Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [adv] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Green , Passenger Manager was absolutely thrilled with the response even though it meant adding extra coaches to some trains especially the 18.00 departure on Sunday . |
| 2 | It seems that the stewards at the transfer gate to the east stand carried on selling tickets to the stand long after it was obviously full . |
| 3 | It would be better to make the discharge below the level of the grating of the gully even if it was over the gully before , to prevent leaves and garden debris blocking the gully . |
| 4 | According to the crew of a USAF storm-tracking WC-130 Hercules which penetrated the eye of the hurricane just before it struck Homestead , peak wind speed was 170 knots and pressure dropped to 993 millibars . |
| 5 | This is recognised by s 17(3) of the SGSA which amends s 7(4) of the UCTA so that it applies only in cases where s 7(3A) has no application . |
| 6 | And eventually in exasperation the bird flew a short way down the beach and picked up a small stone in its beak and then it returned and it bashed the shell repeatedly until it cracked it open and it was able to get at the contents inside . |
| 7 | In the true spirit of liberal compromise , the eps league combines both these measures , leaving LLoyds Abbey Life the winner even though it did not top either individual table . |
| 8 | As an immunologist I dislike not understanding the mechanism ( which logic suggests is immunological ) , but we use the technique regularly and it works . |
| 9 | We pioneered the technique well before it became used on so large a scale by giants like American Express and Reader 's Digest . |
| 10 | Option one means the hospital stays as it is but take the money away so it collapses anyway . |
| 11 | They make the money now and it goes like flipping water . |
| 12 | To extend a statute to a regrettably omitted case looks like legislation , whereas refusing to extend it to a casus male inclusus is more like imposing a provisional fetter on legislation ( provisional , because Parliament can always come back and include the case expressly if it wants to ) . |
| 13 | He says the RSPCA has been following the case closely but it has to accept the court decision . |
| 14 | On that date , he appeared with the duty solicitor and an application was made under the Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s. 142 to re-open the case so that it could be heard by different justices . |
| 15 | I 've had a package at long last er back from EARS er but I have n't actually erm put it onto the computer yet because it 's erm it 's proving a bit temperamental at the moment and I did n't want to risk overloading it with with yet another er software package u until I 've had it seen to . |
| 16 | The fiduciary relationship , if it is to exist at all , must accommodate itself to the terms of the contract so that it is consistent with , and conforms to , them . |
| 17 | In Mordauntt v. British Oil & Cake Mills Ltd. ( 1910 K.B. ) the seller was told of the sub-sale by the buyer only after it had been made . |
| 18 | ‘ If you hold the net firmly , my partner here could draw it closely round the squirrel so that it ca n't struggle . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The steerage passengers have been ordered to scrub every bit of the deck so that it 's clean for the quarantine inspection , ’ Ernest explained . |
| 20 | Twist the wire round the foot so that it sits tightly , forming a protective coil around the tubular feet . |
| 21 | Of the two , Last of the Summer Wine ( E1 5b ) is the finer and better protected ; continually interesting with the crux just where it should be — at the top . |
| 22 | Can you take that in the kitchen please cos it is biscuits , actually . |
| 23 | I have represented both approaches simplistically , to draw out the contrast specifically because it seems that Howard favoured both approaches , but did not have the experience of both to see the contradictory implications . |
| 24 | Take the yarn under the E position needle next to the knitting so that it will wrap around that needle on the return . |
| 25 | Servicing valves should be fitted in both the inlet and outlet pipes of the softener so that it can be removed or isolated for maintenance without the need to turn off the mains water supply . |
| 26 | Her hair had been flattened by the storm so that it made Trent think of a squashed astrakan hat . |
| 27 | The local Conservatives bought the old Organist House in 1930 , and apart from holding the odd meeting , they have n't used the building much and it 's now derelict . |
| 28 | Serious structural problems have blighted the building almost since it was opened by Sir Roger Bannister in 1983 . |
| 29 | Russian opposition to the concession even as it stood was defused by presenting the Persian text to the Russian delegation when the Russian 's translator was known to be out of town . |
| 30 | I spent a few years on The Scotsman and then to Thomson House to join The Guardian soon after it dropped the ‘ Manchester ’ from its title and started printing in London . |