Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Step one , then , in intelligent persuasion is to acknowledge the status of your ‘ audience ’ through targeting what you say and how you say it to meet the specific needs of the individuals involved : the ‘ What 's in it for you ? ’ factor . |
| 3 | Health watchdogs say it indicates the tight martgins on which hospitals are required to run . |
| 4 | ‘ Certainly found it cured a few problems , ’ André finished for her . |
| 5 | One of the key determinants of US policy towards Iraq last August was that it believed it has the military forces sufficient to evict Iraq from Kuwait . |
| 6 | But the Evangelical Alliance UK , which says it represents a million churchgoers , immediately responded by saying the Church must not adopt society 's view of marriage as disposable and pre-marital sex as inevitable . |
| 7 | The Post Office says it hopes the two sides can come to an agreement at a branch meeting this evening . |
| 8 | Mitac International Corp , Taipei , Taiwan is to merge its US units in order to strengthen its operations there : Compac Electronics Inc , American Mitac Corp , Mitac Research Corp and Microelectronics Inc will be merged under the Compac name : Mitac bought an 80% stake in Compac , which should not be confused with to Compaq Computer Corp but no doubt will , in 1991 ; it says it has no current plans to buy the remaining 20% from independent investors ; the merged company is expected to have turnover of $240m in 1993 , rising to $500m in 1996 , Mitac said . |
| 9 | The port authority says it has no immediate plans for developing more of Seal Sands . |
| 10 | The CT2 standard is used in some 20 countries , but AT&T says it has no immediate plans to market the telephones in the US , because the Federal Communications Commission has not approved CT2 phones for use in the US . |
| 11 | Like an archaeologist who digs up a tiny shard in the desert and from it extrapolates a whole civilisation , so Simon Charsley lifts an inconsequential marzipan confection and uses it to illuminate the shifting sands of Western civilisation . |
| 12 | One hand was tangled in her hair , holding her down , and with the other he traced a line past her collarbone and down on to the softer flesh beneath , tugging the neckline of her dress lower and lower , until Folly could feel it brush the swollen aureoles of her breasts under the silk of her bra . |
| 13 | Unlike the ancient hill paintings the abstract pan does n't have any great meaning … the artists just hope it turns a few heads . |
| 14 | I can see it solving a few problems here . |
| 15 | In an address to Young Unionists , the Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP slammed SDLP and Eire politicians who claimed it cost a million pounds each day to secure the border . |
| 16 | You must first create a DC , update it to add the relevant details and then , finally , submit it for assessment by other affected users . |
| 17 | The Schneiderei 's six-member managing committee of writers , musicians and visual artists ( Margaret Bozionek , Heinz Conrads , Jutta Rinas , Ingrid Roscheck , Manos Tsangaris and Thomas Witzmann ) abhor the description ‘ alternative ’ , but the collective 's soft-sell policy by which works are sold to further the gallery 's own activities rather than for profit has helped it to weather the uneasy times faced by traditional commercial galleries . |
| 18 | Granada Group Plc 's third party maintenance provider , Granada Computer Services , believes its new React Centre and reorganised customer services operation will enable it to take the big manufacturers head on . |
| 19 | Mm , I think it 's been cut and , they have to stretch it to get the actual bits of corn out of the middle of the seed , do n't want the husk . |
| 20 | As the hon. Gentleman agrees that Scotland is a different nation , why does he not accept that it should have its own system if it prefers , and allow it to have a fair rates system ? |
| 21 | Oh they and I guess it set a few farmers on his feet . |
| 22 | I feel it needs a few points tidied up such as data entry checking , i.e. only allowing a maximum of 8 characters to be typed into a date field and being able to press Esc to return to menu at any time during data entry . |
| 23 | Feel it toning the outer thighs as well as the lower abdominal muscles . |
| 24 | At the moment I 'm training a red-tailed buzzard and only letting it move a few inches — just off my fist and back again . |
| 25 | The tongue helps the process of swallowing by producing a lot of mucus which lubricates the food and prevents it scratching the delicate membranes of the throat . |
| 26 | He struggled to repair the bank 's balance sheet to allow it to take the inevitable write-offs against its $6.7bn third world debt portfolio . |
| 27 | William the Conqueror meant it to impress the rebellious Londoners with his power , as well as protecting them . ’ |
| 28 | I only saw it open a few times but as far as I remember there were a couple of old ledgers and a stack of pocket files . ’ |
| 29 | Rivals Now he faces a make-or-break season with the Ewood Park club , which has shown that when it comes to cash it has no serious rivals . |
| 30 | What we have done is to keep unc but use it to eliminate the leading elements of unc and so on , reducing the number of rows by 1 at each step . |