Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pushed out her right arm for protection but it was too late . |
| 2 | I , I have a quandary here cos I 'm not quite sure whether I should be asking a question or proposing something against the deliverance but I have attended and er listened to a number of debates arising out of this matter of er the baptism of children and time and again it 's struck me that it starts off about baptism but it turns out to be a discussion about the parents . |
| 3 | Let's have a defence review so both the military and the industries are prepared for change when it comes . ’ |
| 4 | A bending spring is slid down inside the pipe for support as it is bent across the knee . |
| 5 | My Lords , this case raises the important question whether the governors of a voluntary aided school which is over-subscribed ( i.e. has more candidates for admission than it can accommodate ) is entitled to operate an admissions policy which gives preference to children of a particular religious persuasion notwithstanding the statutory provisions which give parents a right to send their children to the school of their choice . |
| 6 | It is common ground that in the year starting September 1991 the school had more applicants for admission than it could accommodate without prejudicing the provision of efficient education . |
| 7 | It would not be lawful for a grant maintained school to reject children with special needs who were otherwise eligible for admission but it is impossible to legislate against the temptation to work towards greater academic activity or to concentrate on subjects which are regarded as prestigious by the potential client group . |
| 8 | It is worth money and it costs money . |
| 9 | Just as a stylesheet is set up for text so it is possible to create a basic colour palette using either the HLS ( Hue , Lightness , Saturation ) , CMYB ( Cyan , Magenta , Yellow , Black ) or RGB ( Red , Blue , Green ) models . |
| 10 | It sounded as if all this was as much about money as it was about religion . |
| 11 | Ludovico called exuberantly for champagne but it was unobtainable , so he settled for a sweet fizzy wine instead . |
| 12 | The programme is open to people who have been mulling over an idea for some time and experts will give it the commercial analysis it needs and , if it stands up , the business planning and search for funding that it merits . |
| 13 | In a ‘ thank-you ’ letter , Finance Administrator Roy Butt said the Hospice relied on the public sector for funding and it appreciated the Centre 's and support . |
| 14 | A Department of Agriculture might function more effectively for agriculture if it did not take on , unnecessarily and confusingly , a role in food marketing . |
| 15 | As well as the points mentioned there are the usual claims for Latin that it improves competence in English , facilitates the learning of other languages and so on . |
| 16 | That humans also fail on these sentences was regarded as support that it reflected how humans process ambiguity although arguments exist against this inference ( Briscoe , 1987 ) . |
| 17 | One aspect of the contra proferentem rule is that , if there is more than one possible head of liability one of which is liability for negligence , then an exemption clause will not be interpreted as excluding liability for negligence unless it does so in clear terms . |
| 18 | versus the old , it can be looked as communism because it 's a new thing it 's being |
| 19 | The green staff worked miracles to get the course fit for play after it had been under water from Thursday night 's storms . |
| 20 | So , the electorate can choose representatives for Parliament but it is less able to choose a government and a programme that will be implemented . |
| 21 | The attempt to insist that a particular intellectual tradition or body of work possesses a monopoly of the truth about racism because it ‘ objectively corresponds ’ to the experience of those subjected to it , is part of the same game . |
| 22 | specially for Easter and it was just exactly like you said . |
| 23 | and then when they break up for Easter and it 's only sort of like whatever it is from now until September |
| 24 | Do not use breadmaking flour for pastry as it is far too coarse . |
| 25 | And you look at the er the preamble in the , in the order er the book of common order for baptism and it is designated for Christian people , that particular rite of passage . |
| 26 | To harden a royal icing , for instance where it is used as part of a structure or decoration , a tiny amount only of acetic acid or cream of tartar could be added . |
| 27 | There were persistent complaints that the rates system was complicated and inequitable , for instance because it was difficult to properly assess the rentable value of any property . |
| 28 | But poetry can appear " light " , for instance if it lacks the explicitly solemn moralizations of a Langland . |
| 29 | Er they leave them certain pieces of information er like this for instance and it 's only er an example . |
| 30 | Regalism can best be defined as Erastianism and it represented little more than the modernization and systematization of the traditional claim of the crown to control what it considered the temporal aspects of church government . |