Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Section by section it was being revised in the commissions and then approved during the general congregations — despite last-minute attempts to modify it to contain an explicit condemnation of communism . |
| 2 | And just as the MOD has chosen to let such production lines be closed down , rather than pay contractors for the cost of mothballing them , so too has it cast a cold eye on the plight of domestic defence electronics companies . |
| 3 | First , it discusses the government 's impact on the Conservative party : has it created a new Conservatism ? |
| 4 | Has it got a fair-trade mark ? |
| 5 | Has it got a black arrow ? |
| 6 | If you 're looking at triangles you 're first thing you 're looking at is has it got a right angle ? |
| 7 | so that 's your first one has it got a right angle ? |
| 8 | Will you get on that ma , has it got a long play ? |
| 9 | Has it got a tenth root ? |
| 10 | Others suggest it represents a cynical attempt by politically-ailing premier Brian Mulroney to regain popularity ahead of the 1993 elections . |
| 11 | To accept it required a whole sociology of crime . |
| 12 | The company had expected it to show a quantifiable benefit by reducing absenteeism and labour turnover , and by easing the production control difficulties caused by the inflexibilities of the line system . |
| 13 | Set up in 1985 mainly to service the supermarket sector , Elm 's emphasis on technical innovation , product quality and customer service helped it build a strong customer base and penetrate international markets . |
| 14 | When Taylor acquired his Coniston lease it excluded a small sett previously granted to one Mathew Spedding . |
| 15 | However , analysts still expect it to manage a small improvement on 1991 's profits and dividend . |
| 16 | You expect it to go a little bit just a tiny bit off |
| 17 | Although languages differ in the extent to which they regularly specify the gender of human referents ( cf. English they and French ils/elles ) , we all readily recognize the distinction and expect it to reflect a genuine aspect of experience . |
| 18 | ‘ They say it takes a brave woman to love a Scorpio , ’ he said . |
| 19 | People who have n't seen me play , but have heard the album , say it sounds a little bit different . |
| 20 | If they give you an equation like this let's say the weight you 're making up a a load for a lorry and you 're putting erm crates on with car engines in , and the car engine weighs erm I du n no say it weighs a hundred kilograms . |
| 21 | But critics say it sets a dangerous example . |
| 22 | In particular , they say it boasts a convenient location . |
| 23 | Although the affair was soon forgotten it took a long time for Phil to live down that one ! |
| 24 | It now has wholly-owned offices in Paris , Amsterdam , Brussels , Frankfurt , Geneva , Stockholm and Gothenburg , is a shareholder in a well-established US firm and has associate arrangements in the USA and elsewhere , enabling it to sustain an annual growth rate of between 20% and 30% which is now generating annual total fees of up to £5m . |
| 25 | It massively increased the budget of the Manpower Services Commission , enabling it to play a dominant role in vocational education . |
| 26 | Then General Dynamics used it to demonstrate a ground-based air defense application . |
| 27 | When Neil Kinnock complained that soldiers were forced to leave their guts on Goose Green to show Mrs Thatcher had guts of her own , the Tories used it to mount a massive propaganda campaign against him . |
| 28 | Christian used it to open a small gallery as soon as he left Oxford . |
| 29 | Pascoe says that he used it to put an injured dog out of his misery . |
| 30 | They never used it to mean an earthly kingdom in the sense of an area of land which was ruled by God . |