Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] it [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only rigour in Hennigian cladistics is produced by the straitjacket of assumptions that Hennig has fastened on himself and his version of the subject , which effectively separates it from having anything to do with evolution . |
| 2 | Thus it is often erroneously supposed that a provision of the Convention which merely prevents it from displacing or affecting a particular legal right thereby effectuates that right , whereas in truth the sole consequence of the provision is to leave the matter to be determined under the applicable national law . |
| 3 | She normally does it with washing machines . |
| 4 | When you unbind it it just stops it from joining all the bits together . |
| 5 | This legislation , far from doing anything to alleviate this , further compounds it by enshrining it in legislation . |
| 6 | Fgf-4 RNA is localized to the posterior half of the AER , and the affinity of FGF-4 protein for extracellular matrix components presumably prevents it from diffusing very far from the cells that secrete it . |
| 7 | It 's an exciting country with an Eastern quality that really makes it worth seeing . |
| 8 | The great length of wing which this bird possesses , admirably adapts it for inhabiting such a country as the far interior is generally imagined to be … ’ |
| 9 | He won MVP awards — Most Valuable Player , ’ he explained to Perdita , ‘ all summer , then blows it by testing positive for drugs the day before the US Open . |
| 10 | We have a duty , as the authority that extracts money from the taxpayer and then spends it on buying services for the taxpayer , to ensure that every pound we spend on the taxpayers ' behalf buys as much as it possibly can . |
| 11 | The gaucho slips a rug under the door , ejects the key and then recovers it by hauling the rug towards him . |
| 12 | A person ‘ publishes ’ an article when he sells it , or otherwise distributes it by giving it away , letting it on hire or lending it . |