Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [vb -s] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is getting into the position of an excellent prize of war ; strategically it points right into the heart of Japan and into the hands of an enemy it weakens the Japanese bastion of Western defence . |
| 2 | For if it relates to the BBC per se then it conveniently overlooks its seedier and more questionable aspects , whilst if it relates to some imaginary institution it ignores the real pressures on institutions which make them somehow less ideal than one would desire . |
| 3 | Lord of the Flies is a novel about English schoolboys marooned on a desert island — a Defoe-like subject , though unlike Crusoe it uses the third person — but reversing Defoe , it tells of their rapid descent into savagery , totem-worship and the childish joys of torture and terror . |
| 4 | When a neurotransmitter fits into its receptor it triggers the chemical response that changes the membrane potential and passes the signal from one neurone to another . |
| 5 | Miliary er i it it refers , well you 've heard of millet seed and it 's it refers to a seeding of many different lesions er , around the body it means the disseminated form of of tuberculosis where the lesions occur all over the place . |
| 6 | Yes , it starts at , it says on the front it starts at seven , and then at the back it says the actual quiz starts at seven thirty . |
| 7 | By curving up its abdomen it gives the false impression that it is about to strike with its tail . |
| 8 | When a fish sucks in the bait it lifts the bottom shot off the bottom and so allows the buoyancy of the float to take over , resulting in the antenna rising out of the water like the sword Excalibur . |
| 9 | As a general argument it straddles the two others , being more limited than either but broader than each . |
| 10 | On paper it appears the light blues are inches shorter … and a few months older … but what about on the water ? |
| 11 | No , you 've when you do a delete erm if you do con ex signal , if you have that on signal it deletes the whole signal , airlines and all . |
| 12 | In particular , in a commodity ( both a capitalist commodity and any commodity ) society it wears the fetishistic costume of the law of value . |
| 13 | So the report before you is the first real annual report on Equal Opportunities Inter County Council , so you 've got all the relevant statistics and in that sense it compliments the previous report that you 've just examined . |
| 14 | It can include the immediate team of tutors and clinical teachers within the school of nursing , but in the wider sense it includes the medical staff and all trained staff of wards and departments , each with their special skills , personalities and valuable experience . |
| 15 | Note that as ‘ rainbow ’ is regarded as being the most important word it has the highest pitch . |
| 16 | Clearly where a committee can issue a quick and reasoned comment on a topical subject it has the greatest impact . |
| 17 | As a consequence of this approach it makes the whole process accessible , meaningful and feasible . |
| 18 | As the trail approaches the shore of Lough Erne on the main road it crosses the narrow channel of water between Trasna Island and the mainland and travels along the north shore of the island . |
| 19 | Like pop socio-biology it bears the unmistakable imprint of a particular cultural view of the world , resulting in a projection of ethnographic ‘ material ’ onto inert ‘ other cultures ’ . |
| 20 | Once the pad 's level with the board it activates the electrical circuit and the game begins . ’ |
| 21 | Chairman it makes the whole thing far simpler I think because there is n't really no disagreement about this whatsoever . |
| 22 | In addition it offers the latest avalanche conditions in Scotland as supplied by the Scottish Mountain Safety Group , and winter climbing conditions in the major Scottish centres . |
| 23 | Set in a WWI officer 's prisoner of war camp it shows the last veneers of a chivalrous , civilised Europe being ripped away by the black talons of mechanised war . |
| 24 | It 's also the highest proportion of our oi erm production for these reasons and of course it has the greatest return pocket in that . |
| 25 | In its upright form it represents the vertical thrust of life across sedimentary layers of earthly matter . |
| 26 | In reality it contains the only mystery . |
| 27 | in the main it affects the proper functioning of the gills . |
| 28 | in the main it affects the proper functioning of the gills . |
| 29 | The widget-making company may increase the amount it pays the remaining workers ; it may reduce the price of widgets ( or not increase it as fast as prices in general rise ) ; and it may be able to retain some of the saving as increased profits . |
| 30 | It lacks the personal touch it lacks the personal touch which is why you never send your people letters saying you 're fired or you know lost a job you always talk to them and it can be more expensive in terms of materials you use it 's it is very very expensive on mat materials and cheap on time but it 's a personal relationships that 's the first thing okay that 'll do so when do we use it ? |