Example sentences of "it [prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new Black Basalt developed by Wedgwood was fine-grained , smooth , and richer in hue , and he used it for relief plaques , busts , medallions and cameos , as well as ‘ useful wares ’ for table and fine vases . |
| 2 | In fact , research in North America and Europe has shown that many buyers never actually use their own timeshare accommodation themselves but do use it for exchange purposes : this kind of owner normally buys a timeshare unit close to his own main residence . |
| 3 | ‘ Brendan designed it for hop pellets but I only use whole hops . ’ |
| 4 | This moped is called the misty , and in China it 's very popular with women , who often use it for shopping trips . |
| 5 | In 1911–12 Major Morrison-Bell MP constructed a model to demonstrate these disparities of distribution and had toured the country with it for propaganda purposes ; the obvious over-representation of Ireland was especially useful to a Unionist party that wished to claim that Redmond was holding the Empire to ransom . |
| 6 | Use it for newspaper clippings and to announce new additions , local Practice Directions and lists of the timetable for judges sitting locally . |
| 7 | PA Consulting , which prepared the secret report on Warren Spring 's future , has also competed against it for government contracts . |
| 8 | A heart has just become available for transplant , with a patient waiting for it , so they want to hold blood for that , and for the weekend , when they 're more likely to need it for trauma cases . |
| 9 | Porter International is adapting it for power plants , inland waterway structures , any place which is exposed to raw water , where plant or animal life can choke up intakes or block piping . |
| 10 | As far as the , the cottage er was concerned , the information about that erm the answer was oh well you know I do n't make any money out of it erm you , you asked about whether it , whether it was erm whether it was making money but you di you did n't actually ask , bearing in mind that , that , that Maggie had already said she paid tax , whether she actually de declared it for tax purposes and what , what sort , what sort of figure it showed . |
| 11 | I think , I think I would , having moved the recommendation would seek to clarify what we 're asking the Government to reconsider , erm , because we 're not saying what they should come up with as a new policy , but I think we could add the words , for capital investment , at the end of the motion , recognising that at one level of government , central government it has been the practice in the past , er when they had some capital they could sell in the form of British Telecom shares and er , indeed other nationalised industries , er not to use the er the results erm , er release this realised by that capital disposal for capital investment , instead to use it for revenue purposes , which was in the long term somewhat unfortunate . |
| 12 | The purchaser of a completed development , for example a factory , who intends to use the development for his or her own trade purposes or lease it to a person using it for trade purposes may be able to claim capital allowances . |
| 13 | Other than using it for business purposes , there are no restrictions — except , of course , that you must not overstep your borrowing limit . |
| 14 | Called after the man who invented it for research purposes . |
| 15 | What is it about vacuum flasks that makes every drink taste like there 's a chunk of dead mouse at the bottom ? |
| 16 | Some of them think of it as shock tactics . |
| 17 | might not be one of the question in it as tag questions could be |
| 18 | Agency care is not a permanent solution and it as agency carers can never be as good as two or three permanent staff . |
| 19 | ‘ But there was nothing wrong with it , apart from the colour , so we decided to cut it up and sell it as skirt lengths . ’ |
| 20 | And I will read it as farm tenants of Leicestershire county council we wish to retain the freedom to make the decision ourselves as to whether fox hunting with hounds takes place on our land . |
| 21 | INDEPENDENT Television News yesterday announced the appointment of American investment bank Lehman Brothers to guide it through ownership changes envisaged in the 1990 Broadcasting Act . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ If for reasons beyond your control the profit potential of the capital resources can not match their apparent value there is a good chance that that value will diminish , be it through capital taxes , excessive borrowing or revaluation to realistic levels . |
| 23 | In addition I explained to her that , having found the original event and looked at it through adult eyes , there was no danger that she would put an end to one problem only to replace it with another , as might have happened if we had not investigated its origins . |
| 24 | It is always wise to have a source of money close at hand for emergencies , but not wise to keep much in the house , or to rely on a neighbourhood bank if you will not be near it during banking hours . |
| 25 | ‘ We have slept together a few times , ’ she said , ‘ but we 've never done it during school hours . |
| 26 | It is now , however , less abundant in intensively farmed countryside because herbicides have robbed it of weed seeds to eat , and the old farm buildings and ancient hollow trees where it nested have frequently disappeared . |
| 27 | The first wall had a stile in it of stone slabs set like a crude staircase at intervals into the sides , rough with golden lichen . |
| 28 | Exploitation of the region first depleted it of fur seals and whales ; now the same fate threatens fish and krill . |
| 29 | What do , what do you actually do in your office , is it like telephone duties or typing or what ? |
| 30 | A lot of people thought of Maureen 's house as ‘ the bird hospital ’ , but in fact the garden was like a street of birds , with cages and aviaries stacked along either side of it like tower blocks . |