Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Its hard wood helps it resist cold winters , and its thick-skinned grapes are almost impervious to rain , disease and insects . |
2 | And the first one is , Is the policy required and if so does it give sufficient guidance . |
3 | Does it go clockwise or anti-clockwise ? clockwise ? |
4 | Why , when we have made it , does it go stale ? |
5 | So how does it achieve optimal relevance ? |
6 | Medical evidence shows using DSE is not associated with damage to eyes and eyesight nor does it make existing defects worse . |
7 | Neither does it inform complex and stressful child care decisions . |
8 | Ice is the greatest worry that a pool owner has during winter months , for not only does it trap noxious gases which are likely to suffocate the fish , but it also exerts tremendous pressure upon the pool structure and can crack the most expertly laid concrete . |
9 | The word ‘ modern ’ used in Hindi or Punjabi does not have its English meaning , nor does it mean liberated or even progressive . |
10 | Allowing the child to muck about , or does it mean free to express himself in his own childlike way , and not ape the adult 's way . |
11 | Refractory pouchitis : does it reflect underlying Crohn 's disease ? |
12 | Does it contain organic matter ( material floating on the surface of a solution of soil ) ? |
13 | And does it feel nice ? |
14 | So what does it feel like to miss out on Mrs Thatcher 's handout to anybody who can afford to pay for shares ? |
15 | What does it feel like to see your image about , on hoardings , in magazines , to hear your voice on the radio ? |
16 | What does it feel like for the select band of lay students ? , a mother and trained nurse who commutes daily from Stockton on Tees , says : ‘ Ushaw 's students have made us feel very welcome . |
17 | The central question , however , is : what does it feel like to be a humanities student ? |
18 | What does it feel like to live through things like that ? |
19 | " How does it feel like to live without your husband ? " she asked , handing Nenna a large glass of gin . |
20 | So why does it feel deep and steep to many businessmen and consumers ? |
21 | Does it smell good ? |
22 | poo , pooey , stinky , bad , does it smell bad ? |
23 | What does it involve other than sending out a few letters , keeping a record of what has been done , and putting some figures together at regular intervals ? |
24 | Not only does it involve large sums of money but , for the vast majority of us , most , if not all , of the money has to be borrowed . |
25 | Why does it need special care ? |
26 | So prices have tend to have fallen on world markets for agricultural goods because of support right , and they 've also become a lot more volatile and that , and that is the er the source of the international frustration with erm the common agricultural policy and this is why we 've got agriculture er being introduced into the G A T T. Not only does it impose huge costs on domestic tax payers and consumers , it also in incurs erm a large cost on third country exporters , right now if you think that most of those countries may well be developing countries and agricultural output is their only source of foreign exchange erm then er the policies of the rich countries in the West are erm a actively erm hindering the development prospects of developing countries alright and that may not be the desired intention . |
27 | Nor — importantly — does it include circumstantial problems to which the individual concerned may have satisfactorily adjusted although the circumstances remain . |
28 | This does not include information which has been leaked from such sources , nor does it include unauthorised and off-the-cuff comments made by junior officials . |
29 | Was it efficient , does it work fine ? |
30 | The puzzle is , where along this chain does it get fixed that on this occasion the answer comes out " here " ? |