Example sentences of "[vb base] it [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Oh they and I guess it set a few farmers on his feet . |
| 32 | This last point does n't translate into ideal accuracy and agility , however , for apart from its detached feel it suffers a slow-motion response . |
| 33 | I feel it needs a few points tidied up such as data entry checking , i.e. only allowing a maximum of 8 characters to be typed into a date field and being able to press Esc to return to menu at any time during data entry . |
| 34 | You can er , use it to highlight a key piece of information , whether that 's in the diary or in the work organiser . |
| 35 | It is less clear whether it can be used to measure plant area though a possible technique is to redesign its optical system to focus on a small area and then use it to scan a larger area , agreeing that a reading above some pre-determined level is ON , below it is OFF . |
| 36 | Start by calculating the real cost of crime to your business and your employees by carrying out a ‘ Crime Audit ’ and use it to produce a written strategy on crime prevention in your business . |
| 37 | They use it to assume a new appearance . |
| 38 | Now the moth-balled site is to be revived with extra mirrors — or heliostats , as solar researchers call them — and an energy cycle that will heat molten nitrate salt to 565° C and store it to generate a steady flow of stream for the existing turbo-generators . |
| 39 | ‘ I think it takes a long while for The Wedding Present to build up trust in someone . |
| 40 | In some important respects — particularly Althusser 's dogmatism , determinism and anti-humanism — we think it represents a definite step in the wrong direction . |
| 41 | ‘ I think it had a green cover . |
| 42 | I think it depends a little bit where the visitors are coming from . |
| 43 | I think it gets a bad habit really there a bad habit really then . |
| 44 | I think it has a great story line , I hate Carmel ! |
| 45 | ‘ The technique still needs to be evaluated , but I think it has a positive feature because it has potentially fewer complications . ’ |
| 46 | So I think it has a social function , as well as a formal educational function . |
| 47 | So I think it has a social function , as well as a formal educational function . |
| 48 | But now I think it has a different meaning . |
| 49 | It has an irritatingly small backspace key and I think it has a horrible plastic feel , but this is purely subjective . |
| 50 | But it 's whether , whether the officers do that and start the consultation or whether it 's done by P A G , I 'm getting a shaking of the head here , I think it needs a political decision as opposed to anything else . |
| 51 | And you think it gave a better meat because |
| 52 | I think it gave a fair picture , yes . |
| 53 | I think it lies a little bit deeper . ’ |
| 54 | ‘ I think it makes a refreshing change from my Jaguar back in England , ’ he murmured . |
| 55 | Yes I think it makes a big difference |
| 56 | and I think it gives a balanced view , on something you know may be , you may be interested in the future . |
| 57 | And again you leave it standing a certain time and you pour off your whey and take your curd in to a muslin and er hang it up and again more whey 'll drain off cos it 's hanging up . |
| 58 | I re I , I , I 've it got a monotonous filling it up . |
| 59 | And the third thing is that about twenty to thirty per cent of people who take it undergo a dramatic transformation in their personality , it seems , so it 's claimed in America and there 's a lot of evidence that might be true , erm and that is you know a huge difference from er just an ordinary antidepressant . |
| 60 | For example , how many members of the cancer patient 's family have the mutant gene , and do those who have it show a greater tendency to develop cancer ? |