Example sentences of "[adj] [vb -s] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That covers it dun n it ? |
| 2 | Colic is a sharp pain in the stomach or intestines of a baby , that causes it to cry uncontrollably . |
| 3 | What 's that thing , something you do that causes it to get chopped off ? |
| 4 | Unfortunately IBM has not submitted it yet to the likes of X/Open Co Ltd , neither has it signed any deals with the likes of DEC to push MQSeries on its own machines : instead the firm is relying on the system 's own merits to attract software developers . |
| 5 | Presumably should we therefore have something that covers quality , oh sorry no this covers it does n't it , yeah , o.k . |
| 6 | Indeed so popular has it become that its designer has achieved the ultimate scientific accolade of eponymy ( having a phenomenon , method or piece of equipment named after oneself ) , for the apparatus is known as the ‘ morris water maze ’ ( Figure 9.5 ) and within the last few years has virtually replaced the skinner box as necessary equipment for all psychology labs . |
| 7 | Despite the extensions , Concurrent says it likes to stick to the standards wherever it can . |
| 8 | Despite the extensions , Concurrent says it likes to stick to the standards wherever it can . |
| 9 | Tony Meek says it means the world to be in the race and its a dream come true … he gets his dogs ready by walking them in the forest every morning … they have good food … weetabix … honey and milk for breakfast … cooked meat … raw meat and vegatables for tea … he says his dogs have a good chance of winning they 're second and third favourites and he 's not bothered which one does it … |
| 10 | This allows it to generate an incredible 550 volts . |
| 11 | This allows it to gather moisture should it become lost ; its mouth remains wet and the string is wet too . |
| 12 | This allows it to land nearby but not interfere with the descent . |
| 13 | If this happens it seems the old male is doomed . |
| 14 | While this happens it gives the appearance of remaining dormant . |
| 15 | When this happens it means that the animal has suffered some kind of temperature-increasing illness , such as a prolonged fever , or possibly some kind of shock or trauma . |
| 16 | This requires it to have paid-up capital of at least £5 million and to meet other requirements about its asset structure and the range of banking services it offers . |
| 17 | This lets it challenge psychology 's notions of the basically asexual nature of subjectivity , and of the fixity of female and male sexuality . |
| 18 | so , the station 's management structure is quite bare and this helps it to respond very quickly to current events . |
| 19 | This helps it to spin up to speed quickly , which reduces turbo lag and improves that all-important mid-range response , although at the expense of outright potency . |
| 20 | If the car has a constant speed of fifty miles per hour this means it goes fifty miles in every hour . |
| 21 | A motor boat has a speed of four miles per hour this means it goes four miles in every hour |
| 22 | This means it passes directly into the gas phase without becoming a liquid . |
| 23 | This means it treats everything on your screen as an object , including the desktop . |
| 24 | This means it fights exactly like any other model in hand-to-hand combat except that it is immune to psychology and does not take a break test . |
| 25 | This means it has been grown slowly to full maturity , fattened on food containing no animal protein and at least 70 per cent cereal , and reared without the use of any antibiotics or growth-promoting additives . |
| 26 | This means it has to be new , capable of industrial application , involve an innovation , and not be excluded as a special case — such as military inventions . |
| 27 | It 's er what this means it means is that the guaranteed price in this country is a lot lower than it is in other European countries . |
| 28 | This means it needs effective screening and filtering which can be difficult , bulky and expensive . |
| 29 | This enables it to send video , audio and data from any point in the UK , via satellite , to closed groups of users . |
| 30 | This enables it to build a 238-pin ZIF socket , which will house OverDrive Processor technology , into Premmia machines . |