Example sentences of "it [adv] [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact the dream that we all had about Great Britain acknowledging it 's theatre and funding it properly has suffered a lot of setbacks since the ‘ sixties ’ . |
| 2 | It only says pay a pound a week , I pay three pounds some week . |
| 3 | It only remains to devise a film that will encode this experience in false colour . |
| 4 | Generally speaking it only pays to change a system when it has reached the end of its economic life — usually 20 years . |
| 5 | More often that not it merely involves holding an arm still . |
| 6 | And yet this awareness does not need to take any of our precious time ; it merely needs to become a part of what we are doing anyway . |
| 7 | The independent republic of Honduras had been created a year previously , in 1838 , having once been part of Spanish America ; its fertile coastal plains surround a mountainous interior , rich in forests , and it just manages to have a 40-mile strip of southern coastline on the Pacific to complement its much longer Caribbean seaboard . |
| 8 | It just means buying a telephone and plugging it in . |
| 9 | The value of R5 is actually not particularly critical ; it just has to provide a minimum of 93µA to the base of TR2 . |
| 10 | Marlboro , for instance , does not have to show or even mention somebody smoking cigarettes — it just has to show a cowboy . |
| 11 | However , the SFO 's handling of its investigations has hardly been consistent and it already has set a precedent for the Barrowclough report to be published in full . |
| 12 | It still does smell a bit cos I have n't washed it since then and that was about three months ago . |
| 13 | Once you 've found a style you like , it always helps to take a picture of it with you to the salon . |
| 14 | It always helps to attend a group where you get the support of other people in the same situation as yourself . |
| 15 | When a tape is put in the VCR , it automatically switches to record a test signal for a few seconds , then rewinds , replays and tweaks the recording parameters to optimize picture quality . |
| 16 | The main difficulty is that in order to record capital the organization not only has to know what assets it owns but it also has to put a value on them , even if the ‘ value ’ is their historic cost . |
| 17 | Not only does this approach have the benefit of using skills already present , it also starts to build a link between the word processor and the full-blown desktop publishing applications . |
| 18 | It also means providing a range of creative leisure opportunities for young people . |
| 19 | It also means knowing a bit about ourselves , so that old habits , opinions and attitudes do n't get in the way . |
| 20 | It also pays to keep a check on pH which , in an ideal world should be between 7.5 and 8.1 . |
| 21 | It also aims to create a computer database of the great variety of information contained in probate accounts . |
| 22 | It also needs to have a sitting-out area where you can savour the different scents and sights , and enjoy an alfresco meal , relax with a drink after a busy day , or entertain friends in informal surroundings . |
| 23 | It also seems to require a restriction of the scope of the criminal law and a readiness to consider decriminalisation : |
| 24 | Unfortunately this diagnosis is often used non-specifically ; it also tends to promote a sense of therapeutic nihilism . |
| 25 | It also tends to attract a lot of magic since this is about the only thing your opponent can rely on to slow it down . |
| 26 | But it also wants to build a family of jets with 80–130 seats . |
| 27 | We 've done a profile of the courses and guess what they all happen in the school holidays , so this is n't , this is n't over yet in fact for all the user groups , for you , the clubs and the organizations , it really does need a push from you , you must by and large are the deci decision makers , the club officers and I would ask you urgently whether or whether or not your clubs already got its name on the list , to actually support the people within your club that are laying these things on . |
| 28 | Just by opting for a more left field occupation you 're putting yourself on the edge a bit It really does take a bit of bottle to do that and find your own way through the maze rather than just go with the flow . |
| 29 | It too has published a number of staff training packages . |
| 30 | It seals up every nick , stimulates the skin to a tingling glow , leaves it looking and feeling very pleasant indeed , Corvette After-Shave may not turn you into a film star , but it certainly helps to make a man worth a second glance ! 3/9 a large bottle . |