Example sentences of "it [verb] a [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In ( 1 ) above this gives rise to an impression of a prospective event , of a desire or longing on the part of the speaker to realize the action denoted by the infinitive , so that the to infinitive produces basically the same sort of impression in this first type of exclamation as in He struggled to get free : it evokes a prospective non-realized event . |
| 2 | It is wrong ; it evokes a false conceptual model . |
| 3 | If you are working with a rubber solution glue , you will find it easiest to apply it using a large clean pin or a piece of wire , about 6.75cm ( 2 ½in ) long . |
| 4 | Make caramel sauce by cooking butter and sugar in a pan until it turns a rich brown colour . |
| 5 | They raise questions about the notion that it guarantees a common curricular entitlement in so far as they yield teaching strategies which are applied to children classified as having learning difficulties , but not to others . |
| 6 | NCR Corp , Sequent Computer Systems Inc and Unisys Corp are all planning to see that May 17 — ‘ Pentium Day ’ — is not totally dominated by the personal computer end of the business : like just about every other Intel Corp customer , these companies are bursting to talk about their high-end Pentium systems , but have been forcibly gagged by Intel from doing so : NCR was luckier than most in that it got a ten minute portion of the huge Intel presentation at Cebit in Hannover last month devoted to its eight-processor Pentium monster , but with the model number carefully removed . |
| 7 | She scrubbed the old lino floor until it revealed a pleasant geometric pattern of tan , brown and yellow diamonds ; poured bleach , then caustic soda , and then her own physical energy into the stained hideous bath , succeeding in restoring it in several places to snowy whiteness . |
| 8 | Indeed , SunSoft Inc is said to have taken VUE 's virtual workspace — though not the icons and bars themselves — and is thought to have hired Motif experts from the Open Software Foundation and elsewhere to help it build a Common Open Software Environment desktop toolkit . |
| 9 | It receives a substantial recurrent grant from the University , which covers its operational overheads . |
| 10 | This behaviour is typical of the several meals we have investigated using scintigraphic techniques , and shows that it represents a physiological relevant test meal . |
| 11 | Instead , it represents a small forgotten corner of Czech territory . |
| 12 | Some commentators suggest that it represents a key political platform for the government in coming years . |
| 13 | It represents a direct divine revelation that delivers a capacity for understanding beyond the parameters of normal discourse . |
| 14 | The group 's shares fell 5.6 per cent after it announced a revised estimated cost for the Channel tunnel project . |
| 15 | It involves a national postal survey of the election agents of major parties in the 1992 general election and interviews with the national and regional officials of the parties who are responsible for organising on-the-ground campaigning . |
| 16 | It became a private limited company , continuing as Stanley Gibbons Ltd. , and he remained chairman until his death . |
| 17 | Although the crossbow is known to have existed as early as the fourth century , its main use was as a hunting weapon and it was not until the latter part of the twelfth century that it became a major military weapon . |
| 18 | The chief designer objected strenuously until the move was found to be successful , when it became a long-cherished personal proposal previously vetoed by management . |
| 19 | The chief designer objected strenuously until the move was found to be successful , when it became a long-cherished personal proposal previously vetoed by management . |
| 20 | Almost every dairy farm in Ayrshire produced Dunlop cheese and it became a thriving small industry which was an important source of income for the county 's farmers throughout the many difficult times for agriculture in the late 18th and 19th centuries . |
| 21 | He shook it and in one second it became a shiny top hat . |
| 22 | The Abbey National gave itsmembers a bonus in the form of 100 free shares when it became a public limited company in July . |
| 23 | R. centifolia is also called the ‘ Painters ’ Rose' as it became a favourite still life subject with French and English painters . |
| 24 | CHRISTIE 'S SET an auction record for Islamic metalwork on Tuesday when it sold a silver inlaid brass casket for £242,000 . |
| 25 | By late Tudor times it had become a prosperous wool-producing centre , and had a thriving tannery , but after the civil wars , during which it housed a small Parliamentary garrison , it gradually declined inactivity and status . |
| 26 | It offers a new fixed-rate loan where people have to pay 10.6 per cent for five years . |
| 27 | It examines the disciplines which must come together to support EP as a single subject , and it offers a possible global content for a degree-level course in EP . |
| 28 | It offers a full discretionary management service — anything from PEPs , shares and gilts to traded options — for first-time investors with as little as £10,000 . |
| 29 | It offers a guaranteed three-hour walk-in HIV testing and counselling service . |
| 30 | It fulfils a dual educational purpose . |