Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [verb] it " in BNC.

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1 The phenomenon of the hollow frontier has been common where settlers cultivate land , which is virtually free to anyone with the capital and/or labour to exploit it , and move on when serious erosion sets in , leaving behind eroded soils .
2 Its part is generally written in the treble clef on B or G to distinguish it from the side-drum .
3 Look out , all those companies that are eagerly playing in the digital cellular telephony market with Time Division Multiple Access technology : the King of Prussia , Pennsylvania-based InterDigital Patents Corp unit of InterDigital Communications Corp says it has engaged the law firm of Dickstein Shapiro & Morin to represent it in connection with possible patent infringement litigation to enforce its portfolio of 32 US patents on the technology .
4 But above all their value to user education is that they act as focal points , so that if practitioners have a problem there is an information centre or clearinghouse to take it to as a first resort .
5 The vulnerability of minor revenue officials to demotion or removal made it imperative for them to remain on good terms with men of influence able to mar their careers , and shortly after his clash with the provost of Inverkeithing Main made his peace with the Cunningham family .
6 Such indemnities , transferring liabilities incurred to third parties , will be particularly useful in cases where a contracting party may incur liability to a person not party to the contract , which therefore can not be excluded by contract : for instance , a manufacturer might require a distributor or retailer to indemnify it against tortious product liability claims by consumers injured by the product .
7 When madness can not be contained , or attempts to control it fail repeatedly in spite of various changes in mental health policies , the answer is sought in greater powers of control and surveillance , now extended into people 's homes and the community at large .
8 So I will avoid the controversial academic debates and try to explain what power is and how individuals or groups get it .
9 The area is is erm in the main , flat farmland and it would be very difficult to erm landscape effectively any new settlement proposal or roads serving it .
10 ( Corney & Barrow sell it from 12 Helmet Row , London , EC1 ; tel : 071 251 4051 ) .
11 Even in defeat Germany was too valuable — strategically and economically — for either East or West to let it fall into the hands of the other .
12 Independent advice from the top lenders is rare — currently only NatWest and Bradford & Bingley offer it .
13 Alec wore a navy-blue romper suit — the outfit of a French workman , or indeed that of some little new-wave narcissist at a C. L. & S. screening It was the sight of him in his issued clothing that made me sense just how far he had fallen .
14 She thought that the photograph neither flattered , nor was very like her , but suppose Rose , or , worse still , Dr Neil or Matey saw it ?
15 It is a risky policy merely to ignore really aggressive behaviour , simply to let children or teenagers fight it out to the finish .
16 ‘ An example : the Dalek city I wanted to be a complex structure of low metal towers , ramps and spires , quite detailed , possibly with some kind of perimeter wall or fence surrounding it .
17 YJ Lovell , which is currently bidding £137million for fellow builder Higgs & Hill says it is too soon to comment on current trading but its profits for the year to September 30 , rose from £24.4million to £33.3million .
18 YJ Lovell , which is currently bidding £137million for fellow builder Higgs & Hill says it is too soon to comment on current trading but its profits for the year to September 30 , rose from £24.4million to £33.3million .
19 Singer sensed a presence and turned , swinging a punch as if instinct or fear dictated it .
20 If Alice or Bert filled it with hot water and it leaked causing injury , would either of them have an action ?
21 But without variations in exchange rates or labour costs it will be impossible to sustain different levels of labour productivity in different parts of the Community .
22 If you need to bring an umbrella , a street guide or anything other than a briefcase or handbag leave it in the reception area during the interview .
23 Not even the same matches with the same results would have engendered anything like the same degree of atmosphere or emotion had it been staged at a neutral venue , which is what the situation would be in most years if the one or two weeks idea was adopted .
24 If , however , existing levels of industrial concentration are insufficient for such strategic control , the state can foster industrial reorganization or cartels to facilitate it .
25 In practice professional valuers tend to prefer the comparative method and builders the residual method , but for valuations for annual financial or management accounts it would perhaps be prudent to take an average of the result obtained using both methods .
26 She knew she had nothing to feel guilty about despite her attraction to Luke , having resisted him , but his relationship with Cavell was none of her business really , and whether Luke finally confessed that he had intended to be unfaithful or Cavell discovered it for herself , she did n't want to have to feel responsible for any eventual break-up .
27 They are interested in why they are paying such a high price for a service and why the company or companies providing it are making enormous profits when they are in a protected monopoly .
28 Japan 's Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications says it is planning to build an administrative network that will link the local area networks used in government offices across the country , but the plan is still in its embryonic stages ; at the same time the ministry is studying a proposal for a fibre to the home project that plans to get Japanese households connected up by 2015 ; total infrastructure costs are estimated at about $256,000m .
29 The pressures to be either Black or lesbian make it very difficult and confusing to develop being Black and lesbian .
30 If the obligor or feoffor pay a lesser sum either before the day or at another place than is limited by the condition , and the obligee or feoffee receiveth it , this is a good satisfaction . ’
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