Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say , has it got the fair-trade mark on it ? |
| 2 | Our first question is has it got the fair-trade mark ? |
| 3 | Has it got the same number of petals on it ? |
| 4 | If this happens it seems the old male is doomed . |
| 5 | The Post Office says it hopes the two sides can come to an agreement at a branch meeting this evening . |
| 6 | Oh yes it 's ver I mean the priest , it says it has the British Embassy , he has , he is an American serviceman and he actually has |
| 7 | Zenith says it believes the new agreement should provide the financial flexibility it needs to carry out its business plan ; it replaces Zenith 's existing $60m bank agreement , which was to have run out in June 1994 , but is subject to negotiation and signing of a definitive loan agreement . |
| 8 | James Matthews , our reporter in Jordan says it appears the pro-Iranian group thought to be holding most of the hostages , Hezbalar is ready to end its demands for a prisoner exchange . |
| 9 | Conservative MP Warren Hawksley says it gives the wrong message to young people . |
| 10 | American and Australian warships joined with British forces in a combined operation to intercept the Iraqis , and Defence Secretary , Tom King says it shows the multi-national force is working well as a unit . |
| 11 | Xerox Corp , figures , page five , says it expects the European economy to remain weak for the rest of the year , but Xerox forecasts ‘ some encouraging signs of recovery ’ in Japan for the remainder of 1993 ; the plan to leave the financial services business remains on track but it might take several years . |
| 12 | Like an archaeologist who digs up a tiny shard in the desert and from it extrapolates a whole civilisation , so Simon Charsley lifts an inconsequential marzipan confection and uses it to illuminate the shifting sands of Western civilisation . |
| 13 | Many anglers are hailing it as the most significant advance in fishing tackle during the past 20 years and Dave Chilton , the man who has popularised its use , believes that the line , made from the world 's strongest man-made fibre ( Lancia uses it to strengthen the internal bodywork of its cars ) , may revolutionise all branches of the sport . |
| 14 | Amalgamemnon takes the pejorative term ‘ redundancy ’ and uses it to fight the very exclusion it designates . |
| 15 | In one sense ( typically , when it occurs before a countable noun , meaning ‘ an unknown individual ’ ) it has the strong form : ‘ I think some animal broke it ’ It is also used before uncountable nouns ( meaning ‘ an unspecified amount of ’ ) and before other nouns in the plural ( meaning ‘ an unspecified number of ’ ) , in such uses it has the weak form . |
| 16 | The idea is that when an instruction that is meant for a coprocessor is encountered , the coprocessor handles it leaving the main processor to carry on with other jobs . |
| 17 | Even though the statutory offence that replaces it reduces the public order characteristics of the offence and raises doubts as to whether affray is properly characterised as a public order offence at all , the likelihood is that it will continue to be employed in the prosecution of spontaneous brawls that result in no great injury in circumstances where the evidence of specific offences against the person is deficient . |
| 18 | Poet Software Corp reckons it has the first object database for NT ( CI No 2,176 ) , but Objectivity Inc is stomping at its heels with the Objectivity/DB Starter Kit for Windows NT , also claiming it to ‘ the first object-oriented database management system for Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT operating system ’ . |
| 19 | Poet reckons it has the first object database for NT , but Objectivity Inc is stomping at its heels with the Objectivity/DB Starter Kit for Windows NT , also claiming it to ‘ the first object-oriented database management system for Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT operating system ’ . |
| 20 | HE WO N'T cut the exchange rate of the over-valued pound because in his daydreams he sees it replacing the German mark as the strongest currency . |
| 21 | As the size of a non-ectothermic herbivore increases it has the additional problem of finding enough food ( so there is , incidentally , a selective advantage for any plant to become unpalatable ) . |
| 22 | The tongue helps the process of swallowing by producing a lot of mucus which lubricates the food and prevents it scratching the delicate membranes of the throat . |
| 23 | For the Black Crowes it spans the whole music business , including those who try to label the band the ‘ new Rolling Stones ’ or ‘ The Faces reincarnated ’ . |
| 24 | But once it accelerates it adopts the normal movement of any quadruped . |
| 25 | Nor does it contemplate the knock-on consequences for Labour ministers of attempting to implement their programme while rebuilding the governmental machine . |
| 26 | Nor does it want the German tail to wag the European dog . |
| 27 | Nor does it accommodate the traditional costumes or a tired , very conventional acting style . |
| 28 | If you copy it to a different place , does it leave the blank formulas |
| 29 | What does it benefit the British people of Northern Ireland ( for the Ulster-born members of the IRA are British whether they like it or not ) randomly to murder British children in Warrington ? |
| 30 | Not until it is four or five months old does it discover the remarkable fact that water can be sniffed up into a trunk and then , if you blow out , you can hose it into your mouth . |