Example sentences of "it lose " in BNC.

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1 If a horse is left unfed one day , it will feel the physical stress of lack of food and be hungry and lose condition , and it will also suffer anxiety caused by the hunger which will cause it to lose additional weight .
2 In my gybe , it seemed that by pulling up on the boom I was committing a lot of weight to the back which , although turning the board initially , caused it to lose speed through the turn .
3 A phenomenon which can occur on a high speed reach when air bubbles work their way down the skeg and cause it to lose its grip in the water .
4 It is to be hoped that recent changes within the SDA ( notably its drift towards self-help , business-orientated projects ) will not allow it to lose sight of wider goals in Scotland , where extensive areas of economic decline and outright poverty can still be identified .
5 Yet too much concentration on the military angle could , in the end , lead the UN astray , causing it to lose sight of what it is trying to do .
6 Either you have lost the letter or you did n't have it to lose in the first place , in which case the king never gave it to you , i which case he gave it to me , in which case I would have put it into my inside top pocket in which case ( Calmly producing the letter ) … it will be … here .
7 The company 's lawyers contended during a trial in state court that Basinger , 39 , whose credits include Batman and My Stepmother Is an Alien , had caused it to lose $5-10 million .
8 Understand what it is we are trying to achieve by cutting off a lot of top growth , and the where , when and how of it lose much of the mystery .
9 A popular paint for iron railings , gutters and downpipes is black bitumen , which though it loses its gloss quickly still retains its protective qualities .
10 A sport , like a new spouse , can be so infatuated with its glamourous partner that it loses its head .
11 Private Eye will probably close if it loses its appeal against the award of £600,000 to Sonia Sutcliffe , which was also heard last week .
12 In the process , it loses individuality .
13 There are no spin-off trials of conspirators fingered by Milken which can comfort the prosecution if it loses .
14 As the physical brain gets worn out it loses the power to record and express the action of the spirit .
15 A popular paint for iron railings , gutters and downpipes is black bitumen , which though it loses its gloss quickly still retains its protective qualities .
16 It loses another 15 billion cubic metres from the surface by evaporation — a loss that is about twice what was anticipated , because of the unexpected effects of wind .
17 ‘ Assessment is not in question ; it is when it becomes an automatic and unvaried process that it loses its value both for teacher and pupil . ’
18 Walk slowly away when it loses interest . ’
19 It also depends on the sun — a south-facing window will add more heat than it loses , winter or summer , though not always when you want it .
20 The ion enters the membrane forming a complex with the ligand , and passes through to the pure water on the other side where it is oxidised back to Cu 2+ ( in other words , it loses the electron ) by dissolved oxygen from the air .
21 Then it loses heart and goes away .
22 Saying ‘ no ’ even if it loses a sale
23 The smaller the animal the more heat proportionately it loses from its skin because of the increased area:volume ratio .
24 One called Ilex macrocarpa , and I am not surprised it is n't on offer in the trade , has the biggest berries of all , but they are jet black and it loses its leaves in winter .
25 The only area in which it loses out to the deeper-bodied F-model is on sheer projection , and I could well imagine some players foregoing that extra bit of welly just for the comfort and convenience of the LSE 's thin body .
26 How about Phil Hilborne giving us mere mortals some tips on the twiddly bits in Jimi 's version of Like A Rolling Stone ; it loses me every time .
27 Obviously it 's a real cost to the Revenue if it loses the ACT . ’
28 There is no disgusting crusty dirt that does n't care if it loses its job ; instead there are the big boots and frocks of the playground dressing-up box , the scruffy jeans and last year 's trainers like the ones set aside for playing after school .
29 Unfortunately , halfway through it loses the plot and its authenticity and sadly slips into excruciatingly painful white boy reggae mode .
30 If a neutral event occurs within this time-window then it loses its neutrality .
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