Example sentences of "[vb -s] it the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The equation is represented as natural , and that gives it the force of commonsense . |
| 32 | The four British associations each has a vote on the board , with Fifa having four of its own , which gives it the power of veto but guards against the laws being riddled with crackpot theories — such as making the goals bigger . |
| 33 | The difference between a living organism and one just newly dead is that something which we call life has departed , something which we can neither see , hear , smell , touch , weigh or in any physical sense quantify , but which animates and directs the physical organism while it is alive , and gives it the power to counteract the forces of disintegration and decay . |
| 34 | Even if one accepts this view of the social role of a doctrine of justice , and gives it the priority Rawls assigns to it , his conclusions are not supported by his arguments for at least three reasons . |
| 35 | Without taking the music too seriously Arnaldo Cohen pays it the compliment of thorough preparation , subtle timing , and beautiful ‘ orchestration ’ . |
| 36 | Highly detailed works , like that of an illuminator , they have affinities with the ‘ Miracle of St Nicolas ’ formerly attributed to the young Benozzo Gozzoli , and recently challenged by Federico Zeri , who considers it the work of ‘ a faker who displays uncommon ability ’ . |
| 37 | Belfast 's central location , on Europe 's Western edge , makes it the hub of the Continent and an ideal stepping stone to trans-Atlantic destinations . |
| 38 | But they are not better pattern selective elements , so I think one can conclude that the orientational selectivity of cortical neurons is not what makes it the organ of civilisation . |
| 39 | then this apparently gratuitous belief makes it the case again that I know that I will be given a lift . |
| 40 | We might suggest that in conceiving the rule for + 2 , we somehow already conceived all the instances , and this is what makes it the case that the ‘ correct ’ interpretation is correct . |
| 41 | The Rules of the Supreme Court make no specific provision for a contemnor being served with a copy of the committal order , but as I have mentioned an instruction has been issued by the Clerk of the Rules with the approval of the President of the Family Division which makes it the duty of the applicant 's solicitor to serve the committal order , but does not require personal service . |
| 42 | The power and complexity of this latest offering makes it the world 's fastest single-chip computer , according to its maker . |
| 43 | The power and complexity of this latest offering makes it the world 's fastest single-chip computer , according to its maker . |
| 44 | Its complexity makes it the rock upon which the left realist argument has foundered . |
| 45 | In modern times interest has centred around what it is about the owl that makes it the target for this hostile treatment . |
| 46 | Which makes it the bargain of the week or a disposable donkey of a release , depending on your perspective . |
| 47 | He leaves it the honour of still defending what it would have perhaps abandoned . ’ |