Example sentences of "it [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Beyond it the mountains of the Ta Pa Shan formed faint shapes in the distance .
2 But the picture can be modified if we insert into it the concept of a primeval Natural Man , who lacks the corrupting appurtenances of modern civilization , and is , on that account , closer to Paradise than ourselves .
3 Can you advise me how to stop stem rot on Water Wisteria , or is it the nibbling of the Platies and Swords that cause this ?
4 Placed next to each other , the documents are both a territorial and a political contradiction ; one is proof of the existence of Israel , the other carries with it the dream of Palestine .
5 Even this gesture , a mercenary movement , had about it the lilt of broken syllables .
6 The focus of the design was the decorative bar and its back display area , whose strong lighting made it the centrepiece of the pub .
7 ‘ We call it the Gate of Peace now , ’ Erika said .
8 Genoa boasted a powerful ancient landed nobility whose surplus wealth helped to give it the capital for its commercial enterprises ; but it also needed to import food and raw materials from elsewhere , and enjoyed a powerful economic motive for becoming a centre of commerce .
9 Troops were also reported to have blocked about 2,000 Gamsakhurdia supporters who were preparing to march on Kutaisi to proclaim it the capital of Georgia .
10 ICI disposal : Imperial Chemical Industries has sold its US over-the-counter drugs business in a $450m ( £285m ) deal with Johnson & Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals , which also gives it the rights to Merck 's Elavil anti-depressant drug .
11 But w was it , was it the size of China that made this necessary ?
12 Littlewoods ' 25% would give it the size to be able to rival Great Universal Stores , the clear market leader on 40% .
13 Without any doubt ZIMBABWE captain Andy Ferreira 's men must count themselves unlucky to have missed the semi-finals , and with it the chance of appearing in the World Cup tournament in Scotland .
14 The double X gives it the chance to be red and black , while the Y gives it male characteristics .
15 It not only dared to enter the domain of philosophy by offering a critique of epistemology but also brought with it the heresy of relativism .
16 Or was it the presence of Vic that he felt , his uneasy aura trapped in the shed like these once-breathing specimens ?
17 Is there an ideal mix ? ii Does the degree of dementia matter , or is it the presence of behaviour problems which makes a particular dementing person unacceptable to an integrated service ? iii What efforts can be made to overcome the problems of integration and avoid " segregation by stealth " ?
18 Even those who did not endorse the company 's claim to produce ‘ The Best Car in the World ’ were prepared to give it the benefit of the doubt .
19 Even allowing it the benefit of this doubt , our hypothetical small party would be very unlikely to end up with more than the same percentage of seats , 8.4 , as the Irish party .
20 Severe actions may be sanctioned against Ireland because it is naturally cursed , or because it needs extreme measures to bring it the fruits of reformation ( desired by God ) , or because it holds some particular horror for England which the English will deserve unless they do something about it .
21 I feel a dead lump inside me , a parcel of old and tired meat ; I run to destroy it , to spare it the misery of what will come , I run out of mercy , to quicken its demise .
22 I used to call it the back of actually .
23 HORATIO : Not from his mouth , had it the ability of life to thank you : He never gave commandment for their death .
24 ‘ Is it the thought of losing Susie that makes you desperate ? ’
25 If she met an alien in Wandsworth High Street , she 'd be telling it the way to the supermarket and offering it free babysitting before you could say ‘ flying saucer ’ .
26 Well do it , do it the way on your fingers .
27 You could have called it the year of their persecution :
28 Cos we went to Winterlarken the year before last , was it the year before last ?
29 Unlike the proceedings of the general council twelve years before , these were the meetings of a debating society , not a struggle for power to control the army and through it the government of the country .
30 Of course , if you think about it the consequences of that is these guys die and when they die , those wives that they married as young girls are now middle-aged women or possibly younger , anyway past their youth , but th th they , they may not be .
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