Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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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 | I say , has it got the fair-trade mark on it ? |
11 | Our first question is has it got the fair-trade mark ? |
12 | Has it got the same number of petals on it ? |
13 | Others suggest it represents a cynical attempt by politically-ailing premier Brian Mulroney to regain popularity ahead of the 1993 elections . |
14 | It has never been used for that purpose , although Sir Anthony Eden contemplated invoking it for government propaganda during the Suez crisis , and during the Falklands recapture it provided the legal basis for the Government 's use of BBC transmitters on Ascension Island to beam propaganda broadcasts at Argentina . |
15 | To accept it required a whole sociology of crime . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | But production only reached 421,000 last year and the real bright spot was Land-Rover , whose Discovery model helped it achieve the best year for sales since the first Land-Rover rolled out in 1948 , while productivity jumped 25 per cent . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | Last year Philips petitioned Brussels for this price rise , without even telling Sony , the Japanese company that helped it develop the digital disc system . |
20 | When Taylor acquired his Coniston lease it excluded a small sett previously granted to one Mathew Spedding . |
21 | However , analysts still expect it to manage a small improvement on 1991 's profits and dividend . |
22 | You expect it to go a little bit just a tiny bit off |
23 | 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 . |
24 | ‘ They say it takes a brave woman to love a Scorpio , ’ he said . |
25 | People who have n't seen me play , but have heard the album , say it sounds a little bit different . |
26 | But critics say it sets a dangerous example . |
27 | In particular , they say it boasts a convenient location . |
28 | Although the affair was soon forgotten it took a long time for Phil to live down that one ! |
29 | 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 . |
30 | It massively increased the budget of the Manpower Services Commission , enabling it to play a dominant role in vocational education . |