Example sentences of "it [verb] a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dearlove 's analysis of local government reorganization in the early 1970s , The Reorganization of Local Government ( Cambridge , Cambridge University Press ; 1979 ) is particularly important because it encourages a political analysis of change and develops an impressive critique of more traditional or orthodox approaches . |
| 2 | Unfortunately the more we talk about it encourages a certain kind of person to continue with it . ’ |
| 3 | Not for its own sake , naturally , but because apart from any useful function that may be fulfilled , it encourages a proper disregard of Self . |
| 4 | And it has the secondary virtue that it destroys a prevalent type of sceptical move , and does so in a way that explains the attraction of that move . |
| 5 | Moreover , it denotes a certain lack of confidence in the criminal process to believe that a totally false allegation would not sooner or later be revealed as such . |
| 6 | I 'm glad to say it got a thorough sort of leathering in the Lords , and so I think it 's rather premature for him to say that by fixing a budget we have belighted the whole police service in Wiltshire , for the next er , eight or whatever number of years he said , I think that certainly is rather premature . |
| 7 | It revealed a sorry state of affairs in schools which could be attributed to the cuts in educational spending — something that proved embarrassing to the government of the day . |
| 8 | It revealed a relative lack of interest in such studies and that ‘ the tendency to ignore the problems of everyday life is symptomatic of the general malaise of our times … |
| 9 | And as he mulls over his reasons for behaving as he has and for writing and publishing this record , the footnote status of ‘ At Tikhon 's ’ causes it to embrace a wide range of familiar themes . |
| 10 | I did not intend it to include a mere error of law . |
| 11 | This might appear exorbitant , and indeed as a symbolic castration of the Oedipus complex it represents a partial subversion of Lacanian theory . |
| 12 | Its significance is symbolic ; it represents a tangible token of the consensual nature governing the pupil 's attendance and in so doing attempts to counter the punitive and coercive meaning which accompanies referral . |
| 13 | At its worst , it represents a total breakdown of the US budget process . |
| 14 | For several years Spain has been the biggest source of sales for the majority of ELT publishers ; indeed , it is reported that for one of the smaller players it represents a dangerous 50% of turnover . |
| 15 | Although we are now debating a piece of works legislation , it represents a major reform of parliamentary procedure , so I put down a marker at this stage to the effect that the Minister should be more forthcoming in considering whether we should have new procedures for dealing with orders . |
| 16 | It represents a new way of life in which the behaviour and requirements of the collective body are present at every moment . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It represents a new way of thinking about the media world we live in and a new way of learning the skills of active engagement and critical reflection with all forms of modern media — television , video , film , radio , print , and the glue that binds them all together — advertising , ’ says Sister Elizabeth Thoman , Executive Director of the Center for Media and Values . |
| 18 | Equally contentious is its inspirational source , and experts have suggested that it represents a stylized version of such diverse objects as a pine cone , a cypress tree , a leaf , a foetus , a male sperm and the Zoroastrian flame . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , there is much good stuff , and it represents a fair view of the present state of the phytogenetic art . |
| 20 | If an ECR is made that is surprising to the clinicians working in a health authority , questions should be asked to ensure that it represents a fair use of resources . |
| 21 | Whether or not one agrees with Oakeshott 's position , it represents a sophisticated defence of the imperfectionist argument for a ‘ limited politics ’ , and it certainly warrants more consideration than Honderich provides . |
| 22 | It is more likely , however , that it represents a short period of dry climate when there were frequent brush fires . |
| 23 | At the moment it is closed but normally it displays a rich collection of textiles . |
| 24 | It has a quiet rural grace about it and , particularly in this area where gabled houses went on being built well into the eighteenth century , it displays a certain amount of daring . |
| 25 | It displays a basic lack of respect for other human beings . |
| 26 | The nature of pollution control work draws attention to these issues because it involves a substantial degree of discretion at field level among staff who are physically dispersed and isolated for most of the day while tending a complex and unpredictable environment . |
| 27 | It involves a radical re-examination of what all schools have to offer all children . |
| 28 | Do you , do you happen to know , will this service give benefit advice as well , because the , the budget which introduced a , an allowance of a kind for , for child care , is actually quite complicated , and , and it 's kind of er , an amount of income which can be disallowed before Family Credits are calculated and it , it , it involves a new kind of benefits trap as well , and I can see people needing quite a lot of advice about how to get it , and , and when not to get it and so on . |
| 29 | It involves a new subdivision of manufacturing processes on an international basis under which multinational corporations based in the UK , Europe , Japan and the US have established manufacturing plants in the Third World to produce parts which are combined in branches of the multinationals in other countries . |
| 30 | In this context , the Court 's well-known flexibility about how the transfer occurs ( for example , whether it occurs indirectly via a third party ) and whether it involves a temporary cessation of the activities in question ( see Redmond Stichting at points 11–13 ) is important . |