Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that their relatedness to their organization can be construed as being infantile-like in that it evokes relationships reminiscent of childhood . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It plays DEFECT , simply following its rule of imitating the opponent 's previous move . |
| 5 | It plays Brighton the week after next , then Sheffield and after that heads straight to London to give Jenny her West End debut . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The Republic faces its next World Cup qualifying hurdle in Dublin on Wednesday when it plays Lithuania . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In May you can visit its arts festival , and in September , it plays host to a famous antiques fair . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ It plays hell with the tyres , senator ! ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It encourages smuggling and theft and there is a risk of items going underground and therefore becoming lost to science . |
| 15 | It encourages creativity and allows pupils to use the language they have learnt in the context of stimulating and relevant projects . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Instead , it encourages students to act out confrontations , such as a US Soviet conflict over oil in disputed territory , without resorting to nuclear attack . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | it encourages motivation and is good for morale ; |
| 20 | It encourages judges to decide and act on their own views . |
| 21 | Because the presentation is diagrammatic , needing no specialist knowledge to construct or discuss , it encourages discussion between workers of different disciplines and backgrounds who are collaborating on a project . |
| 22 | The thinking of politicians for whom education is only important if it helps boost the national economy , and this is important because it helps people enjoy what they want , and this is important because it encourages consumption and thus industry , either goes round in a vicious circle or takes off on an interminable regress . |
| 23 | The bubble policy is efficient because it encourages equalization of the marginal cost of cutting back pollution at different plants within the firm . |
| 24 | Such a system is inherently inflationary as it encourages escalation of costs and there is no evidence that it gives any encouragement to the cost effective use of different procedures since the health care suppliers know that , whatever the cost , they will be reimbursed . |
| 25 | Such a system is inherently inflationary as it encourages escalation of costs . |
| 26 | So it dominates our screens , it dominates our man , it 's a religion , it encourages bigotry it encourages to neglect their se , their er domestic duties plenty of reasons for not liking football ! |
| 27 | Familiarity can also encourage a mutual sense of trust which enhances the officer 's capacity to detect and control because it encourages self-reporting of deviance . |
| 28 | It encourages learners to explore and experiment with language , but at the same time provides security and support through a clearly structured syllabus . |
| 29 | The nuclear family is not only smaller , as it is based essentially on the marriage bond and children , but it encourages privatisation . |
| 30 | And here , ICMS goes even further than prevention ; it encourages growers to take positive action to enhance the environment by , for example , establishing wildlife strips to harbour natural predators or creating wildlife ponds to encourage wildlife diversity . |