Example sentences of "[coord] it [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In sign , it can be seen in the learner 's apparent acknowledgement of comprehension of a statement by the deaf person which the hearing learner in fact has not understood , or it involves an immediate switch of topic by the hearing learner to something in which he feels more competent , without answering the deaf person 's query . |
| 2 | They either indicate where the grave is without strings attached , or it becomes a shoddy exercise which should be refused . |
| 3 | It 's also good-quality stuff , and it takes a good couple of minutes of comparing the grain on the outside and the inside of the guitar to make absolutely sure that the back and sides are n't actually solid . |
| 4 | But not all mosquitoes that breed in puddles or water pots are vectors of malaria , and it takes a competent entomologist to distinguish the dangerous from the harmless and to carry out this ‘ species sanitation ’ . |
| 5 | Analysis is a very slow process and it takes a long time to weed through the past and try to discover what things happened to you that affected you . |
| 6 | That 's something we , we , that 's what we found and one of the things we have got is this youth bus actually operating in the town and it erm , it 's running three nights a week , we ca n't cover every bit of the town , but it goes to different area 's of the town , The Stow , and Old Harlow , I mean we 've actually got quite good relationship 's with , with , with the young people in Old Harlow , but erm , I mean we ca n't cover every night , I mean there is a problem , of erm , you know , you you get from a position where you recognise it , you , you , you need to start catering for a particular group and it takes a long time getting there . |
| 7 | Food photography is all about presentation and it takes a long time , which is why we have a new home economist on the team . |
| 8 | The people are generally friendly but shy and it takes a long time to gain their confidence to the point where they will teach a visiting scientist the secrets of their art . |
| 9 | It seems to me that you get these big moments in the life of the church , as you do in the life of any institution , historically speaking , and it takes a long time for you to discover what the effect of them is going to be . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a celebration of the best of a woman when a designer makes a great dress , and it takes a certain intelligence to carry it off . |
| 11 | For the whole unit is bolted to the back of the tractor and it takes a mere ½hr to change it — and no need for a limp back to the workshop ! |
| 12 | However , not only is the wind downwind of a sail affected but also that behind the board , since the sail curves the wind and it takes a few board lengths for it to revert to its normal direction . |
| 13 | Be warned : time is a great leveller and it takes a few seasons in the hard world outside the show marquee for a new rose to find its true level . |
| 14 | And it takes a crummy gumshoe to get me out of trouble . ’ |
| 15 | Most good dealers are compulsive buyers , and it takes a sympathetic backer to control without stifling flair . |
| 16 | And it takes a full 3lbs of that grain to produce just 1lb of poultry . |
| 17 | But , when you look at it in that context it becomes very much erm , part of your life , and it takes an awful lot to break that habit and there 's no help . |
| 18 | However , I think it it to re-stress again it remains the county council 's view in the context of the advice in P P G seven that most most development erm which is going to serve to promote diversification in rural areas should in fact be directed to and located within and adjacent to existing settlements rural settlements which is where , as I said before most people actually do live and it maintains a close relationship between the jobs provided and the residence of people , and that that level of allocation appropriate level of allocation is in fact something for the local er planning authorities to decide through their development plans and to make adequate provision for it . |
| 19 | Party meetings continued to be held at the Carlton and it played a greater part in holding the party together when the Liberal Unionists joined . |
| 20 | This underlying concern still shapes Moscow 's attitude to bodies such as ASEAN and it expresses a growing resentment over the limitations of Moscow 's policy of military denial in the Third World in this decade . |
| 21 | And it made a long garage . |
| 22 | The evening was an enjoyable affair and it made a pleasant change not to have to leave Sally behind . |
| 23 | It had a beautiful soft tail and it made a sad sound : ‘ Eee-eee ! ’ |
| 24 | It was very necessary , and it made a sunny improvement in the event . |
| 25 | Anyhow , we had open views over the Heath and Vale of Health and it made a lovely family home even if it was badly designed with a huge wasteful " well " in the middle of the house which had the advantage of enabling us to come downstairs in a series of flying leaps , holding on to tall mahogany pillars at the corners of the stairway . |
| 26 | Chesterton , always a favourite author , was a Christian ; it was at this period that Lewis read The Everlasting Man , and it made a profound impression on him . |
| 27 | He says he was an army officer seconded to the site and it made a remarkable contribution to the war , as well as developing the first computer . |
| 28 | Trouble was he lived at Selsit , which was up over the Pennine Way , across the high moor , and it meant a three-hour trek there and back . |
| 29 | There are perhaps 24,000 registered purebred breeding cows in New Zealand and perhaps 15,000 in Canada , and it remains a major beef breed in Argentina , Brazil , Uruguay , the USA , Australia and South Africa . |
| 30 | No solution to this difficulty has been found and it remains a fundamental problem of ‘ do-it-yourself ’ data analysis . |