Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So clueless and incompetent , so capable of mismanagement that it has turned it into an art form . ’ |
| 2 | The government has bombarded savers with opportunities to buy shares — generally on the cheap — in recognisable and profitable enterprises , it has tempted them with a succession of tax breaks designed to promote share ownership , and it has presided over the most sustained equity bull market of modern times . |
| 3 | It has made him into a bitter man and I quite understand that bitterness . |
| 4 | It has led him from the brooding atmosphere of his early novels to the limpid clarity of his last . |
| 5 | In the litter tray they do the same thing , but if it has been used several times without being properly cleaned out this becomes impossible and the cat will then prefer to defecate elsewhere , even if it has to go through the motions of covering its dung with imaginary earth after it has deposited it on a wooden floor or a carpet . |
| 6 | No yes Mr Singe is dedicated to the fewcher of Athletes Whaddon and to proove it has prezented me with a BLANK czech for £53–24p only , which is at my dispozal for strainthning the squid . |
| 7 | ‘ It has provided them with a stronger sense of purpose and mission , ’ he says . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've seen him myself , or else hearing about it has put me in a special state of mind , and all the other factors have come up right , atmospheric conditions , combinations of light and dark , what you like , and made me create what I believed I was seeing . |
| 9 | Neighbour Dave Ward added : ‘ I hate the programme , even though I suppose it has put us on the map . ’ |
| 10 | It has put us in the position of villains , whereas the Secretary of State is the villain because he will not pay . |
| 11 | Helping an elderly parent through her sorrow can be a long , hard haul , but very rewarding in the end — not only in terms of her recovery , but also because , if you find yourself in the same position in later years , you will look back on this experience you shared with her and find that it has left you with a far deeper understanding of grief , and a greater confidence in the healing power of time to see you through your own period of adjustment to loss . |
| 12 | This makes sense when taken together with IBM Europe 's statement that it has excess manufacturing capacity : rather than close the plants straight away , it has thrown them to the market — they will get business from IBM but only as long as they can provide products at the going market rate . |
| 13 | But it has bothered me since the turn of the year . |
| 14 | Use this form to tell us exactly how it has helped you on the farm or even in your contracting business . |
| 15 | The poll tax has been an outstanding success for the right hon. Member for Wirral , West ( Mr. Hunt ) — it has got him into the Cabinet . |
| 16 | The Renaissance was a rebirth of the Alexandrian-Roman spirit , and it has taken us on the same path . |
| 17 | Whatever the division among teachers about aspects of the new curriculum , most found that it has brought them into a closer relationship with the school library : |
| 18 | It has carried me from the comfortable Salisbury suburb where a kind Scottish family have made me a home , to a rough Bulawayo farmstead . |
| 19 | It 's turned you into a human being yet ? |
| 20 | It 's seen me through a lot . " |
| 21 | Of course , that 's right it 's cos it 's got it on the . |
| 22 | It 's taken me about a year to realize that the things I put down do n't actually disappear of their own accord . |
| 23 | A drawback is that it 's put them in the frame for some pretty clueless advances from non-comprehending journalists eager to get to the bottom of this modernist lark . |
| 24 | In other words it 's not part of its standard employment allocation but it 's put it in the local plan so that people know , the locals know , that that field over there those fields over there erm are not guaranteed for ever as countryside but on the other hand they 're jolly well not gon na be released unless it 's for something extremely special for which there would be a statement carried through from the structure plan , elaborated on no doubt at local level , which set the rules . |
| 25 | Since then it 's put us into a special class of people |
| 26 | ‘ It 's put us in a fix . ’ |
| 27 | It 's left them at a loose end at home . |
| 28 | It 's left them with a 5-year nightmare . |
| 29 | And it 's stuck it in the paper somewhere that er Branson has given money and er oh you know lots of other people in big business have given money . |