Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The liability of the agent may be the same in both cases , but the reasons for it differ in detail . |
| 2 | The reasons for it remain to be fully understood but it will certainly reopen the debate about this aspect of dependency — chosen or enforced ? |
| 3 | those necessarily coming into effect before being laid ( e.g. , where publicity would nullify their effect ) if due notice of the fact and the reasons for it has not been given to the Speaker , ; |
| 4 | That 's a very good question , there 's a number of reasons for it happening , erm it might be that the groove , the , the socket bit is very shallow , like a shallow tea cup and the hip , the leg bone does n't stay in it properly , does that make sense to you ? |
| 5 | France , which in late November had sent 300 troops to neighbouring Benin , refused to intervene , despite calls from other west African states for it to do so . |
| 6 | The convention requires ratifications by sixty states for it to enter into force . |
| 7 | Some European legislation , e.g. directives , requires further legislative or administrative action by the authorities of member states for it to become effective . |
| 8 | Despite this , BCAR have an Auster V operational from Old Sarum airfield , Wilts , with plans for it to visit the D-Day beaches in 1994 during the 50th anniversary celebrations . |
| 9 | Despite the superficial stupidity of the action , it must have some special advantage in at least enough cases for it to have been the subject of natural selection . |
| 10 | If you 've got a , if you 're linked to a big file and you got a lot of linking formulae , you can wait hours for it to finish . |
| 11 | Instead of brushing your hair after setting which can cause splitting , gently run your fingers through it to create tousled waves . |
| 12 | Somehow the salmonella knows it is not E. coli even though it would not require many mutations for it to become E. coli , or the reverse . |
| 13 | Some learning theories ( differential association was an example ) moved away from the idea of criminals being identifiably different kinds of people : their criminal behaviour was seen as being acquired in much the same way as any other behaviour was acquired ; it did not require any special , predisposing characteristics for it to happen to particular people . |
| 14 | We had a trysting-place , the cat and I , a strip of tiled pavement behind the villa surrounded by bushes for it to take refuge in should Marie Claire or Nour approach . |
| 15 | Hugh Manson has tried for the best combination of feel and usability by planing the fingerboard to a compound radius — a medium-curved 10″ radius near the headstock , but flattening right out to 16″ as it reaches the upper frets , in order to minimise the strings choking off when you play bent notes and to allow a lower overall action . |
| 16 | The animal seemed to understand Sir John 's words for it lunged towards him with a strangled growl ; its top lip curled , showing teeth as sharp as a row of daggers . |
| 17 | Remember here that some people do not like seeing you write down their words for it interrupts their flow of thought . |
| 18 | Your local dealer should have some empty shells for it to grow into . |
| 19 | Suddenly , the grass around the den began to rustle and clumps of it fell down the bank . |
| 20 | The only condition is that fifty acres of it remain as woodland . |
| 21 | His debt gathering work was handed over to a colleague once the legal aspects of it had been sorted out . |
| 22 | Having read the article , I admit that aspects of it caused my eyebrows to rise . |
| 23 | Er I mean that very helpful discussion , er though aspects of it have already been included . |
| 24 | The work was never made quite as planned , but several aspects of it occur in the ballet he made in Israel many years later , and some in works for Sadler 's Wells in the fifties . |
| 25 | The Vienna settlement of 1814 – 15 , the foundation of international relations for two generations to come , received strikingly little parliamentary discussion : only one or two aspects of it aroused any real public interest . |
| 26 | He baled out before his burning plane crashed ; only fragments of it have been found . |
| 27 | But traces of it remain , since a jury must still be asked not merely whether the reasonable man would be provoked to lose self-control , but also ‘ whether he would react to the provocation as the accused did ’ . |
| 28 | You mark my words — within twelve months of it opening , it 'll be a wreck . ’ |
| 29 | Best thing that could happen would be that Wilko signs the lon term contract and then 4–6 months into it decides that he wants out say to go and play with Terry Vegatables at England . |
| 30 | You 'll get kids in it running and jumping and wrestling about . |