Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 First , it discusses the government 's impact on the Conservative party : has it created a new Conservatism ?
3 Has it got a fair-trade mark ?
4 Has it got a black arrow ?
5 If you 're looking at triangles you 're first thing you 're looking at is has it got a right angle ?
6 so that 's your first one has it got a right angle ?
7 Will you get on that ma , has it got a long play ?
8 Has it got a tenth root ?
9 Others suggest it represents a cynical attempt by politically-ailing premier Brian Mulroney to regain popularity ahead of the 1993 elections .
10 To accept it required a whole sociology of crime .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 When Taylor acquired his Coniston lease it excluded a small sett previously granted to one Mathew Spedding .
14 However , analysts still expect it to manage a small improvement on 1991 's profits and dividend .
15 You expect it to go a little bit just a tiny bit off
16 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 .
17 ‘ They say it takes a brave woman to love a Scorpio , ’ he said .
18 People who have n't seen me play , but have heard the album , say it sounds a little bit different .
19 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 .
20 But critics say it sets a dangerous example .
21 In particular , they say it boasts a convenient location .
22 Although the affair was soon forgotten it took a long time for Phil to live down that one !
23 It massively increased the budget of the Manpower Services Commission , enabling it to play a dominant role in vocational education .
24 Then General Dynamics used it to demonstrate a ground-based air defense application .
25 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 .
26 Christian used it to open a small gallery as soon as he left Oxford .
27 Recently I used it to stick a plastic-coated wire rack to the inside of a kitchen cupboard door while I checked the position of the rack with the door closed .
28 My hair had more shine than before and I found it left a stronger smell than other conditioners which I really liked .
29 ‘ Certainly found it cured a few problems , ’ André finished for her .
30 I was interested to hear Derek remark how much more difficult he found it to cull a larger fry , like the inch plus Angel that had slipped through his quality control .
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