Example sentences of "and the [noun sg] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this book we will be using the ‘ C-word ’ in these senses to refer to the present penal situation in England and Wales , albeit with slight embarrassment and the worry that it has been used so often and for so long that there is a danger that it may be losing its dramatic impact . |
| 2 | And the finding that it takes 400 msec to generate the electrical activity associated with the meaning of visually presented words suggests that this is one of the most complex activities our perceptual systems are asked to perform . |
| 3 | The power of instinct , fierce and primitive , and the knowledge that it brings . |
| 4 | Believing in her heart of hearts that Nancy would soften towards her and the child once it arrived and made a niche in her heart . |
| 5 | Rhodes , however , dismisses such comparisons : ‘ I never saw Colin Bland , but from everything I 've heard he 'll be one level higher than any other fielder , just like Bradman and the rest when it comes to batting . |
| 6 | The reaction at the meeting was rather subdued , but at the subsequent interviews most staff expressed their views freely about the way the EPH operated and the purpose that it served . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not anti-drink , I 'm anti the abuse of drink and the hassle that it causes , ’ he told me during an interview carried out in one of the three plush hotels he owns . |
| 8 | It varies in brightness and the way that it varies picks it out . |
| 9 | Corruption , and the way that it extends from the top to bottom of society in American cities , is the subject of ‘ City of Hope ’ , John Sayles ' new film that was shown at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in America and in the market at Cannes . |
| 10 | Erm , where the , the authority , not just the County Council , but the authority in the partnership , get involved in lobbying exercises with the , with the government to try to ensure that rural post offices can actually give out vehicle licences , because it 's very , if you look in the north of the county , outside the towns there 's only four post offices , I think , that can actually give out vehicle licences , and yet in the rural areas , we have a lot of people with vehicles , and we , and the way that it counts towards , the way that it counts up towards a post office 's survival , it 's these high value items are significant in keeping post offices open . |
| 11 | Rather , its importance results from where it lies in the circuits of the left hemisphere and the way that it processes the inputs it receives . |
| 12 | The Tory Party had a clear mission which was to break the power of the unions , and the way that it did this was by using the law . |
| 13 | It was widely said that he had long resented the Shah 's great oil wealth and the independence that it gave him . |
| 14 | Because of the low status of part time training and the realisation that it makes the period between registration and achieving a consultant post even longer , the proportion of doctors training part time has dropped as the proportion of women graduates has increased . |
| 15 | The questions that must be asked relate to the promises that it presents , especially in the context of world food supplies and the alleviation of environmental pollution , and the caution that it necessitates in relation to the potential ecological havoc it may wreak . |
| 16 | I have great difficulty coming to terms with all that was being said under H one about migration and the relationship to Leeds and the idea that it matters enormously in the realm exactly where this new settlement , which I hope does go ahead , actually goes . |
| 17 | They discovered that the difference in attendance between any recession and the year before it started has never exceeded 2 p.c . |
| 18 | If that succeeds we really will be able to maintain the momentum of the fund and the work that it does throughout the world . |
| 19 | But the day before it was cold and breezy and the day after it rained . |
| 20 | A first step in the process is to examine the gap between what the company income is likely to be from the products now in production and the income that it wishes to have over the next planning period . |
| 21 | Thanks to our parliamentary system and the stability that it has given us , the British people have been spared the horrors of revolution , civil war and invasion for more than 300 years . |
| 22 | Women because they are weak and stupid and live in the shadow of men and are nothing compared to them , and the Sea because it has always frustrated me , destroying what I have built , washing away what I have left , wiping clean the marks I have made . |
| 23 | However , those who operate the law are well aware that it will only be respected to the extent that it conforms with public opinion : the reason why journalists and broadcasters are not prosecuted much more often for undoubted infringements of the letter of the laws of contempt and official secrecy is simply that the authorities are well aware that up-to-the-hilt enforcement of these vague laws would bring the law into further disrepute , and precipitate precisely the sort of clash between government and the press that it has been the British genius to avoid , whenever possible , by cosy arrangements . |
| 24 | He had the car heater on and the whirring as it blew out hot air was beginning to annoy him . |
| 25 | Freedom of the press has a long history , but it is only since 1980 that the right to communicate and the freedom that it entails has been seen as the very centre of human rights , and indeed as a precondition for a meaningful implementation of other human rights . |
| 26 | As Professor Goode has pointed out , the fact that the charge has crystallised will affect the relationship between the chargee and the company but it does not necessarily affect a third party since if the company is left free to deal with the assets in the normal course of its business then the chargee should be estopped from denying the company 's authority to do so . |
| 27 | One of its shareholders had been allowed to run up substantial debts to the company resulting from trading between him and the company and it had been agreed that he could repay by instalments . |
| 28 | Before she can answer , they are engulfed by a crowd of young warriors , who want to hear the rumours of the lion hunt and the fight that it provoked confirmed . |
| 29 | From its beginnings here , silk weaving spread to the Midlands and the north where it graduated to factory industry status . |
| 30 | Now we 're told to , you know , beware of having too much fats , too much milk , too much this , that and the other because it creates all sorts of what 's the truth ? |