Example sentences of "[coord] the [noun] it [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can even be afraid of fear itself or the chaos it brings to our inner world . |
| 2 | However , the company ran at a net loss of $28.7m as opposed to the $2.7m in profit it got in 1990 or the $4.2m it tallied in 1989 . |
| 3 | The cost of recruitment should not be underestimated nor the time it takes from the decision to recruit to the new staff member joining . |
| 4 | The harshness of the new poor law of 1830 , and the fears it instilled in the minds of the working class , can scarcely be comprehended by the " poor " of the present times . |
| 5 | Any country that wants to develop its industrial and agricultural production and the services it provides to its people must develop education in science and technology . |
| 6 | Er the erm the environmental health check I think he did discuss it at fantastic length , the question of our public lavatories an an and the savings that can be made and the judgement it came to in the end was a , was a very one I think on the outlook against of what you can reasonably do , erm nevertheless I do gather that erm erm it is no longer necessary under standing orders , for erm amendments to the budget to be self financing because you can move amendments to simply increase the budget and er the amendment that I reserve I suppose , it 's not very much . |
| 7 | Physics is interesting in having connotations of both : as a physical science , its discoveries ( and the skills it gives to its graduates ) have obvious uses for industry ; while its status as a ‘ pure ’ rather than an ‘ applied ’ science gives it the appearance of being removed from the uses to which it may be put . |
| 8 | It is easy to blame the pressure of daily life and the stress it causes for the fact that we do not feel as well as we should like — and , indeed , in many cases an excess of stress and tension may be the cause . |
| 9 | Steve Chettle , Cleveland Arts visual arts officer , said : ‘ He brings a new insight about the river and the way it relates to Cleveland . ’ |
| 10 | The nature of the uncertainty present and the way it changes over time therefore becomes the focus of the framework shown in Figure 1 . |
| 11 | He liked the smell of her shampoo and the way it foamed into a soft white froth between his fingers . |
| 12 | The text is clear and readable , both in terms of subject matter and the way it lies on the page , and the six page bibliography is a delight . |
| 13 | Even so , we are taking the first steps in a long journey towards an understanding of the body clock and the way it adjusts to our environment . |
| 14 | ‘ I now feel , after a year and a half on BP 's board , that I know enough about the company and the way it works to be able to make judgements about its style of management . |
| 15 | Our present party system and the way it works in elections has passed from being nearly useless to being pretty dangerous . |
| 16 | The word wilderness is not quite right because of its Biblical connotations and the way it appears in Renaissance paintings . |
| 17 | I would also nominate William Trevor , who is comparison a miniaturist with a Dostoevskian eye for the odd little incident , the world of the irrational and the way it impinges on ordinary life . ’ |
| 18 | That the gulf existed was something she had known all along , so what she had overheard and the realisation it brought with it should n't be causing tears to prick behind her eyes as she opened the cupboard in the study that adjoined Faye and Bill 's bedroom , and got out the testing kit she had come for . |
| 19 | Grants fluctuated in reflection of the provision made and the support it attracted through enrolments . |
| 20 | Although I welcome the way in which my right hon. Friend has responded to pressure from those of us who are concerned about the future of the volunteers in the Territorial army and elsewhere , and I especially welcome his statement about the future of the Army Cadet Force and the support it receives from the reserves , what are his particular plans for the three reserve battalions of the Royal Anglians ? |
| 21 | In April 1873 W. H. Flower , subsequently to be in charge of the British Museum , Natural History , in South Kensington , lectured on palaeontology and the support it gives to evolutionary theory . |
| 22 | As Street on Torts puts it , the basis of this authority and the defence it affords to torts such as false imprisonment ‘ is the need to maintain order in the particular organisation responsible for the training of the child ’ ; parental wishes would merely be factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a punishment was reasonable . |
| 23 | But the scale of the tragedy exposed by Michael Buerk and his BBC camera crew , and the response it provoked in the no-bullshit , energetic , passionately caring rock musician Bob Geldof meant that old-world attitudes towards the plight of helpless peoples have been given the biggest jolt since the anti-slavery campaigns of the nineteenth century . |
| 24 | Its ability to trap dust , the ease with which stale and fresh foam can be kept separate without mutual diffusion , and the barriers it offers to the spread of flame or explosion , are all points in its favour . |
| 25 | Thus the death of Catherine I of Russia in 1727 and the changes it produced in Russian policy in the Baltic brought about a reconciliation with Britain after a long period of antagonism ; the death in 1762 of the Empress Elizabeth meant Russia 's immediate withdrawal from the Seven Years War ; and the accession to the throne of Frederick II was an essential preliminary to the Prussian attack on Silesia in 1740 . |
| 26 | Rush 's paper in March 1836 to the Veterinary Medical Society on The Blood Circulation in the Foetus and Adult , and the changes it undergoes during Respiration was challenged by Vines as an unacknowledged copy of his own work . |
| 27 | ‘ The sunrise was as the opening of the gates of heaven itself and the glow it threw on the western hills transfigured the whole landscape for half an hour . |
| 28 | ‘ The sunlight was as the opening of the gates of heaven itself and the glow it threw on the western hills transfigured the whole landscape for half an hour . |
| 29 | But even before the last two matches the England management would have been reasonably content with the tour and the evidence it offered for the future development of England rugby . |
| 30 | His ring sparkled on her finger , lit by the flames of a fire in the grate ; Paul had the fancy that she turned her fingers deliberately , enjoying the ring 's brilliance and the evidence it gave of prosperity and caste . |