Example sentences of "it and [v-ing] the " in BNC.

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1 Once the question for the court becomes one of making its own assessment of the evidence , making findings of fact on all the relevant evidence placed before it and drawing the appropriate legal conclusion , and is no longer a question of simply reflecting government policy , letters from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office become merely part of the evidence in the case .
2 At the top the beetles have discovered the dead mouse ; they bury it by tunnelling beneath it and removing the earth from below so that it drops down into the excavation ; at the bottom as the mouse sinks down into the earth the beetles roll it into a ball ready for the reception of their eggs .
3 Standing and saying it and facing the stage .
4 If the current yield on the CTD bond exceeds the money market interest rate , the bond will be delivered on the last business day of the month , because the short earns more by holding on to the bond than by delivering it and investing the proceeds in the money market ; otherwise the bond will be delivered on the first business day of the month .
5 Blind panic now ruled him ; he raced through the connecting door into the shop , ransacked the till and then hurriedly retreated through the back door , locking it and throwing the key into the ditch .
6 In " A " Ltd v " B " Ltd [ 1992 ] CLJ p263 H H Judge Davies QC , dealing with Official Referee 's Business , declined to follow Fryer 's case , purporting to distinguish it and holding the relevant passages of the Court of Appeal 's judgments to have been obiter dicta .
7 By far the most sensible way to recycle the bulk of municipal waste is by incinerating it and recovering the energy .
8 The cathedral exterior , largely built of black Tournai marble , has a large central tower and spire and four spired towers grouped around it and flanking the north and south apses ( though it was originally designed for nine towers ) .
9 Inheriting a fortune on the sudden death of his father , and to the acute distress of the family trustees , Samuel Junior devoted much of his money to sustaining It and funding the activities of Michael X. It moved , first to Fitzroy Square , then to Betterton Street in Covent Garden , and later , in 1968 , to Endell Street in the same neighbourhood .
10 In desperation Fleury leapt for the chandelier , with the intention of swinging on it and kicking the sepoy in the face .
11 Just before midnight last night , a special unit of police stormed the house , taking control of it and capturing the terrorists inside , without loss of life .
12 She had taken after her father , Astrid said , that dogginess — always going after a stick , leaping high to please the thrower , waggingly racing back with it and repeating the action as long as it pleased .
13 Its teaching supplies the data which he must gather and interpret scientifically by tracing the general principles running through it and underlying the particular propositions it contains .
14 During the re-entry and completion of BA-1 a large amount of brine was pumped into the well , carrying fines with it and plugging the pores around the well bore .
15 The same Program Item can be included in several program groups by selecting it and using the copy command .
16 Theda asked , taking it and breaking the seal .
17 Sailing : Most people prefer to be actively involved in sailing the boat than just sitting on it and admiring the view
18 He handed a small scroll across to Corbett , who checked the purple wax seal of the King before breaking it and unrolling the vellum .
19 But I , but I think you know the , the , the thing that I found erm most difficult as you say was , was actually completing the C C Q and I think part of it and asking the question but it is , certainly it would be easier to do it using that on your knee rather than doing it at the table because I was aware that I was turning away
20 Between 1532 and 1534 , the passing of each individual piece of legislation was closely followed by the appearance of official government propaganda justifying it and anticipating the next move , a fact that suggests that a coherent policy was unfolding by this stage .
21 It is not cutting the forest , going away , leaving it and letting the trees look after themselves , and the rest of the forest regrow , without actually going in and cutting it down and burning it .
22 The IDA also supported the IIRS , expressing complete confidence in it and rejecting the criticism of it expressed at the meeting .
23 That 's that 's one thing , but is finding the tenth root of something and then raising to the power six , or raising something to the power six and then finding the sa the tenth root , is that the same as finding the fifth root and cubing it or cubing it and finding the fifth root .
24 I 'm thinking actually of here in the university itself , we 've got three different groups in those areas that are now collaborating , and I think we 've got a good chance of _ especially in the area of schools curricula — but also in the area , I think , of helping business people , and I 'm thinking now of senior management , who might be your and my age , Brian , for whom computers did n't exist when we went through university or college , erm who 've probably more or less given up any hope of understanding it and understanding the computer boffins who have taken over — almost taken over the company at times , one suspects .
25 Accuracy is best ensured by writing an exact description of what is seen while looking at it and checking the completed description before moving on .
26 Then he paused before slowly going through it and closing the door quietly after him .
27 But when one track came dangerously close to being ‘ rompalong , knees-up , power-pop anthem ’ the band quickly sabotaged it by sticking ‘ a cheesy drum machine behind it and turning the last two minutes into a total sonic attack ’ — much to the tearful bewilderment of their paymasters , left-field Belgians Play It Again Sam .
28 The researchers hope to make the new material more like elephant tusk by streaking it and roughening the texture .
29 It was held that the agreement was void and that effect could not be given to it by rejecting the general restraint which appeared in it and limiting the agreement for the purposes of the action to carrying on the business of a tailor .
30 And she kept pulling it and making the hole go .
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