Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [noun sg] [conj] it " in BNC.

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1 He was reviled as a so-called atheist but otherwise his thought received little attention , only becoming a main force in philosophy when it was rediscovered by German philosophers in the nineteenth century .
2 All this makes television an exciting and immense force in society and it is approached with dogged zeal by those ambitious for money and fame .
3 Fred Sharpe is beginning to regret the decision to buy this ingredient in advance as it will deteriorate in store and may become dangerous before the end of the budget period .
4 defendant in belief that it was necessary to enter an appearance before a payment into court could be made was not estopped when he sought to have the case dismissed for want of prosecution on discovering that the writ had not9 been served .
5 Leave the compress in place until it has cooled to body temperature ; renew at intervals as required .
6 Secure them to the top of the cake in an open card position , holding the card in place until it feels sufficiently stable .
7 ‘ Nobody is against pedestrianisation in principle but it has been too harshly applied , ’ he said .
8 This means it can tolerate an actual break in supply because it will run for a time on the batteries .
9 But from the age of thirteen or fourteen , I knew I wanted to do research in physics because it was the most fundamental science .
10 Overtaking the car in front when it is not safe to do so and then cutting in front .
11 A discipline devoted to finding out the causes of crime in order that it may be stopped was , they pointed out , uncritically taking up an ideologically committed , conservative stance .
12 Grotesque in death as it had been , now putrefaction tinged the face a greenish hue .
13 This was open desert , and there was not a dune in sight and it was firm underfoot .
14 This is one of the reasons why we are saying to the government that they should consider what our competitor countries do , which is some form of temporary credit management ; some form of temporary credit controls to squeeze off this surge in demand before it really gets going and pushes inflation up again .
15 A new State is bound by the rules of customary international law in existence when it acquires Statehood .
16 Whether it be participation through music-making or through response to performance ( dance , other body-movement , shouts of enthusiasm , the social paraphernalia of shared fanship , and so on ) , the increased specialization of musical labour together with mass media distribution , which together deliver ‘ high-quality ’ professional products into our homes , render all such ‘ participation ’ anachronistic ; it becomes an exercise in self-deception since it is manipulated from above by the consumer industries , the fetishistic relation hidden beneath a mask of self-directed activity and ‘ spontaneity ’ .
17 It 's not such a high percentage in maths as it is Twelve and a half thousand early retirements in eighty nine .
18 Which is a bit different and I 'd like to see it , that 's just one of my things , but again when you 're in , going into retirement I think you 've got to think about this , I mean I went , nobody twisted my arm , I went into that situation and I 've enjoyed it for a great many years , but now I 'm thinking I 'd , before I , it 's too late I want to have a , a l a fling in autumn as it were .
19 ‘ So far everything that we 've done we 've done keeping in mind that it has to be played live .
20 contrast this with the case of cohen v shaw ( release 014 ) and a similar scottish case elliott v joicy ( 1935sc ( hl ) 57 ) both of which concerned a child in utero where it was decided that a child succeeds in a claim for injuries received .
21 Sarah had been surprised at Mrs Fitzgerald 's calmness but Anne told her that her mother and Maureen spent every possible moment in church and it seemed to comfort them .
22 Most obviously it means that the ‘ birds ’ sang at a previous moment in time but it could also mean the time of year , the time of the poet 's life , and most strikingly , it could be another word connected with death .
23 Gentlemanly distaste for ‘ trade ’ is as out of place in sport as it is in the Conservative Party of Mrs Thatcher .
24 I think that the Noble Lord er wi will know that his amendment in fact as it is wo n't work because it er appears to treat the British Transport Police as an area of England and Wales er which of course would be unsuitable , but I have no doubt at all that his main purpose of his amendment is to explore the questions about the powers and jurisdiction of members of the British Transport Police which of course he did as usual most effectively .
25 Progress work may not be the most exciting job in advertising but it is a highly responsible and essential one .
26 To do that , it assesses the difference in intensity of the sound in each ear and the infinitesimal difference in time that it takes to reach one ear before the other .
27 Yeah I , I do n't think he 's making it that , that much worse than it is , I think it is still quite bad at this point in time but it 's you know , since revolution yes the landlords still hold
28 Do you feel at this point in time that it 's all been worth it ?
29 One can tell whether a profit has been made in the period in question but it is necessary to have the results of several years trading , ideally together with several years forecasts , to form a judgement on the operating conditions , that is whether results are improving , stable or deteriorating .
30 One can tell whether a profit has been made in the period in question but it is necessary to have the results of several years trading , ideally together with several years forecasts , to form a judgement on the operating conditions , that is whether results are improving , stable or deteriorating .
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