Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun pl] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up to now the US airwaves have been free , but there are moves to license any new frequencies that become available to the highest bidder — some argue that television should go entirely by cable to free capacity for radio communications : the US Federal Communications Commission is supporting a bill in Congress to free 200MHz of government-controlled radio frequencies for commercial use , in part through auctions ; the National Association of Broadcasters said it would support the bill if broadcast frequencies were exempt from the auctions ; McCaw Cellular Communications Inc is also a supporter of the bill . |
| 2 | However the evidence suggests ( see pages 75–6 ) that it is more likely that this decision was reached at a later date , when the force of events made it seem imperative . |
| 3 | The capacity and speed of optoelectronics make it an ideal means for simplifying switching and routing with optical networking a possibility for perhaps 10 years time — a prospect that researchers from University College are currently co-researching with British Telecommunications Plc in Harlow . |
| 4 | I compared myself to a dog who has got hold of a large piece of meat , and runs away with it to a corner , where he may devour it in peace , without any fear of others taking it from him . ’ |
| 5 | Although statistics on dietary fibre intake were not recorded until 1919 , the Royal College of Physicians thinks it probable that it has halved in Britain since the middle of the last century . |
| 6 | To the employers , the entry of women made it possible at last to nibble away at — or do away with — such " restrictive practices " . |
| 7 | She found the finest clay , built a web of wires to spread it on , and sat breathless at her bench . |
| 8 | Broadly speaking , 1858 witnessed commitment to emancipation with land , 1859 the preparation of statutes to bring it about , 1860 and 1861 the modification of the draft legislation and 1861 its implementation . |
| 9 | The spectrum of activities make it impossible to understand all the business processes and priorities . |
| 10 | Clinical work with prisoners depends partly on demand and partly on the willingness of psychologists to undertake it , for none are trained as clinical specialists . |
| 11 | And as the chorus of supers took it up , ‘ Sir , have mercy … ’ we would skip back again — until our next big moment . |
| 12 | In a terse statement the board of directors said it had ‘ considered the Great Britain management set-up and individual talks will take place over the next few days before a formal announcement is made ’ . |
| 13 | In a terse statement the board of directors said it had ‘ considered the Great Britain management set-up and individual talks will take place over the next few days before a formal announcement is made ’ . |
| 14 | Morland 's board of directors said it considered the offer inadequate and recommended shareholders took no action . |
| 15 | It is an established fact that copyholders regularly sublet their tenements either whole or in part ; the manor of Rodley , Gloucs. , evolved a complex framework of rules to govern it . |
| 16 | In the eighteenth century the rise of towns enabled it to increase . |
| 17 | The sheer range of its habitats , and the variety of threats facing it , make WWF 's battle to save the elephant an uphill task . |
| 18 | Children who were presented with a nonsense syllable alongside more and less in a variety of contexts made it contrast with more and less by adding or subtracting much smaller amounts ; by adding or subtracting everything ; by introducing some quite different manipulation ( stirring , flicking , rolling , tossing up and down , mixing both piles together ) , and so on . |
| 19 | The variety of shores make it particularly good for birds such as waders and sea duck , and its situation ‘ next door ’ to Siberia makes seeing even more exciting birds a possibility . |
| 20 | If this deterioration continues or , indeed , accelerates , as the vast majority of scientists think it will , then the animal protection movement must surely join forces with the ‘ Greens ’ and , as far as possible , endorse their aims . |
| 21 | There is a further factor that feminists have drawn attention to , which is that the majority of students of English are women , whereas the majority of academics teaching it are male , and that the female students have a built-in deference to male teachers and to the minority of male students . |
| 22 | But if the worst did happen , the necessary conditions for a depression — a dramatic collapse of economic confidence , and the inability of governments to restore it — might well be met . |
| 23 | But in reality the amount and type of support which kin give each other varies with the particular historical circumstances within which family relationships are played out , so that looking at patterns of support at different points in time means that one is not comparing like with like in quite significant ways : there is variation both in people 's need for support and in the capacity of relatives to provide it . |
| 24 | The variation in people 's need for support , and in the capacity of relatives to provide it , is not simply a matter of demography or the force of economic circumstances . |
| 25 | The law of averages suggests it is Arsenal 's turn to beat their neighbours but the reality is they are weighed down by injury problems while Spurs , never beaten in the FA Cup at Wembley , look set to field their strongest side . |
| 26 | The complexity , technology and chemical make-up of goods made it more difficult for people to understand what they were buying and to make a judgment at the time of purchase . |
| 27 | On the contrary , there is much to suggest that , in this election , Labour moved too far away from its traditional base ; that its attempts at reassuring those outside its ‘ natural ’ core of supporters meant it did too little to mobilise support among those who would benefit from its policies . |
| 28 | More majority voting in the Council of Ministers made it harder for members to block laws ; that strengthened the hand of the commission , which has the sole right to propose laws . |
| 29 | The President gave his blessing on 20 November , and the Council of Ministers made it official on 27 January , 1982 . |
| 30 | However , the Council of Guardians re-submitted it to the Majlis on Jan. 24 , calling for revisions to be made to it . |