Example sentences of "it [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The backing of the union is not only important because of the information and clerical services it provides to strikers applying for supplementary benefit , but also , perhaps , because it evokes a more sympathetic treatment from the supplementary benefit officers . |
| 2 | It is wrong ; it evokes a false conceptual model . |
| 3 | At the least , the city is regarded as unappealing ; at the worst , it evokes a loathing which can be as unkind as it is jaundices . |
| 4 | It evokes a fact , i.e. an object of conception , rather than an object of perception . |
| 5 | This suggests that make expresses antecedent causation , since it evokes a process of causation giving rise to a state of affairs that comes into being only at the end of the process . |
| 6 | In ( 1 ) above this gives rise to an impression of a prospective event , of a desire or longing on the part of the speaker to realize the action denoted by the infinitive , so that the to infinitive produces basically the same sort of impression in this first type of exclamation as in He struggled to get free : it evokes a prospective non-realized event . |
| 7 | It agreed a new report which recorded widespread evidence that the world 's temperature was increasing . |
| 8 | An ice-cream tub with a lid which has very small holes punched in it make a good container for the culture . |
| 9 | She collected some of his saliva from the ground and used it make a serpent . |
| 10 | Doing it make a make a fortune doing it |
| 11 | Some surfaces can make it bobble a bit , though not enough to put you off . |
| 12 | In one revolution , whatever number of cones are on there there 's a feeder for , so if there 's a hundred feeders in one revolution it knits a hundred courses . |
| 13 | More likely used it to saw a hole through a pound coin . |
| 14 | Is it producing a client mentality ? |
| 15 | The silver birch is so elegantly beautiful , from spring 's pale green bud-burst until the final golden accolade of autumn , that it plays a part in all the seasons , not least because it is especially favoured by long-tailed tits as a food source in winter . |
| 16 | It plays a key role in keeping city streets on the move and is even the object of the best modern designers ' desire . |
| 17 | The significance of an offer of compensation is that it may be taken as a token of the defendant 's remorse , and that it redresses the private loss of the victim , and to that extent and no other it plays a part in the sentencing exercise . |
| 18 | Certainly , it plays a more important role in higher mammals than in lower ones . |
| 19 | That has not prevented assertions that it plays a particularly significant role in trusts . |
| 20 | So it plays a part in that sense . ’ |
| 21 | The central union federation ( the LO ) is also very strong largely because it plays a significant and continuing role in collective bargaining . |
| 22 | More recently , people have stated to reinvestigate the role of the stomach in hunger and have found that , when the stomach is intact , feedback from it plays a vital part in controlling food intake ( McHugh and Moran 1985 ; Rolls and Rolls 1982 ; Smith and Gibbs 1979 ) . |
| 23 | Another example is the City Panel on Takeovers and Mergers ( which was set up informally , but as a result of prompting from central government , by major City financial institutions ) ; it plays a central role in the regulation of company mergers and takeovers . |
| 24 | I suggest that the typical history of a concept , whether it be ‘ chemical element ’ , ‘ atom ’ , ‘ the unconscious ’ , or whatever , involves the initial emergence of the concept as a vague idea , followed by its gradual clarification as the theory in which it plays a part takes a more precise and coherent form . |
| 25 | Word order is extremely important in translation because it plays a major role in maintaining a coherent point of view and in orienting messages at text level . |
| 26 | Established in 1928 , it plays a vital role in protecting the country 's coast and countryside , while encouraging sustainable rural development . |
| 27 | Established in 1928 , it plays a vital role in protecting the country 's coast and countryside , while encouraging sustainable rural development . |
| 28 | Established in 1928 , it plays a vital role in protecting the country 's coast and countryside , while encouraging sustainable rural development . |
| 29 | Established in 1928 , it plays a vital role in protecting the country 's coast and countryside , while encouraging sustainable rural development . |
| 30 | Established in 1928 , it plays a vital role in protecting the country 's coast and countryside , while encouraging sustainable rural development . |