Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [noun] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Demands to abandon an existing shibboleth in order to replace it with an even older one . |
| 2 | I was told that the money that was threatened for housing associations which was an important element in structure , the government has in fact included it in the forthcoming budget , so that is encouraging , that aspect of it . |
| 3 | These various substantives evoke a state or quality which disposes the support to perform an action ( willingness , desire , impudence , ability , etc. ) , an action he performs which prevents or could prevent him from realizing it ( hesitation , refusal , reluctance , etc. ) , something he needs in order to realize it ( right , permission ) , a circumstance in which he finds himself which favours something 's occurrence ( chance , occasion ) , etc. — all of which evoke a situation existing before the infinitive event , and so imply a reference to a prior position of the support . |
| 4 | Informix looks to OpenODB to enable it to provide customers with an easy evolution to object-oriented technology that enables them to use data already stored in the Informix-OnLine database . |
| 5 | Having always been aware of the Cathedral I 've often wondered what impact it has on visitors seeing it for the first time . |
| 6 | She looks at John to check it 's the right box . |
| 7 | He finds the surge of earth more beautiful than the sea because it waits for man to inhabit it , when man comes into his own and finds his true home . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's well known that Maurice likes a night out but the media attention he gets in Britain makes it difficult for him to enjoy it . |
| 9 | The two verdicts which he attributes to Eleanor make it obvious that , in these passages at least , his intention was a satirical one . |
| 10 | If the claim is one which relates to employment matters it will normally be within the jurisdiction of the industrial tribunal . |
| 11 | At first , the lightning was silent , almost furtive ; then peals of thunder accompanied it . |
| 12 | Patricof plans to invest further sums in Neill allowing it to make acquisitions on the Continent . |
| 13 | It reminded me of that episode in Rudyard Kipling 's Kim where the boy is confronted with a shattered pot and comes under pressure to reconstruct it in his mind as it once was . |
| 14 | But the quite opposed notion of innate individuality has also maintained its strength , no doubt because there is so much in the experience of anybody who actually works with children to support it . |