Example sentences of "it [verb] the [adj] sort of " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if it produced the right sort of pro-saving policies in the meantime , the hand-wringing would have served a useful purpose . |
| 2 | I 'll always keep it because it shows the original sort of colours that Fair Isles were made in . |
| 3 | The only positive aspect is that since it attracts the seediest sort of tourist , it keeps them all in one place like a gigantic concrete fly-paper , and stops them wandering all over the unspoiled parts of the Highlands looking for go-cart tracks and timeshare chalets . |
| 4 | It had the same sort of sense , largely meaningless , amorphous , diffuse , woolly , as applied to ‘ love ’ . |
| 5 | Although it harboured the worst sort of poverty , inequality and exploitation during the 1930s and 1940s , not least because its bright lights attracted millions from the surrounding countryside , it seethed with exuberant life and economic activity . |