Example sentences of "it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It horrified Brian to think of Celia hypnotised by some guru who would try to drag things out of her which might not even have been correct . |
| 2 | This means that their relatedness to their organization can be construed as being infantile-like in that it evokes relationships reminiscent of childhood . |
| 3 | ‘ How does it affect Operation Cuckoo ? ’ |
| 4 | It is essential that healthcare staff know how to prevent cross-infection of HIV without letting it affect patient care . |
| 5 | How can employees help ? * Examples of good housekeeping : Low energy bulbs ; cistern misers etc. * BS7750 Environmental Quality Standard : What is it and how does it affect employees and the Company ? |
| 6 | I reckon she 's overly keen on coke and spends too much time in clubs , but maybe I 'm just jealous ; my cub-reporter status on the Caley and the triumph-of-miniaturisation salary that goes with it make habits that expensive out of the question . |
| 7 | Yesterday 's meeting , which saw the group change its name from Ferranti International Signal to Ferranti International , also approved changes in its articles designed to prevent it breaching borrowing powers as a result of the decimation of its equity base by the £215million write-off . |
| 8 | The 3-Colour pattern option operates in much the same way except that it knits colour one , colour two , colour three and colour four before moving on to the next pattern line . |
| 9 | You can also use it to report incidents of sexual or racial harassment . |
| 10 | Analysts predict it to report profits of £41 million in 1991 , compared with £63 million in 1990 . |
| 11 | After redesigning from scratch the way it processed orders from customers , it has cut delivery times from 8-12 weeks to ‘ days ’ even while using 35% fewer people to do the job . |
| 12 | It saddled liberalism with the problem of generals in politics and the mystique of the guerrilla . |
| 13 | Greenpeace has been invited to appraise the environmental costs of such an operation , after it voiced concern that dredging and flooding would have a dangerously destructive impact on the fragile ecosystem . |
| 14 | The machine knows that if it plays B it will be vulnerable to a reply that will leave it with fewer points than the least it can get by choosing A . |
| 15 | It plays DEFECT , simply following its rule of imitating the opponent 's previous move . |
| 16 | It plays Brighton the week after next , then Sheffield and after that heads straight to London to give Jenny her West End debut . |
| 17 | The noxious substance contained in the two anal glands , one on either side of the animal 's rectum , is called butyl mercaptan and it plays havoc with a predator 's face . |
| 18 | The Republic faces its next World Cup qualifying hurdle in Dublin on Wednesday when it plays Lithuania . |
| 19 | It plays world and indie music , it has face-painters and babies , and , if you 're interested , it 's held in the Town Hall in Shoreditch on Saturday nights . |
| 20 | In May you can visit its arts festival , and in September , it plays host to a famous antiques fair . |
| 21 | It plays host to an array of events ; from weekly activities such as quiz nights and live music on Friday , to special parties and celebrations . |
| 22 | The North Yorkshire resort of Whitby promises to be a particularly noisy place later this month when it plays host to the region 's first-ever town criers ' competition . |
| 23 | ‘ It plays hell with the tyres , senator ! ’ |
| 24 | It was used by American therapists , before being banned in 1985 , for marital problems as it encourages empathy and dispels hostility ; it is often called the ‘ hug ’ or ‘ love ’ drug . |
| 25 | It encourages smuggling and theft and there is a risk of items going underground and therefore becoming lost to science . |
| 26 | It encourages creativity and allows pupils to use the language they have learnt in the context of stimulating and relevant projects . |
| 27 | This , in the amounts we expect , is harmless to the fish , but it encourages algae , in particular the unicellular organism which causes green water , although it can also be caused by overfeeding . |
| 28 | Instead , it encourages students to act out confrontations , such as a US Soviet conflict over oil in disputed territory , without resorting to nuclear attack . |
| 29 | It has strengthened links between school and college , it encourages dialogue , it gives opportunity to classroom teachers to develop new skills and to take on new responsibilities . |
| 30 | it encourages motivation and is good for morale ; |