Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now doubtless to some people this is an everyday situation and so they have no problems in tackling it as a mathematical exercise . |
| 2 | He insisted on tackling it with a knife and fork . |
| 3 | I admit my man was out of order tackling it in the way he did , for which he will be disciplined , I assure you . ’ |
| 4 | I think the game I think the game has done well in tackling that problem but I do n't think we as a society have done very well in tackling it in the country at large . |
| 5 | Accounting for the use of this form in any context will always imply relating the particular meaning actualized in the context to the permanent potential significate postulated for it in tongue , and will consequently involve : ( 1 ) showing that the common denominator of a before/after sequence is present ( the constant element evoked by to ) , and ( 2 ) showing how the speaker has fit the particular experience he is talking about into this potential by intercepting the operation of actualizing it at the appropriate moment ( the variable element expressed by to ) . |
| 6 | It has seized and deformed it , in each region twisting it into a latent value-system which , put into an abstract , depersonalized form , has in one place produced the French revolutionary ideal , in another Anglo-Saxon liberalism , elsewhere communism , Muslim fundamentalism , social democracy , Buddhist socialism , and many other secondary forms . |
| 7 | An objection which has been raised by Jürgen Moltmann ( see chapter 7 ) and by others who have been concerned to set our present time in the light of the eschatological emphasis of the New Testament is that Barth and his allies in the 1920s who aimed to recover that emphasis in fact misinterpreted it by twisting it into the ‘ eternal moment ’ of the encounter between time and eternity , ; and that his mature theology distorted it in a-different but equally damaging fashion by swallowing up the whole of time and history in the central history of Jesus Christ , and by dissolving that away in turn in the eternal self-determination of God within the council of the Trinity to be ‘ God for man ’ . |
| 8 | She drove the corkscrew in , twisting it like a knife in an enemy , stretching her shoulders back and pulling , with no result . |
| 9 | The big hand was on my neck again , twisting it like the focus grip of some humanoid camera . |
| 10 | He drove the corkscrew forward , burying it in the man 's right eye , shoving down hard on it , twisting it in the socket , ignoring the spouting vitreous liquid that erupted from the riven orb . |
| 11 | The hermit crab partly avoids this complicated and hazardous process by having a shell-less hinder part and protecting it with a discarded mollusc shell , switching into a new one in a minute or so whenever it has the need . |
| 12 | It seemed to be standing in the snow , a little metal cap protecting it against the biting breeze , but as we approached closer , my stomach turned . |
| 13 | He need not have feared ; as he threw , a throng of angels seized the stone and carried it , neatly depositing it atop the ‘ wring ’ . |
| 14 | The main shape of the landscape — mountains , rolling hills , and flat plains — is based on the geological rock formations , but has been severely modified by the movement of glaciers which carried vast quantities of rock , grinding it down in the process , depositing it in the form of boulders , gravel , sand , and silt , often many miles from its original outcrop . |
| 15 | If you wish to make Abbeylink deposits you must use the official envelopes provided by us and ensure that the envelope is properly sealed before depositing it in the Abbeylink machine . |
| 16 | She never knew how to make it come out sounding as if she was spelling it with a little ‘ m ’ . |
| 17 | The Three Choirs vineyard is making an English equivalant of Beaujolais Nouveau , and is launching it on the French market . |
| 18 | Shortly after the appearance of the SL , Thorn EMI Lighting introduced the 2D by launching it with a range of fittings designed by Conran Associates . |
| 19 | More the kind of face-lift marketing men give an old product when launching it with a new package , less a shift of political culture and strategy rooted in the configurations of modern social change . |
| 20 | Since launching it in the late 1980s , Microsoft has sold over 25m copies . |
| 21 | She handed this creature to Roland , who took it as he might have done a kitten , cradling it in the crook of his elbow , and adding to it , in turn , the nightcapped one , in tiny white pleats and broderie anglaise , and the dark-headed one , severe in dark peacock . |
| 22 | In 1985–6 , the government transferred a quarter of the overall funding for work-related FE courses in further education colleges from local authorities ' budgets ( by deducting it from the rate support grant , the predecessor of the revenue support grant ; see Chapter 8 ) to the MSC . |
| 23 | That principle would justify paying compensation from the corporate treasury , and thus from the account of shareholders , rather than , for example , deducting it from the wages of employees who actually played a causal part in the unfortunate story . |
| 24 | I remember listening to all the music that was around at that time and understanding it with a naivety which I wish I still had sometimes , putting a band together when I was nine or ten and playing the talent show at grade school , writing songs and still having the godawful things around the house . |
| 25 | We have developed a procedure for quantifying a specific mRNA purifying it with a selected biotinylated oligonucleotide ( sbODN ) and measuring its absorbance by free solution Capillary Electrophoresis ( CE ) . |
| 26 | Realizing this , Franco stepped up his arguments in favour of a slow campaign , justifying it as a political necessity . |
| 27 | The movement , which covers Darlington , Richmondshire , Northallerton , Barnard Castle and Bishop Auckland , has acquired Harewood House in Darlington and intends opening it as a day hospice . |
| 28 | ‘ A tale from Lamb , ’ she muttered , opening it on the first page . |
| 29 | Microsoft Corp says it plans to lead a campaign against growing software piracy in Japan 's personal computer industry , opening it with a letter to 50 hardware manufacturers and 290 software vendors in Japan alerting them to the problem — the Japanese are generally law-abiding , but Microsoft suspects many are unaware they are doing anything wrong copying software . |
| 30 | If the military do n't use the area often , they can not cause as much distress to the natural environment as opening it to the public would . |