Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] it [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is illegal to import it , send it through the post or display it to the general public . |
| 2 | He seemed more likely to blow a kiss than to throw a punch ; to be at a dinner-table than to be down in the dives ; to be rubbing shoulders than to be shoving or sticking it to the comfortable ( I almost said to the bourgeoisie . ) |
| 3 | If you try to make life complicated for yourself by using the wrong tool or handling it in an inappropriate fashion then the result is solely your responsibility . |
| 4 | I would be inclined to house the mower elsewhere , or replace it with an electric one . |
| 5 | Half bury the log or timber in soil in a part of the garden where it will stay damp , or put it on a shaded window-sill in a plastic container ( ice-cream carton ) . |
| 6 | Or put it in a left-luggage compartment somewhere . ’ |
| 7 | This includes activities undertaken by individuals to prevent disease or to detect it in an asymptomatic state . |
| 8 | It is difficult to speak of popular religion or to define it in a satisfactory way , because it included an amalgam of magic and superstition , belief and doubt , the pagan and the Christian . |
| 9 | Post a notice as large as is allowed , with coloured lettering , or mount it on a jazzy or tartan paper . |
| 10 | Position it in the centre of the mantelpiece , stand it on a shelf on its own , shine a spotlight on to it , or hang it on an empty wall where it will attract attention . |
| 11 | The holder can not cash the cheque , but only pay it in to a bank account , or savings bank , or assign it to a third party . |
| 12 | The defendant supplied the product otherwise than in the course of a business and the defendant did not produce it ( or own-brand it or import it into the European Community ) with a view to profit . |
| 13 | The likeliest sources of error would be to underestimate ganglion cell density in the central retina , or overestimate it in the peripheral retina , in the standard distribution function . |
| 14 | In any event the presumption is rebuttable and will be fairly easily rebutted where a developer needs to retain ownership of the road in order to build it or to dedicate it as a public highway . |
| 15 | Diluting it and mixing in it into slurry lagoons or spreading it at a low rate on grassland was a method used in the past , but even that may not be possible now . |
| 16 | For large tensile specimens most test machines use swivelling or gimbal grip mountings to avoid such effects of non-axiality , but when small specimens are used , of a few millimetres in cross-section as is common with polymer tests , axiality may become more difficult to achieve because the mass of the swivelling grip requires considerable stress to rotate or move it into the axial position . |
| 17 | Advance comprises five distinct components and a firm has the option either to mix and match certain elements or to use it as a complete package , thereby effectively outsourcing all of its software functions . |
| 18 | The seller must be someone who is hiring the vehicle under a hire purchase agreement or buying it under a conditional sale agreement . |
| 19 | To refer the case back to the same solicitor who has reported that the case can not now be won , or refer it to a different lawyer ? |
| 20 | Even without the element of uncertainty , however , potential plaintiffs may be reluctant to inflict on the company the disruption that an action against a director can involve , or expose it to the unfavourable publicity that might result from airing its difficulties in public . |
| 21 | The suffering which inevitably follows shall be deemed to be of no consequence , because physical evolution itself disregards suffering , or regards it as an essential part of the process . |
| 22 | The suffering which inevitably follows shall be deemed to be of no consequence , because physical evolution itself disregards suffering , or regards it as an essential part of the process . |
| 23 | Ms. Quant confided to delegates that she often jollied Plunkett ( her husband , entrepreneur Alexander Plunkett-Green ) into helping her dye her pubic hair some fantasy shade , or to trim it to a neat heart shape . |
| 24 | After use , you can either throw the used head away , or clean it in the usual way . |
| 25 | Two alternatives are possible , either to sell the machine now for £4,200 or use it in a new project that is currently under evaluation . |
| 26 | are the relatively simple techniques relating to the facts about costs and outputs — numbers of staff , numbers of applications dealt with capable of being developed to deal with far more complex questions about outcomes : what did this activity actually achieve , in terms of modernizing British industry … improving the nation 's health , or educating it for the 21st century ? |
| 27 | Within a few months of its publication the government had launched a huge inquiry into pensions which was to produce a series of changes — including the right of employees changing jobs to either take a pension with them , or leave it with the previous employer and have it uprated in line with the retail price index up to a maximum of 5 per cent . |
| 28 | burning pet waste , or placing it in a sealed bag in a suitable container . |
| 29 | It was stated that authorities on the Japanese constitution did not see difficulty in fitting security provisions into a treaty or placing it in a discrete American-Japanese treaty . |
| 30 | If so are you going to use one of the commercial companies or do it through the government-backed Export Credits Guarantee Department ? |