Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] it the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The islanders call it the Johnny rook . |
| 2 | Pluralists make it the outcome of bureaucratic battles within each state . |
| 3 | The impressive hardware , the ( rather primitive ) motion-control techniques , and the startling light effects made it the biggest single breakthrough . |
| 4 | More widely , engineers call it the concrete cancer . |
| 5 | Italians call it the ‘ Silent South ’ for this is a region of real peace and tranquility , where life is relaxed and full of simple pleasures . |
| 6 | THE reader who lives in a council house and believes her rent is subsidising home-buyers has it the wrong way round . |
| 7 | Early writers called it the battle of Branxton , but Flodden came to be preferred , probably because of balladeers like Sir Walter Scott and Jane Elliott ( The Flowers of the Forest ) . |
| 8 | This neatly matches the region 's external debt and , says David Forrest — underwriting director of the London-based political risk insurer EIGA — ‘ we have to encourage investors to give it the ability to earn the foreign exchange to repay that debt . ’ |
| 9 | Unbeknown to all , though , Harry 's bird arrived in Lisbon in 1975 , where it 's Swiss owners gave it the wrong name a nom-de-plume if you like . |
| 10 | The huntsmen call it the Autumn Hunt . |
| 11 | Despite all her efforts to ignore it the sensation lingered on to torment her long after the contact had been broken . |
| 12 | Local folk tales made it the home of mythical monsters . |
| 13 | The wags dubbed it the second Tamworth Manifesto . |
| 14 | The villagers called it The Mansion and viewed it and its formal garden of still and silent yew trees with awe . |
| 15 | Zoologists term it the Patagonian cavy for it is related to guinea pigs or cavies of the Andes . |
| 16 | of general practitioners gave it the thumbs down . |
| 17 | A teaching profession with a better understanding and a wider knowledge of educational research would be more able to question those who indulge in ‘ jargon ’ and also have a solid base from which to put forward their views which , whether rightly or wrongly , still rely too heavily on intuitive feel for what is happening , and I feel confident that the STRN can help bring this about if Scottish teachers give it the support it deserves . |
| 18 | If CERN 's members give it the go-ahead , it will be ready sooner than the SSC , for which it will be the only competitor . |
| 19 | First on the scene , a showy horse , a Palomino — the locals called it the cardboard horse . |
| 20 | Jonas called it the family-room , where there were plenty of comfortable chairs and couches and it did n't matter if you put your feet up . |
| 21 | Locals call it the yuppie tennis racket from hell . |
| 22 | The teachers said it the English way , |
| 23 | The ancients called it the God of the Underworld . |
| 24 | When an anti-tubercular campaign was initiated by the cell , the peasants called it the ‘ tubercular tax ’ , because money gathering methods were applied . |
| 25 | Its habit of growing in dense tufts gives it the appearance of grass growing under water . |
| 26 | Severe actions may be sanctioned against Ireland because it is naturally cursed , or because it needs extreme measures to bring it the fruits of reformation ( desired by God ) , or because it holds some particular horror for England which the English will deserve unless they do something about it . |
| 27 | It 's not always easy to compare like with like , as some makers give pto power at rated ( =maximum governed ) engine rpm while others give it the revs equivalent to unc shaft speed(s) . |
| 28 | While Babcock Thorn yesterday emphasised its jobs announcement had nothing to do with the Trident issue , the losses will clearly increase the pressure on ministers to award it the nuclear submarine work . |
| 29 | IF EVEREST were a person — and Tibetans call it the Goddess Mother of the World — it might feel a bit put upon . |
| 30 | Television commentators call it the biggest meeting outside the Olympics , and while that is an exaggerated accolade the standard of competition is amazingly high . |