Example sentences of "of [noun prp] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | John Stradling was receiver of Ogmore when it came into Gloucester 's hands and , unlike the steward and constable , was kept in office by the duke . |
| 32 | For some reason or other a believer gets into his head such a wrong idea of God that it comes between him and God or between him and his trusting God . |
| 33 | Water for the Eastern mind was a very precious gift of God because it spelt the difference between life and death . |
| 34 | The mission of Teesside TEC is to promote and contribute to the economic growth of Teesside and it aims to do this by fostering individual initiative , community teamwork , business development and quality training . |
| 35 | A similar urge to move to lower temperatures is probably the main cue for the bogong moth of Australia when it sets off on its migration . |
| 36 | So , short of sending the recording tape on a long detour through the corridors of the Palace of Westminster before it goes on the air , the parliamentary censors will have to work faster than they think . |
| 37 | Underground flooding was threatening to undermine Moscow , while inadequate storage of radioactive waste could lead to a catastrophe exceeding the scale of Chernobyl if it leaked into the Caspian Sea . |
| 38 | Rather the approach adopted by the Christian communicator should be in the form of critical contextualisation , which endeavours to criticise culture according to the values of the gospel of the reign of Christ as it impacts on a specific community . |
| 39 | Unix System Laboratories , which has never officially been part of X/Open though it 's had a lot of informal dealings with it , is also expected to take advantage of the new technical membership and sign up . |
| 40 | In 1798 the threat of military invasion from Napoleonic France had only just ebbed when the Bishop of Durham announced to a startled House of Lords that it had come to his attention that the only reason the enemy forces had backed away from military invasion was because they had hit on a more sinister method of bringing Britannia to heel . |
| 41 | The general aim of Startrac when it started out was to ‘ develop a resource within the Northern Health Region to promote leisure and recreation for children , young people and adults with special needs ’ . |
| 42 | Meanwhile Eddie Stratton was to enthuse about a quick stroll around the centre of Oxford before it got too dark , and an invitation to accompany him was accepted by Mrs Brown , a woman with whom he 'd become friendly on the tour , and who probably felt a little flattered to be asked . |
| 43 | Darwinism entered into the panslavism of Danilevsky as it did into panteutonism . |
| 44 | All of them tended to assume that the territorial division of Europe as it stood at the moment of their publication was , or could be made , permanent and sacrosanct . |
| 45 | In November 1983 Milan Kundera wrote an essay for Le Débat , in which he argued that Russia could never really be considered part of Europe because it had for so long been dominated by Caesaropapism , where the civil emperor is also the supreme religious leader . |
| 46 | Angles , Saxons and Jutes gradually colonised parts of Britain and it seems that the Saxons , at least in East Anglia , Kent and Hampshire , helped to maintain the general improvement of British cattle which had been initiated by the Romans . |
| 47 | A more appropriate image of Britain as it approaches the twenty-first century is of the economy governed by a not-so-hidden engine , working for greater inequality , both in rewards and life chances . |
| 48 | We can hardly tell the Finance and Executive Committee that the British are unreliable at the vehicle plants , but as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar when it comes to components . ’ |
| 49 | I did n't like it but I needed the money — the bastard threatened tae evict us from our caravan if I would n't train the lions — and I was scared of Raja and it knew I was scared and I got drunk and drunker and ’ — Paddy held his crutch aloft — ‘ ye see what happened . ’ |
| 50 | The aircraft , a well used Boeing 707/436 , had spent much of its life on the trunk routes of BOAC and it had accumulated about 47 000 flying hours up to the time when the crack was discovered . |
| 51 | They can also perform a limited corporate finance function , and provide a mechanism for marketing shares in an unquoted company ( Newco ) , where otherwise the benefit to an employee of holding shares is somewhat illusory , in that he can not realise his shares for cash , unless he remains a shareholder of the company and ( usually ) an employee or director , until there is a sale of Newco or it obtains a listing . |
| 52 | Such responsibilities as education and social services are carried out by North Yorkshire County Council but could become those of Richmondshire if it wins unitary status under any local government changes . |
| 53 | But Eretria was a polis which could wage war on Xerxes of Persia if it chose , and it did . |
| 54 | The employee top 10 features those companies which are expanding fastest , and it says something for the performance of WPP that it has managed to perform well in eps and return on capital terms at the same time as it has achieved that expansion . |
| 55 | One of the richest made for Julius II later escaped the sack of Rome because it happened to be in pawn at the time . |
| 56 | The Brewers ' Society contended that arrangements with their outlets fell within the block exemption of exclusive purchasing agreements 1984/83 , and therefore that the UK would be in breach of its obligations under the Treaty of Rome if it prohibited such arrangements . |
| 57 | It is only when a substance is matched with a patient according to the Law of Similars that it becomes Homoeopathic . |
| 58 | EDS subsequently bought out Bedaux 's share of EDS-Bedaux and it became EDS Spain . |
| 59 | He had invoked the name of Callanish and it had sent its power into Minch and left him with a promise he must keep : to put her life before his own if ever chance or opportunity came . |
| 60 | All the villagers had an increasing tendency to address Lydia , if they had to address her at all , in the third person through the medium of Betty and it seemed that Elizabeth too had caught the habit . |