Example sentences of "it [verb] a [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The backing of the union is not only important because of the information and clerical services it provides to strikers applying for supplementary benefit , but also , perhaps , because it evokes a more sympathetic treatment from the supplementary benefit officers .
2 That has not prevented assertions that it plays a particularly significant role in trusts .
3 Certainly , it plays a more important role in higher mammals than in lower ones .
4 If , you see if you put down literacy the the whole show 's in there , I mean if you 're going to put i , put isolated spelling it i it encourages a very limited view of what English is about and success in using language .
5 It had Courbet , Degas , Corot , Picasso , Braque , Matisse , Delacroix , and it got a very good review in the New York Times .
6 On the same day , however , it passed a highly controversial law by which all residents of Lithuania would be given certificates of citizenship provided they signed a pledge to uphold Lithuania 's independence constitution .
7 It is true that it squirts a scaldingly hot mixture of hydrogen peroxide and hydroquinone at enemies .
8 Firstly , I hope to clarify what spiritual direction is — and what it is not — for it represents a tremendously rich tradition in the church 's history which , by its very nature , has been both a hidden and profound influence in the lives of many .
9 While we do not wish to go even this far , there is no doubt that it represents a powerfully persuasive tradition of social research .
10 This is not , I think , meant to be ironical , and it represents a quite logical development from the premiss that the whole production , definition , and reception of literature has now become intramural to the academy .
11 His anti-Semitism may be a separate issue ( though many of course will deny even that ) ; but his Fascism can not be , since it represents a disastrously false judgement made in the course of following through a conviction not self-evidently false — about there being a connection between the health of letters and the health of the commonweal .
12 The triangular shape gave the maximum protection of the greatest number of traders ; but whether it represents a fairly general type of early plan — say pre-Conquest — I do not know .
13 Thus it would seem that the ‘ dawn of civilisation ’ , so often quoted in a context suggesting that it represents a fairly finite occurrence taking a relatively short space of time , did , in all probability cover a very long time indeed , perhaps many thousands of years .
14 It 's lighter , lasts longer , is more convenient and hard-wearing ; and it represents a more efficient use of energy .
15 Like the best fakers from the snake world , it displays a slackly open mouth with its tongue lolling out , and its eyes are half-closed .
16 It involves a very serious commitment by several of the design staff in a tutorial and critical appraised role throughout the College terms .
17 Compost-making on a farm scale is yet uncommon in Britain ( it has been practised for over 4,000 years in China ) as it involves a very careful balance and mixing of ingredients , control of ventilation and moisture , and the extra work of at least one turning .
18 During the nineteenth century , as more people survived their last child leaving home , it became a particularly important form of support , with perhaps a quarter of working-class older people in some towns taking in boarders : a pattern which persisted until young people began to marry much earlier in the 1950s , setting up on their own instead — and leaving more of the old on their own .
19 The legendary Miller ski , made in the USA , was one of them and it became a rather hot seller in the upmarket ski boutiques of London .
20 So it became a really useful place of education .
21 It recommended a more co-ordinated approach to the funding and management of care placing the responsibility for allocation of funds , assessment of need and co-ordination of care with the local authority social services department .
22 The second , and related , argument against sociobiology is that sociobiology is engaging in biological determinism ; the central accusation being that it offers a wholly biological basis for social and individual behaviour .
23 My hope is , if this is done with integrity , it offers a uniquely personal point of view which distinguishes the artist from the craftsman .
24 My hope is , if this is done with integrity , it offers a uniquely personal point of view which distinguishes the artist from the craftsman .
25 It offers a radically different perspective on international issues
26 Patterned sampling erodes the field man 's personal discretion while it offers a more visible index of activity for the organization .
27 However , the Marxist position is no more verifiable even if it constitutes a more rounded explanation .
28 It is the same kind of calculation as we did for haemoglobin , and it produces a similarly large result .
29 If this is right , it produces a very odd result .
30 It produces a very turbulent stream of air compared to similar airstones , and looks well worth investigating .
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