Example sentences of "of it [prep] [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't sort of think of it as art going in the other direction . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , government-funded research now runs into several millions of pounds a year , most of it for matters related to social policy . |
| 3 | Regrettably this manuscript has been lost within the British Library for the last twenty years , and studies of it at present have to be based on photographic records . |
| 4 | I have seen huge clumps of it on roadside bands in Greece , the deeply divided , dark green leaves bristling with formidable spines , a most fearsome spectacle , and easily recreated in a warm , sunny , well-drained spot in the garden . |
| 5 | For example I often paint an area with retouching varnish mixed with pigment as a glaze , then I absorb much of it with newspaper dabbed onto the canvas . |
| 6 | Westborough , Massachusetts-based Proteon Inc puts the need to fire 15% of its workforce — and the consequent $2.7m loss for the quarter to April 3 ( CI No 2,156 ) down to the fact that — in common with most other manufacturers in its area — is now doing little of its own manufacturing but sub-contracts most of it in order to benefit from application of the latest techniques in areas such as surface mounting . |
| 7 | Although it will probably never be a picture postcard village , during the last two or three years some farmers have started to replace the hedges that were removed a generation ago , and to plant trees , so perhaps in years to come the parish will again look something like the pictures of it in days gone by , less bleak and windswept than it does today . |