Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hong Kong seems reluctant to take the pressure off China by letting the deadline slip unless it agrees to talks . |
| 2 | It veers from pieces that sound stilted and scripted to free-form passages when the Jamesons hold what they consider to be a conversation . |
| 3 | The success experienced among the eastern Angles with the conversion of Eorpwald may have been due in part at least to the influence of older patterns established by missionaries in the time of Raedwald , but nevertheless it testifies to Eadwine 's real influence in the East Anglian area at this time . |
| 4 | The book contains chapters such as ‘ Playing a round with nature ’ ( presumably it plays off scratch ) , as well as a roll call of courses which have worked with the environment in their design and management , namely Royal Troon , Royal St. David 's ( in Harlech ) , Tenby , Lindrick ( in South Yorkshire ) , Gleneagles ( which provides a habitat for , amongst others , kestrels , partridges , pheasants and roe deer ) , Luffenham Heath , Sundridge Park , Royal Birkdale , Woodhall Spa and Western Gailes . |
| 5 | It plays with Godard 's Une Femme est une Femme , made the following year , both graceful and romantic tributes to the MGM musical comedy , and to their vibrant stars , Anouk Amiee and Anna Karina . |
| 6 | It plays with Godard 's Une Femme est une Femme , made the following year , both graceful and romantic tributes to the MGM musical comedy , and to their vibrant stars , Anouk Amiee and Anna Karina . |
| 7 | It plays with dolls but can not get interested . |
| 8 | Both as social models and as models of narrative functioning , structuralist theories have gained wide currency within the institutional framework that determines how literature is read and the role it plays in society . |
| 9 | However , it remains to be seen how the class struggle , and the part it plays in history , are to be analysed . |
| 10 | In particular , they point out that the phenomenon of monitoring can not be confined within the restricted role it plays in Monitor theory : |
| 11 | One does n't have to be a reader of Shakespeare to know that there are many enduring human characteristics , but when it comes to work , and the part it plays in individuals ' lives , what they bring to it , and their expectations of it , one sees an enormous rate of change . |
| 12 | IT launches on Hallowe'en and encompasses Guy Fawkes night . |
| 13 | It equips for battle |
| 14 | it differs in direction and speed from the true wind experienced when standing still . |
| 15 | Mainstream elitism is now represented by writers such as Keller and Aron , as we discussed earlier ; this refers mainly to the interactions and functions of ruling and strategic elites , and though it differs in emphasis from earlier writings , these writers appear to have normative assumptions not radically removed from those of the classical elite theorists . |
| 16 | It is therefore part of the mix of benefits a company offers its customers , although it differs in essence since the initial objective is to minimise its necessity . |
| 17 | One final point to be remembered about contributory negligence is that it differs in effect from a finding of negligence . |
| 18 | It differs from Ophiotoma in having one distinct tentacle scale , only 3 as opposed to 4–5 arm spines the proximal arm spines are transformed into hooks , the ventral arm plates are more rounded and pentagonal , and are contiguous at least proximally . |
| 19 | How it differs from Liphook , however , is that the head teacher is wise enough to understand that all children are individuals and what works for one may not work so well for another . |
| 20 | Functionalism as we shall understand it differs from causalism , first , in not restricting the relata in question to two categories : external input or stimuli and external output or behaviour . |
| 21 | It differs from systems such as HARPY in that the search space is fully 3-dimensional , graphs of words and phrases being produced on top of a graph of phoneme hypotheses . |
| 22 | Delay occurs when the operator is doing nothing — usually waiting for a machine to complete a sub-task — it differs from storage where there has been a particular decision to put something aside . |
| 23 | It differs from BSL in the same way as Gaelic differs from English . |
| 24 | But it differs from Hanson in its attachment to fancier activities , where men in white coats are essential . |
| 25 | While British Standards ( BSi ) sets minimum requirements for the number of facilities for men and women , the provision of public lavatories is the responsibility of local authorities , so it differs from area to area . |
| 26 | There may well be an element of compulsion involved in civil disobedience , but it differs from coercion in that it is aimed at securing mutual co-operation and understanding in accordance with a dialectical quest for truth . |
| 27 | If " father " today means for many people a non-existent person , a drunkard , someone unkind or hateful , or if it denotes for others an exclusion of women , then it needs to be appropriately translated in different terms . |
| 28 | At Force Mills , follow the road leading up to Satterthwaite , keep on it as it crosses over Grizedale Beck . |
| 29 | In tennis he will ask his students to call out their estimate of the height of the ball above the net as it crosses from side to side , or he will ask them to shout ‘ Bounce ’ each time the ball bounces and ‘ Hit ’ each time it is hit , giving Self 2 a chance to show what a fluent player he really is . |
| 30 | Look mum all mushy it turns into cream . |