Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] it [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also substantial cross-group agreement on the selection of this feature , with most groups arguing that the 'summarising " nature of this sentence made it a strong candidate for an opening to the story . |
| 2 | Superb 3-D and a Dave Whittaker soundtrack make it a real high-flyer . |
| 3 | Saints boss Ian Branfoot made it a double raid on London when he also signed Chelsea 's Dutch defender Ken Monkou for a similar figure . |
| 4 | Sir Michael Angus made it a double whammy for Unilever as the outgoing plc chairman , soon to take up the cudgels on behalf of the CBI , entered the International Marketing Hall of Fame . |
| 5 | Christina cringed as Susanna pronounced it the American way . |
| 6 | A finish applied to the fabric to give it a watermarked appearance . |
| 7 | Howes thought it a prescient occasion . |
| 8 | Thirdly , the Act clearly adopts as the test of danger either ‘ the greater risk of harm ’ or ‘ the risk of greater harm ’ : an elephant may not in fact be very likely to get out of control and do damage , but if it does so , its bulk gives it a great capacity for harm . |
| 9 | Gurder and Angalo gave it a critical look . |
| 10 | In the last-named work he opened up lines of interpretation which , even if somewhat modified since , set firm foundations on which other scholars might build : the exuberant vigour and almost Niagara-like outpouring of scholarship gave it a memorable quality . |
| 11 | Additionally , training and riding a horse teaches it a whole range of new habits in relation to its work and us . |
| 12 | The central location of the Plough makes it the ideal venue for both business and pleasure . |
| 13 | Brown ‘ boiled-up cow ’ type glue is holding the all-solid construction together remarkably well , and the high action makes it the perfect instrument for playing bottleneck and slide blues . |
| 14 | To what extent does its dependence on charitable donations make it an involuntary party in the game of denial ? |
| 15 | What features of the city plan make it a pleasant place for outdoor recreation ? |
| 16 | Visitors found it a lovely house , full of air and hospitality . |
| 17 | The first flowering plant I saw was a familiar one — the purple mountain saxifrage , Saxafraga oppositifolia to give it the scientific name . |
| 18 | Turn off the water , drain down and bale out the cistern to give it a good clean . |
| 19 | It 's both refreshingly basic and gloriously polished , Kim Fowley doing the Mr Sheen production work to give it a massive sound . |
| 20 | It 's both refreshingly basic and gloriously polished , Kim Fowley doing the Mr Sheen production work to give it a massive sound . |
| 21 | Tallis fed it a meagre handful of the oats she carried . |
| 22 | One compound based on methylene chloride also incorporates ammonium hydroxide to give it a characteristic smell . |
| 23 | People said things like for instance well females are n't intelligent enough to make choices and er which is , which is clearly pretty silly , and er there was also I think and the uncomfortable erm prospect that females could in some way or another control the evolution in males which I do n't think it appealed to the Victorians either and in fact many social Darwinists like Edward Westermark for example rejected the whole concept of sexual selection as Darwin called it the female choice , because it did n't promote survival of the fittest . |
| 24 | Not that he ever mentions it , or that I 've ever asked him , but he 's the type to consider it a sacred duty to have everything in order for every emergency . ’ |
| 25 | Anabelle thought it a splendid treat , and drank it down at once . |
| 26 | Nails thought it a good idea . |
| 27 | No-one would believe they had a recession on in Japan when they have time and resources to devote to dreaming up and creating things like this : Toshiba Corp has just launched a line of word processors with sound effects — ‘ to introduce an element of fun in the workplace ’ according to Reuter — they bark when you write ‘ dog ’ , moo when you write ‘ cow ’ and make the sound of pouring when you write ‘ beer ’ , and if you recall a text file word-by-word at reading speed , they repeat these and 26 other pre-programmed noises , from sleigh bells to sirens , as the words come up — and it no doubt laughs like a drain when your boss sends it an electronic message telling you you 're fired for being a disruptive influence . |
| 28 | Loot gave it a whole lot of new reasons for guilt complexes . ’ |
| 29 | If the rat does not run when given some signal ( such as a light coming on ) , the experimenter gives it an electric shock . |
| 30 | More widely , engineers call it the concrete cancer . |