Example sentences of "[prep] it are [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , Hart is highly critical of Devlin 's identification of society with its shared morality and he further accuses Devlin of conceiving of morality as a ‘ seamless web ’ , so that those who deviate from one part of it are almost bound to deviate from the whole . |
| 2 | Though his list and its implications have been largely ignored by writers on the Muftilik , apart from a passing nod from Mustakimzade , his view was adopted directly , indirectly or independently by Hezarfen , d'Ohsson and Hammer , and echoes of it are occasionally found in other authors . |
| 3 | The meaning of ‘ privatisation ’ and arguments put forward in favour of it are then considered . |
| 4 | ‘ Though the mechanics of it are so arranged so that on every odd hour the water plays and the fountain dances in snatches of classical music . ’ |
| 5 | postmodernism 's self-reflexiveness can be defended , even on the grounds of responsibility upon which dismissals of it are usually based . |
| 6 | The ideas behind it are partly derived from Hartley 's chapter on The Pleasures and Pains of the Imagination , which explained that — ‘ the grandeur of some [ natural ] scenes , and the novelty of others , by exciting surprise and wonder [ makes ] a great difference in the preceding and subsequent states of mind ’ ; he also contrasted ‘ the offensiveness , dangers , and corruption of populous cities , and the health , tranquillity and innocence which the actual view , or mental contemplation , of rural scenes introduces ’ . |
| 7 | The event and the feeling associated with it are inseparably locked together in the brain . |
| 8 | Yet each of these monotheistic faiths developed its own distinctive mysticism , which was instinctively recognised by the establishment as an authentic — even an honoured — spirituality , though relations with it are sometimes strained . |
| 9 | Marketing is by its nature an expansionist , aggressive activity and those concerned with it are constantly seeking to improve their performance by increasing the scale and selectivity of their approaches . |
| 10 | The change will need careful management to ensure that the major gains for patients that will come from it are properly realised . |
| 11 | The definition of a problem , its source and the ‘ needs , that arise from it are frequently established by professionals at an early stage and as we see here the parents , because they lack information and power , may find it very difficult to challenge such assumptions . |
| 12 | It is important that that 's understood , and the sorts of issues arising from it are also understood . |
| 13 | The steering file and the modules listed within it are then verified to ensure that : |
| 14 | We may say that a criterion of legal validity or source of law is supreme if rules identified by reference to it are still recognized as rules of the system , even if they conflict with rules identified by reference to the other criteria , whereas rules identified by reference to the latter are not so recognized if they conflict with the rules identified by reference to the supreme criterion . |
| 15 | Besides , as BR executives cogently argue , the quality of the track and the services that run on it are increasingly linked . |
| 16 | In his discussion of the problem in ‘ Mourning and Melancholia ’ Freud offers the initial hypothesis that mania is to be understood as a state in which the ego appears to have got over its loss of the object with the consequence that the instinctual drives previously fixated on it are now liberated — giving rise to the boundless energy and enthusiasm of the manic condition . |
| 17 | There is concern about the law in this area and I believe that the arguments on it are finely balanced . |
| 18 | Typical of these is the Invective against France which survives in several manuscripts : it depicts the French as effeminate , combining the characteristics of the lynx , viper and wolf ; King Philip 's fraudulent claims to the French throne and his unworthiness for it are elaborately exposed with biblical and legal references ; by contrast Edward 's victories , secured by his virtuousness , serve only to prove that God was on his side . |
| 19 | The railway and the many stories about it are usually mentioned in guidebooks as being one of the local points of interest . |