Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foucault is particularly critical of the appropriating structure of totalization , Marxist or otherwise , insofar as it implies the superiority of the theorist who produces the totalization of knowledge ; in the same way , he distrusts the use of history as an encompassing framework because it works as a power structure that enables the expropriation and control of the past according to the perspective and truth of the present . |
| 2 | Failure to do so would confirm the fear of those who say that the Government is so hell-bent on pursuing ideology that it ignores the pressing needs of our industrial community in the build-up to 1992 . |
| 3 | She touched this totem carefully , gaining confidence as it quivered and tautened . |
| 4 | There was the sound of crunching metal as it hit one of the trees a glancing blow and came to a rocking halt . |
| 5 | A party is regarded as acquiring control if it has the possibility of exercising " decisive influence " on another party in particular by ownership or the right to use all or part of the assets of the other party , or rights which confer decisive influence on the composition , voting or decisions of the other party 's board of directors or of its shareholders ' meetings . |
| 6 | By daylight it had been a sculptured shaft fluted with runnels of light and darkness , withdrawing stage by stage in charmed proportion , shedding weight and gaining impetus as it soared . |
| 7 | It moved in the same half — crouched , shambling run as it had the night before , quietly , stealthily , purposefully . |
| 8 | These two distinctive features are , of course , there for a reason : they allow the bird to capture much more air , which gives it a much better pushing force as it gains height . |
| 9 | A French housewife recently thought that she had discovered the world 's first metal potato — until she realised that the object she was trying to peel was in fact a Second World War hand grenade , which had probably been scooped up by a potato picking machine before it found its way into her groceries . |
| 10 | ‘ There is something noble in publishing truth though it condemns one 's self . ’ |
| 11 | This type of structure is a very inefficient way of filling space because it contains a regular network of empty spaces which run both parallel to , and at right angles to , the puckered lattice layers . |
| 12 | It is called the Ten Day Thermo Active Body Contouring Treatment and it contains methyl nicotinate . |
| 13 | of handling them through the , through the assessment and statementing process and it has implications in terms of finding the resources to support those children once the statements of provision are , are drawn up . |
| 14 | But it does mention them in at least two contexts , one is when you 're measuring noise when it says that changes of twenty five percent should be recorded . |
| 15 | No one likes paying tax but it has to be paid . |
| 16 | Pick , squeeze seeds and pulp into a container and leave , adding water if it looks like drying out . |
| 17 | While many Le Mans results have been included in the foregoing pages , the race holds such a special place in motor racing history that it deserves inclusion in its own right . |
| 18 | The force within can also be manipulated through … Dieting , in which you are discouraged from eating meat because it provokes unhelpful vibrations and produces what might be called static interference in meditation . |
| 19 | Whichever way word- processing is used it gives learners the means of refining text until it satisfies them . |
| 20 | Being in with the gang did n't stop you getting hit but it meant that the Corporals might think for one second before lifting their fists Along with Mike the Rhodesian , Marius , Robert from Oberammergau and Chris , there was myself and a Frenchman called Tignet . |
| 21 | The government 's main concern now seemed to be stifling dissent before it became intractable . |
| 22 | There are a handful of noticeably small start-ups wrestling with the key interoperability issues facing Unix as it elbows its way on to the desktop . |
| 23 | Praxsys is one of a handful of noticeably small start-ups wrestling with the key interoperability issue facing Unix as it elbows its way on to the desktop . |
| 24 | Access will not be limited to formal applications made under the Act but we will be seeking to develop ‘ live access ’ that means by sharing information as it becomes part of the file . |
| 25 | When you 're expecting jam and it turns out to be marmalade it 's quite a shock . |
| 26 | It 's the latest setback for Euro Disney which has been losing money since it opened eighteen months ago . |
| 27 | The research will include case studies of 20 schools in three local education authorities , examining change as it occurs . |
| 28 | Secondly , influenced by the new metaphors of natural science , psychology has distorted the nature of psychological life by subjectivising and literalising experience and it needs to recover the metaphorical character of psychological life . |
| 29 | So my skin began to look better , my guts were giving a great , big heartfelt vote of thanks , but I went on losing weight that it seemed to me I could ill afford to lose . |
| 30 | The fact that my slimmers felt so much healthier encouraged them to continue on the diet while they were losing weight and it became clear that they had no intention of falling back in to their old habits . |