Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [subord] it [vb -s] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's the last thing to go through a fly 's mind when it hits the front of your car ? |
| 2 | There was coppa , made from the muscular part of the pig 's neck where it meets the shoulder , and prosciutto , Parma ham , which comes from the same part of the pig as English gammon , and is cured in specially air-cooled rooms up in the foothills of the Apennines above Parma . |
| 3 | The exception is of course that delivery to a carrier without the reservation of a right of disposal will terminate the seller 's lien whereas it marks the commencement of the ‘ course of transit . ’ |
| 4 | The ‘ whump ’ of Clement 's boot as it strikes the ball is as different a noise from an ordinary punter as Domingo is from Kylie . |
| 5 | Charges on income of a company which are not incurred wholly and exclusively for the purposes of its trade ( for example , interest payments by Newco while it is an investment company ) can not be carried forward against Newco 's profits once it becomes a trading company , so there is some significance in the timing of the hive-up from Target to Newco . |
| 6 | One possibility is that the complex wobbles of the Earth 's axis as it orbits the sun contrived to produce a peak of solar insolation — stronger than usual phases of heating by the sun — during the two times of accelerated meltwater runoff . |
| 7 | Being two yards long is not an immediately perceivable attribute of a rat 's tail since it requires a previous act of measuring in order to be known . |
| 8 | He makes a secret compact to betray the rearguard of Charlemagne 's army as it passes the Pyrenees , and then returns to Charlemagne 's court and arranges for Roland to lead the rearguard . |
| 9 | I am grateful for my right hon. Friend 's statement because it demonstrates the Government 's commitment to a better equipped fleet for the future , even though the fleet manpower is contracting , and because jobs will be provided in the Portsmouth travel-to-work area . |
| 10 | Sociologists are often attracted by Weber 's account because it gives an explanation for the distinct differences in life-chances between different strata in contemporary capitalism . |
| 11 | To question the ‘ real-ness ’ of the events reported , as Callaghan did , is to strain one 's credibility since it demands the viewing public to ignore or disregard media imagery . |
| 12 | S 40 provides that a charitable company must obtain the Commissioners ' consent before it makes a change in its objectives . |