Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Yet before it does so it destroys much else , and the devastation at the end of King Lear is a sufficient proof of the destructiveness of hypocrisy , once it is believed , Trusting hypocrites such as these is like offering oneself as a test-bed for the cultivation of some deadly bacillus . |
| 32 | If it sells it to the Third World , it destroys local economies . |
| 33 | Freezing food is kinder to the environment and to our health , for it destroys fewer vitamins and does not require chemical additives . |
| 34 | The subterranean passage view offers a plausible account of how the monsters could feed , but unfortunately in doing so it destroys another theory about ‘ Nessie ’ , which is that the animal is a relic of the dinosaur age , possibly a plesiosaur . |
| 35 | It denotes different levels in the staff hierarchy . |
| 36 | It crosses two mountain ranges , 561 rivers , 124 km of permafrost and more than 1000 km of West Siberian bog and marsh on its journey through five time zones to Western Europe . |
| 37 | As it crosses each small tent of sky . |
| 38 | It crosses wild hill ground giving fine views before descending to the Carnmore bothy and its old farmhouse . |
| 39 | It crosses computerised electro rhythms with the mental thrash guitar and vocal elements of Flu , and unlike Frontline Assembly spin-off Noise Unit 's recent LP ‘ Response Frequency ’ , the noises on this Hilt album are surprisingly approachable . |
| 40 | It crosses computerised electro rhythms with the mental thrash guitar and vocal elements of Flu , and unlike Frontline Assembly spin-off Noise Unit 's recent LP ‘ Response Frequency ’ , the noises on this Hilt album are surprisingly approachable . |
| 41 | Store the envelopes in an airtight container , and include a sachet of silica gel to absorb moisture ( if the gel turns pink , dry gently in the oven until it turns blue again ) . |
| 42 | Oh yeah , it turns blue . |
| 43 | It turns blue and that 's that 's a good test for water . |
| 44 | Contact with it turns new wine sour , crops touched by it become barren , grafts die , seeds in gardens are dried up , the edge of steel and the gleam of ivory are dulled , hives of bees die , even bronze and iron are at once seized by rust , and a horrible smell fills the air ; to taste it drives dogs mad and infects their bites with an incurable poison … |
| 45 | And , in passing , it is worth noting that French ( I have not tried the Danish imitation ) Port-Salut makes an excellent cooking cheese with a low melting point , which means that it turns creamy but not rubbery . |
| 46 | It turns I into I , 2 into 4 , but since it turns I + 2= 3 into 9 , which we can all agree is not equal to I + 4 , it does not satisfy [ 5a ] . |
| 47 | It turns I into I , 2 into 4 , but since it turns I + 2= 3 into 9 , which we can all agree is not equal to I + 4 , it does not satisfy [ 5a ] . |
| 48 | If we are to vote for the family because it is good , warm and loving , what are we to do if it turns cold ? ’ ; it well-nigh accused Labour of giving ‘ a sharp twist to a competitive spiral of wholesome image making ’ ; and it stated that the Tory Government must be defeated by ‘ the issues ’ . |
| 49 | You demonstrate to me your awareness of the fact that water is boiling hot by pouring it over tea-leaves , your sensuous awareness of the heat of the bathwater by preferring to linger long after you are clean but get out when it turns cold . |
| 50 | If the winter is warm in Mexico they live as free individuals as in the summer , but when it turns cold they aggregate in dense groups , and remain still , in order to conserve energy . |
| 51 | Use hot or warm water and it turns bitter and unpleasant . |
| 52 | Its jaws open wide and it turns aggressive , far more eager than usual to attack , bite and sting any moving object . |
| 53 | Perhaps for this reason the topmost stone supposedly retains its own curious powers : it is said that when a cock crows nearby , it turns three times . |
| 54 | Continue removing the scum until it turns white and frothy : add a few tablespoons of cold water twice as you skim the surface . |
| 55 | It is a fast and relatively cheap working method but it turns this into a real Spaghetti Opera , where the soundtrack never quite gels with the visuals . |
| 56 | All the things you ‘ ought ’ to take on holiday — just in case it turns chilly , rains , is too hot , or whatever else — have to be reduced by sheer practicality , when forced to it , of deciding what you can possibly do without and leave behind . |
| 57 | It also gives a more useful reduction because it guarantees lexical output . |
| 58 | This might seem onerous but it guarantees that configuration control is maintained and , with some care , should be a very unusual occurrence . |
| 59 | The church 's spokesman , Bishop Joseph Duffy , said : ‘ We feel obliged to state that the wording proposed is basically flawed because it guarantees less than the total exclusion of deliberate abortion . ’ |
| 60 | Linguistic posturing of this sort is the extreme reaction of a character in an extreme situation , but it dramatizes rhetorical manoeuvres available to both men and women who are forced into a position of discursive subservience . |