Example sentences of "of [noun sg] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | To see whether it is the high alcohol concentration or the possible lack of stimulants or their inability to act in the presence of high alcohol concentrations that is responsible for the absence of stimulatory action of whisky it would be interesting to study the effect of a simultaneous intragastric infusion of beer and whisky . |
| 2 | Stuart was very happy he 's gon na get a bottle of whisky it could n't of been a bottle of bacardi for me could it ! |
| 3 | From the freedom of play it seems to have in relation to my belly it must be in neutral . |
| 4 | In particular , in this type of assessment it is important not just to think in terms of incremental cash flows above those currently being received , but also to bear in mind what the problems will be if no investment is undertaken . |
| 5 | If she was well enough to formulate a view on the question - and at the present rate of progress it looked as if she might be — Elinor would take a dim view of the poisoning of Tibbles . |
| 6 | It is the biggest influx of support it has had . |
| 7 | It is becoming less popular now because of the lack of support it gives to the lower back , although it does give more buoyancy than other types . |
| 8 | In the US , this is provided by the usual media assumption that the Libyans are guilty — thus providing the Bush administration with the kind of support it needs in a desperate election campaign . |
| 9 | Although signatures can be added after the initial printing of the Motion ( and usually are ) , its impact is judged very much on the amount of support it receives on first printing . |
| 10 | So , whilst it is possible to identify some broad directions of change it remains difficult to decide the precise implications . |
| 11 | But nursing could be forgiven for thinking that life — and thus the amount of change it has to cope with — is getting a bit too hectic . |
| 12 | The unity of the theme is at stake , so that after a period of change it is inevitable that we return to our original discourse . |
| 13 | Given the legal complexities of Community Charge and the rate of change it is essential that there are senior managers at the higher Principal Officer grade who can be responsible for particular aspects of Council Tax as well as being responsible for an operational group . |
| 14 | After the series of treaties in 1854 – 58 which helped to launch her on a rapid and irreversible process of change it could even still be questioned whether full-scale diplomatic representation there was worth what it cost . |
| 15 | It burned all the top of his head and he hung a hot thing over the handle on the door - front door and so he put his hand on the handle and there was piece of skin it was all burned off |
| 16 | The Australian honey-guide is so fond of hair it will pluck it straight from a horse 's back or even a human 's head . |
| 17 | I look forward to the Masters , not only in the expectation of seeing fine golf in lovely surroundings , but for the message of hope it brings to my circulation . |
| 18 | In the early period of industrialisation it was the skilled ( craft ) workers who actually carried out the production task , and in the late period the skilled workers constructed and maintained the fully automated continuous-flow production process . |
| 19 | In the literature of duality it is the outcast or victim who has dealings with a double , and in the second of the two novels Charles Wychwood is an outcast whose condition copies that of Thomas Chatterton , who committed suicide in 1770 at the age of 17 , having invented a medieval monk , Rowley , and written poems for him . |
| 20 | ‘ And in that sort of story it 'd have to be their own fault . ’ |
| 21 | In the presence of malignancy it is known that different tissues can respond in different ways . |
| 22 | Then when he wanted it to go again he used to get the th the belt , the leather belt , and er sort of hook it on to the lower end of the cast iron pulley and follow it round until it went on . |
| 23 | If the Poltergeist can be driven out of the chamber by a Zone of Sanctuary it will flee , as its bounded area is the whole Tower . |
| 24 | In order to seal off the source of nutrition it is necessary for the activated lymphocytes to gather round the blood vessels once they have used up the local resources . |
| 25 | In the prophecy of Malachi it says , ‘ Suddenly the Lord whom you seek will come to his Temple ’ ( Malachi 3:1 ) . |
| 26 | Many commentators have noted the fact that the small plot of land may produce more per acre than the large , because of necessity it is cultivated more intensively ( see CEPAL review 1982 for example ) . |
| 27 | Of necessity it has meant that the development of the Institution 's syllabuses tends to reflect what is , rather than what will be . |
| 28 | We could start by complaining that this argument , as an inductive argument , is very weak , since of necessity it argues from a single instance . |
| 29 | So you can probably assume it is a function , but you should check what sort of function it is . |
| 30 | In our opinion , in all three cases , a promise made by A to B in consideration of B doing or promising to do something which he is already bound to do should be enforced by the law , provided that in other respects such as legality and compatibility with public policy it is free from objection ; thus a promise in return for an agreement by a police authority to give precisely the amount of protection it was by law bound to give and no more should be unenforceable as being against public policy . |