Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Health watchdogs say it indicates the tight martgins on which hospitals are required to run . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Post Office says it hopes the two sides can come to an agreement at a branch meeting this evening . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | You must first create a DC , update it to add the relevant details and then , finally , submit it for assessment by other affected users . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Feel it toning the outer thighs as well as the lower abdominal muscles . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | William the Conqueror meant it to impress the rebellious Londoners with his power , as well as protecting them . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | For each individual GEMM , it is improbable that daily transactions with customers will leave it holding the desired amounts of all the different stocks in which it deals . |
| 17 | Merlyn had shown it once , saying they kept it to protect the valuable things they bought . |
| 18 | Blind off the sub-base with a layer of coarse sand allowing it to fill the remaining holes . |
| 19 | Target is therefore usually sold for a nominal sum and is then capitalised after the acquisition by Newco to enable it to repay the inter-company loans . |
| 20 | Did it exploit the clashing elements of land and water , feeding on our anxiety at the concept of amphibianism ? |
| 21 | Nor did it impress the Arab states , which pointed out that if Israel was able to absorb hundreds of thousands of Jews it could certainly absorb more than 100,000 Palestinian returnees ; or the United States , which did not think the Israeli offer ‘ provide[d] a suitable basis for contributing to solution of Arab refugee question . ’ |
| 22 | Nor did it remove the old ones . |
| 23 | Er I what 's been said about the report and I think it identifies the main issues . |
| 24 | It was Owen who took up the challenge of modernizing the argument from design in a way that would allow it to incorporate the innovative aspects of transcendental anatomy . |
| 25 | I 'm not thinking it object the sitting tenants |
| 26 | The insolent way she said it made the other girls gasp with astonishment . |
| 27 | Nor does it contemplate the knock-on consequences for Labour ministers of attempting to implement their programme while rebuilding the governmental machine . |
| 28 | Nor does it accommodate the traditional costumes or a tired , very conventional acting style . |
| 29 | If you copy it to a different place , does it leave the blank formulas |
| 30 | This part of the city lacks the individual character of Robyn 's own suburb , where healthfood stores and sportswear boutiques and alternative bookshops have sprung up to cater for the students and liberal-minded yuppies who live there ; and still more does it lack the green amenities of the residential streets around the University . |