Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [vb -s] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this happens it seems the old male is doomed . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Conservative MP Warren Hawksley says it gives the wrong message to young people . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | But once it accelerates it adopts the normal movement of any quadruped . |