Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [prep] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the next Rushdie has his book put to the torch , incitement to violence over a book , whether for or against it , should be treated as a criminal offence . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's why we have n't adopted a position of being wholly for or against it . |
| 3 | By doing this , we separate off everything which counts for or against it in virtue of its effects , or alternatively , its contribution to the formation of certain wholes . |
| 4 | A weakly verifiable statement is not itself strongly verifiable , but is confirmable or disconfirmable by appeal to other statements which are conclusively verifiable ; that is , strongly verifiable statements can count as evidence for or against it . |
| 5 | There are always going to be people who will come out strongly for or against it . |
| 6 | So you can use them for because of because of it 's cos you can draw it out you can make wires out of it . |
| 7 | Politicians argue for and against it : Should we have polls just before elections ? |
| 8 | Chapter 1 has already made reference to the dominance of this approach in the USA , and Chapter 8 will consider some of the arguments for and against it . |
| 9 | During this essay I shall try to reach a balanced judgement on the subject of military spending by showing the arguments for and against it . |
| 10 | What 's the nature of this challenge ? erm what 's the evidence for and against it ? |
| 11 | This research proposal is designed to look at how this Inquiry fits into an evolutionary model of the development of the public inquiry as a democratic and political device for analysing information and ensuring that legal interests are safeguarded , what views the various participants have of the Inquiry before , during and after it occurs , and how the Inquiry as a process handles the arguments raised by its terms of reference , from the viewpoints of fairness , fullness , thoroughness and public legitimacy . |
| 12 | However , the earthly role of the community , be it protestant or catholic , is not seen as secondary to the religious message , but as either in continuity with or against it . |
| 13 | The best new image in the world can have its meaning altered by adding a different text in or around it . |
| 14 | But his eyes were still fixed on the little bed , trying to make out any movement in or upon it . |
| 15 | The Italian campaign was to come to naught , but in a number of English speaking jurisdictions , reform proposals along very similar lines were implemented before and after it . |
| 16 | Beneath and down-wind of the ash cloud there is a steady rain of fine ash particles , sometimes falling so thickly that a dark curtain appears to be hanging beneath the cloud , while in and around it electrical storms rage , with lightning flickering frequently , so that the whole effect is much more dramatic than even the most ominous of thunderclouds . |
| 17 | The American researchers find that planners can improve the noise reduction of an earth mound ( around 15 decibels ) by up to 5 decibels by planting trees on or around it . |
| 18 | social life over and above it , as a sort of relax , you know , |
| 19 | Few of the folk pass beyond the outer court of the temple , though all must travel among the highway of life 's pilgrimage which runs up to and beyond it . |
| 20 | If you like hanging out washing rather than drying it in the bowels of an expensive machine , you will need to tuck away a line and make a dry path to get to and from it . |
| 21 | Most of the fish in the loch originally arrived from the sea and many still migrate to and from it . |
| 22 | The new factory nearby is not keeping to the noise levels originally agreed , and heavy traffic continues to and from it late into the night . |
| 23 | On and on it dragged . |
| 24 | On and on it went . |
| 25 | On and on it goes and goes on still . |
| 26 | On and on it runs , ranging from staccato to legato , and becoming fortissimo when anybody is about to leave the house . |
| 27 | On and on it went . |
| 28 | On and on it flowed past her , indifferent to her and her suitcase . |
| 29 | Talk at or across it , do n't move about too much or turn away from it . |