Example sentences of "in the [noun sg] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Debt earns interest just as easily in the West as it does in the Third World . |
| 2 | And Iran is as unpopular in the West as it has ever been . |
| 3 | It is possibly true , and though the challenges presented to the Western bishops on the nature of the Church ( Donatism ) and about grace and free will ( Pelagianism ) were serious enough , theological debate rarely seems to have aroused the same passions in the West as it did in the East . |
| 4 | Try to imagine , if you will , the ferocity of the reaction in the West if it had been Saddam Hussein who had poured napalm down on Kurdish villages three weeks ago ! |
| 5 | Its shares shot up 10 p.c last week and the company , Portugal 's largest quoted stock , is hoping to ride the tide of interest in the escudo when it launches a sale of shares and convertible bonds later this month to raise $300m of new capital . |
| 6 | Football has not played as great a part in the company as it has in previous years . |
| 7 | Or in the case whether it changes or not , are not printed . |
| 8 | Now the beer is ready for the final stage in the brewery before it leaves for the pub cellar . |
| 9 | ‘ We do n't want to be caught up in the rush when it comes . ’ |
| 10 | Evaluation such as that carried out in Example F is likely to misrepresent what has been achieved in the teaching unless it takes into account pupils ' initial performances and the relative difficulty of what they are learning . |
| 11 | He had no time to stand about in the theatre if it did not deliver . |
| 12 | And it just goes on keeps going on another night another nightmare and then back to the interview room again and the tape machine again and more questions about Stromefirry-nofirry and Jersey and flights and that 's when they tell me about the other one that 's when they say oh by the way your best friend Andy is dead blown up in the hotel when it burned down ; probably beaten to death first head stoved in but of course you probably know all that because you did that too , did n't you ? |
| 13 | Through the window Dexter saw the silver arrow of a jet flare in the sun as it turned to make its descent to Heathrow . |
| 14 | 1 Sift the flour and salt into a bowl and rub in the fat until it resembles fine breadcrumbs . |
| 15 | but she certainly was sixpence short in the shilling when it came to dress-sense . |
| 16 | Mr Smith said that Tendring was probably going to be harder hit by the VAT introduction than other place in the country because it had such a very high proportion of elderly people . |
| 17 | Buxton 's strength was his sense of conscience on behalf of distant slaves but it was also a weakness from the perspective of militants in the country because it resisted dictation from collective antislavery opinion . |
| 18 | All I can remember is an object hitting me in the head as it came through the window and glass shattering everywhere . |
| 19 | Kubrick was also responsible for casting Jean Simmons in the film when it became apparent that the actress originally chosen was inadequate . |
| 20 | This will lessen the sudden jolt in the rig as it falls away when the front hand F is released |
| 21 | Rather than merely assert that what we desire is already reality , therefore , I would argue that our job is to discuss the contradictions and possibilities in the law as it has developed historically , as part of and in response to political and economic struggles . |
| 22 | Thirdly , it can be argued that the discretion creates unacceptable uncertainty and unpredictability in the law because it allows a person to be refused relief on unexpected and ill-defined grounds . |
| 23 | The loose rocks were carried away in the ice as it slipped downhill into the valleys . |
| 24 | Tapped on the door , it was the last It was a cul-de-sac we found Lilac Avenue , number twenty five , It was the last one i the c in the cul-de-sac as it happened , number twenty five . |
| 25 | ‘ Inmates want to work in the kitchen because it means they can be out of their cells for most of the day and can have a bit of extra food , ’ he says . |
| 26 | Fox looked at the flat picture , memorising it , in the minute before it ashed unspectacularly to unremarkable dust . |
| 27 | Hon. Members should be aware of the widespread feeling among all the agencies that deal with asylum seekers and refugees that there are no merits in the Bill as it stands . |
| 28 | Her home number was not listed in the directory so it had to be the stage door . |
| 29 | The short answer to that earnest question could be the Sunday Times itself , which — lest we forget — was in the vanguard when it came to boos and hisses . |
| 30 | BOC ( industrial gases , health care , vacum and distribution ) has longbeen in the vanguard when it comes to introducing new accounting policies . |