Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If King Ginger Nut turns it on it could be the total rout it should be . |
| 2 | The verb metaphor is further characterized by the fact that it has no direct link to its proper term , but acts on the noun of which it is the predicate ; in the case of the transitive verb it can also act on its direct and indirect objects . |
| 3 | Now there would be a certain logic in this incorporation , for , if we were to have a Bill of Rights enforced in Britain , then in a situation in which we have ratified the European Convention it would be difficult for us to bypass these rights and draw up a completely new set . |
| 4 | He could still not understand what was happening to him , or the far-reaching effects it must have upon his life . |
| 5 | He had positioned himself in a narrow doorway , in the vain hope it would provide him with some shelter from the biting cold . |
| 6 | QUANTUM physicists are trying to calculate the probability that a particle goes from A to B. This probability is the sum of the probabilities of each of the possible routes it could take . |
| 7 | Just as the young Federman arrives in America and will embark on a new series of experiences , so Double Or Nothing speculates about the possible shapes it might take . |
| 8 | However the parish council disapproved of the plan because of the possible distraction it would cause to drivers . |
| 9 | Her father maybe , with the tape around his neck , awful sleeveen Sean Walsh , who never said a word without thinking carefully of the possible effect it might have . |
| 10 | Mirror Group fell 3p to 106p because of the current turmoil affecting the newspaper over the political direction it might adopt . |
| 11 | Although at the political level it would seem that the Keynesian position has been relegated , at the theoretical ( and practical ) level it is maintained that fiscal policy can influence the achievement of the objectives of government policy . |
| 12 | But on the odd occasion it 'll slip out . |
| 13 | While the further delay is irksome , the company is still selling all the 80486 parts it can make , and that part and the 80386 each suffered comparable difficulties on their way to the market . |
| 14 | If there is a party with an absolute majority in the lower house it will form the government . |
| 15 | Having said that , I do n't blame them because ‘ Ironfist ’ was n't the greatest album it could have been and ‘ Another Perfect Day ’ , well , I 've been thinking about that and I 'm sure it was n't just the album … ’ |
| 16 | And your mother thought to herself , honey , of the short life ahead of her , of all the worth and power within her and the little use it would be , and she felt such a weeping bitterness that she cursed humankind . |
| 17 | This is indicated in Layton 's references to the views of science on the one hand in terms of ‘ the disinterested pursuit of truth ’ , and on the other , particularly by those involved in the Great Exhibition , as ‘ the producer for the industrial market place ( so that science was to be studied for the economic benefits it would yield ) ’ . |
| 18 | If the lurcher catches a rabbit on the feeding grounds it will almost invariably scream — and this is the best thing to happen . |
| 19 | Its aims and operations are still too loosely formulated to allow it to be the cohesive force it could be . |
| 20 | Localised knowledge is put to better use and in the right circumstances it may be less costly to establish area factories/offices than to control everything through Head Office ( eg. costs of transportation and travelling may be less ) . |
| 21 | This is where a sales idea could come in , but for the right reasons it could be good , but also , for the bad reasons , it could be totally wrong . |
| 22 | If you could get the right money it would be appreciated . |
| 23 | And er they had a surveyor gang checking all the lines in the tunnel that the surveyors put up to keep the men driving the right tunnel it should n't go p one past the other . |
| 24 | With the right accessories it can also be used for metal filing , wood and plastic rasping , and for brushing ! |
| 25 | However , if you set about it in the right way it can be an easy road , a pleasant country ramble rather than an attempt to scale Everest . |
| 26 | We only know that if we treat it in the right way it will enable us to do wonderful things . |
| 27 | If that er clothing becomes heated and it gets to the right temperature it will burst into the flames , likewise if it 's not balanced properly and you go out the door the living room or the lounge into the kitchen or some other part of your home the draft by closing the door can knock the airer over , unbalance it and of course er set fire to the clothing . |
| 28 | But with the right sauce it might be transformed . |
| 29 | If you know the right people it should n't be too hard to get rid of birds like mine . ’ |
| 30 | There is no spider to be seen it had of course retreated to the darkest corner it could find again . |