Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [subord] it [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet Brazil is fully capable of producing imaginative children 's programmes when it wants to . |
| 2 | Although most of us do n't have the time or the inclination to record what tickles a particular customer 's fancy when it comes to paying , it does nevertheless pay off to make that extra effort and note what it is that works — particularly with large customers . |
| 3 | And , the most perplexing puzzle of all , just what is the phenomenal nature of the kingfisher 's experience as it gazes into the water ? |
| 4 | I 'm not a fifth-former , or everybody 's muggins when it comes to sorting out their Drama Practical , or an ace swimmer lately deteriorated , or a lapsed flute-player . |
| 5 | A flinch of recognition flits across women 's eyes when it comes to men and money . |
| 6 | Contamination of water which is noticeable raises the field officer 's anxiety because it indicates to the untutored that all is not well . |
| 7 | This is what we should be working towards when work is being shared : creating a desire to see other people 's work because it matters within the drama ; because everybody 's work affects everybody else 's in some way . |
| 8 | The exploration of what each part of the body can express in isolation and then in co-ordination with the rest is possibly the most important aspect of a choreographer 's work if it seeks to be modern in spirit and technique . |
| 9 | This is a case in which we distinguish between a person 's body as it appears to that person , and as it appears to others . |
| 10 | But from his identifying a person 's body as it appears to that person with that person 's ‘ introspected self ’ , it would seem that Mace can not mean what is ordinarily meant by the former phrase . |
| 11 | The chapter on pain assessment , for example , concentrates mainly on the physical aspects of care , detailing much of the doctor 's role as it exists in this country , and only one page is given to health assessment — arguably the most important area for nurses in the UK . |
| 12 | The Church of England 's authorities need to be careful lest in their desire to maintain ‘ ethos ’ and ‘ style ’ they miss completely the breath of the Holy Spirit 's life as it blows past them . |
| 13 | For the Christian this will mean entering into a dialogue with God 's word as it touches on issues requiring change , which we shall be investigating later . |
| 14 | But the artistic world is London Underground 's oyster when it comes to the fine art posters which , since the scheme started in 1986 , have been scattered amongst less erudite advertisements on station walls . |
| 15 | He 's top of the A&R man 's list when it comes to nursing young guitar bands through their first , tentative studio steps . |
| 16 | I 'm told those palaces are tighter than a young whore 's arse when it comes to security . ’ |
| 17 | This may be called the " ambulance effect " because its most familiar manifestation is the sudden drop in pitch of an ambulance 's siren as it speeds past the listener . |
| 18 | We are also able to detect the change in shape of the eye 's lens as it focuses on an object . |
| 19 | The goal of collecting naturalistic language data is , by definition , to capture a sample of the child 's language as it occurs under ordinary , everyday conditions . |
| 20 | The social world must be seen through the actors ' eyes because it depends on how they see it and it works in whatever way social capacities are exercised . |
| 21 | This particular skill of Tamburlaine 's is a recurrent theme from start to finish , and we first notice it when he is confronted by Theridamas. he realises that the odds are stacked high in Theridamas ' favour when it comes to the battle , and so he decides to appease Theridamas , and he uses his words as weapons . |
| 22 | It does n't fit with a newscasters ' tradition so it has to be tied down . |
| 23 | If it picks an insider or a retiree , then we will all be back to writing the company 's obituary in three months ' time so it has to be an outsider , and one name canvassed that should be crossed off the list at once is that of ‘ Neutron ’ Jack Welch , boss of General Electric Co — not because he does n't have the capability but because he does not have a background in the computer industry . |
| 24 | Particular backdrops were fashionable at different times ( and the furniture or background in an old photograph may tell us more about tastes and fashions in photographers ' studios than it does about furniture in homes ) . |