Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To relieve the monotony of the black head , yellow sighting lines had been painted on it to enable the golfer to line up his putt on the ‘ sweet spot ’ — the dead centre of the putter head . |
| 2 | Their unhesitating assumption that they contain all life as much as they are contained by it has helped them forge what to our eyes is an almost supernatural intimacy with their forests and creatures . |
| 3 | Christianity seemed more and more to mean clericalism and once the Second Crusade of 1147 was over the popular religious fervour that had been channelled into it needed a new outlet . |
| 4 | A few modifications have been made to it to accommodate foreign words but , generally speaking , it is the words rather than the syllabary that get modified and some get very thoroughly modified indeed . |
| 5 | Normal market practice is for SCP to be issued on a non-interest bearing basis at a discount to its face value , although provision has also been made for it to bear a stated rate of interest . |
| 6 | The egg which had been stirred into it gave an unusual texture , and the pepper added pungency . |
| 7 | The ANLT system is described and the necessary modifications are made to it to perform the recognition task . |
| 8 | In January 1987 , yet another judge stated that the March ruling was , in fact , in breach of statute but as it had not been appealed against it had to stand . |
| 9 | For example , I perceive this flower in front of me because light which has been reflected from it impinges on my retina and causes trains of nerve impulses to travel along the visual pathways to the visual cortex . |
| 10 | Energy in one form or another has been invested in it to get it up there . |
| 11 | One or two of the boys would go in there , fellers of the village , and they would stop there all night , and the next night ; and they say it had been known for it to go the week ; have a week settin' in , staying in the pub . |
| 12 | So in order to prevent it raising the mound 's temperature too high , a thicker layer of soil has to be heaped over it to shield its interior from the sun 's rays . |
| 13 | When young children have to be looked after it reduces the opportunities that parents have to take part in the social round . |
| 14 | Far more of the current national movements than care to be reminded of it have in practice given up envisaging total state independence as their final aim , at all events in Europe , the traditional home of the principle of nationality . |
| 15 | As the cost of Eurofighter increases does there come a point where like the F twenty two i it becomes unaffordable and by how much would the performance of Eurofighter have to be degraded before it becomes equivalent to the nearest alternative ? |
| 16 | th you er I mean if it were very heavy you 'd almost sort of be prepared for it to go , but you know when you 're s s standing with a , something quite light , and you might have been standing with it a little while in your hand , and then suddenly the hand goes and ca n't you see that 's ve that 's very upsetting , it makes you not very confident . |
| 17 | Something has to be done about it to make parents realise that these are classified as unsuitable for children because they genuinely are unsuitable for children . ’ |
| 18 | The assembly could ask the Westminster Parliament for powers to be transferred to it provided that such requests were supported by 70 per cent of the assembly . |
| 19 | The unsatisfactory nature of project evaluation work and the inconclusive lessons which can be drawn from it provide little justification for the donor ‘ omniscience ’ which continues to characterize their negotiations with recipients . |
| 20 | Everyone was hungry , but there was no food to be had for it had floated out of the village shop and away . |
| 21 | As well using the message on literature sent to people outside the region , it will also be used within it to spearhead a drive for increased quality of service . |
| 22 | If that right is not set out in the expert clause the agreement of the parties ( and , probably , the agreement of the expert as well ) will be needed for it to become part of the reference . |
| 23 | Is the hon. and learned Gentleman aware that not one Member of Parliament from the Scottish National party is present , although I am sure that , in common with everyone else in Scotland , we shall be challenged by it to hear statements about its separatist policies ? |
| 24 | Approaching death should be viewed in it own personal cultural and religious perspective for the person concerned . |
| 25 | ‘ When the tube is in place , air will be passed through it to distend the colon and give a clearer view of the lining … you may pass some wind , but although you may find this embarrassing , remember that staff do understand what is causing it . ’ |
| 26 | PC /k is a closure principle because it says that a move from something known to something known to be implied by it does not take us outside the closed area of knowledge . ) |
| 27 | The small pain which had been inflicted upon it had only served somehow to make it stronger . |
| 28 | Thus , as the capitalist mode of production ousted the feudal mode , its owners gradually came to shape and control the organs of the state ( the superstructure ) in order that the policies which were formulated within it served their interests . |
| 29 | However , the heart 's own oxygen supply is not taken from the blood which is continually being pumped through it to service the rest of the body , but from separate little arteries which are called coronary arteries . |
| 30 | Furthermore , David McHarg , clerk of the course at Kelso and other Scottish tracks , said that when the transport allowances from the Levy Board were cut off it made no difference whatsoever to the number of runners . |