Example sentences of "[verb] it the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what , precisely , is the theoretical basis for denying it the honorific title of " democracy " ? |
| 2 | The frequent manifestation of a melancholy figure at Covent Garden Underground Station has earned it the unwanted title of the most haunted station on the London Transport system . |
| 3 | Occasionally he found it the tiniest glint of deep blue . |
| 4 | The Sports Council says it the best means of acquiring all-round fitness . |
| 5 | She says it the same sort of consistency as yogurt but it 's salty and it 's warm and it 's not very nice at all she said . |
| 6 | Well we 'll put it just put it the other side of the line . |
| 7 | BT hopes its new initiatives will give it the upper hand in the bitter battle with Mercury , which it accuses of ‘ cherry picking ’ business customers while ignoring the less profitable residential market . |
| 8 | Is the hon. Gentleman saying that he would not give it the limited powers of disposal available in clause 4(4) ( b ) ? |
| 9 | This has been the practice in many countries internationally , but our sudden realisation of its effectiveness in creating bilingualism has made it the major discovery in language acquisition . |
| 10 | All of that suggests that the sheep industry is poised to make the most of the structural accident that has made it the biggest producer of lamb in the Northern Hemisphere . |
| 11 | In per capita terms , Venezuela 's long history as an oil exporter — between 1929 and 1969 it was the world 's leading exporter — has made it the richest country in South America . |
| 12 | Its elasticity would have made it the ideal candidate for a trampoline-cover . |
| 13 | We however consider it the best mode of instruction , as we are perpetually saying , that when ever a horse acts agreeably to the wishes of his rider , it should follow that he receive some indulgence from him . |
| 14 | The thoroughness of its marketing approach placed it so far ahead of its short-leet rivals — Scottish Amicable and Britannia Life — that the judges had no doubts about awarding it the top accolade in the category for Large Service companies . |
| 15 | Chairman , if , if I may and it is just basically to look at the recommendation and wonder you know perhaps if we 've got it the right way round er that 's all , where we 're saying er there are certain things still outstanding wh which we would need to re-relate before er issuing er general conformity notices I understand b but we 're almost taking that they 're going to do that without any doubt , now I do n't know maybe there are things not said in this report which are well understood , but and members of are quite happy to accept erm er s some more more changes to , to the local plan so that it does conform with with the structure plan , but I just wondered whether round the wrong way . |
| 16 | Now she 's got it the other way about |
| 17 | Its flattened face and its long , soft fur give it the rounded appearance of a ‘ super-baby ’ , appealing to many humans . |
| 18 | Eat three good meals a day , give it the big lips at night and then go and eat a Chinese or fish and chips . ’ |
| 19 | Job cuts are almost certain to follow and a former Dowty director has called it the worst day of his life . |
| 20 | ‘ The best design strategy is not to program a computer directly with the wealth of descriptive detail that constitutes a natural language but rather to give it the basic set of expectations and abilities that are needed to learn a language . ’ |
| 21 | Must remember that phrase : he could see it had struck and it struck him too : he paused to give it the silent applause of a mute punctuation . |
| 22 | The Thrills Nerve Centre has now been ‘ computer-ed up ’ for the '90s and that is precisely why they 're all calling it The Hi-Tech Capital Of Satire . |
| 23 | The Americans went nuts over it and awarded it the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film . |
| 24 | I 'd have been in it and in those bars in Gibraltar giving it the big lips by last night . ’ |
| 25 | The human conscience should be respected and revered as the most precious and effective thing that the human race , in its struggle to civilise itself , has available , and it can be used only by giving it the utmost priority in child training . |
| 26 | Cyril Bradbury 's shocked daughter Denise had to make his breakfast at home and rush it the four miles to his bed wrapped in foil . |
| 27 | And he called it the long-term stewardship of a precious natural resource . |
| 28 | and a half , one over two the reciprocal of a half if you turn it the other way round it 's two over one |
| 29 | No , keep it down as low as you can because , the lower you keep it the less chance of there is of getting this biopsy done . |
| 30 | We saw it the last time in action on the weekend of the French vote on Maastricht — harnessing all our resources to serve the viewer and listener in a way no-one else can . |