Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] it [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | This kind of sexism can be ( and has been ) noted , but it is hard to get rid of because it occurs in ‘ unregulated ’ contexts : nobody has made or written down a rule saying that women can be addressed as ‘ dearie ’ or referred to as ‘ bitches ’ . |
| 2 | It looks as if it belongs in some fairy-tale . ’ |
| 3 | We have tended to speak as if it existed in some obvious and consistent way in higher education , but as some of the above quotations pointed out , the undergraduate curriculum may be influenced by other manifestations of organized knowledge , in particular research and professional practice . |
| 4 | This , it is claimed , provides at the same time a clue as to the meaning of fiction ; for fiction really is the result of treating that which can exist only derivatively , or " parasitically " , as if it existed in its own right . |
| 5 | It seemed to Carolyn that there must be a vividly speeded up life flitting through the infant 's dreams , as if it skimmed in the air like a bird over the facts of its life and they were reflected as changingly and as unknowingly on its face as the moving bird would be in seas , rivers , lakes , in stagnant puddles on flat roofs , and silted-up canals . |
| 6 | The epidemiology of H. contortus is best considered separately depending on whether it occurs in tropical and subtropical or in temperate areas . |
| 7 | Labour does not have a clear policy on whether it believes in a second and tolled crossing , or wants just one very congested bridge — which would be very bad news for Wales . |