third World . |
| 30 | S what in fact er Mrs said is too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you have to close she really is approaching it from the wrong way , it 's equally too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you need to have open , keep open or open and that is one of the problems which I believe this council and other councils will will face . |