Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [vb pp] it [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I think shrinking the broadsheet width has spoilt it a lot . |
| 2 | The American golf historian Herb Warren Wind has called it the greatest bunker shot in all championship play . |
| 3 | Birmingham 's lively musical scene has won it the title ‘ UK City of Music 1992 ’ in the Arts Council 's Arts 2000 scheme linking a different city or region with a particular art form each year to the year 2000 . |
| 4 | Birmingham 's lively and varied musical scene has won it the title ‘ UK City of Music 1992 . ’ |
| 5 | The sheer scale of the service sector has made it the focus for attack by the proponents of the de-industrialisation thesis . |
| 6 | He said the Vincennes ' aggressive attitude had got it a reputation as a ‘ robocruiser ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The High Council had kept it a secret . |
| 8 | A reason why a number of companies that have adopted some form of matrix management have declared it a failure is to be found in inadequate preparation and briefing of those involved . |
| 9 | Job cuts are almost certain to follow and a former Dowty director has called it the worst day of his life . |
| 10 | However plausible this suggestion , empirical investigation has lent it no support . |
| 11 | The French press noted that the Mauritanian government 's pro-Iraqi alignment during the Gulf war had lost it the financial support of certain Gulf states , leaving it more dependent on French aid . |
| 12 | Thousands of travellers are expected at the event , even though a court has refused it a music licence . |
| 13 | The frequent manifestation of a melancholy figure at Covent Garden Underground Station has earned it the unwanted title of the most haunted station on the London Transport system . |
| 14 | In this case , cerebral development has denied it the automatic response while defective social development has denied it the opportunity of learning the skill it lacks . |
| 15 | In this case , cerebral development has denied it the automatic response while defective social development has denied it the opportunity of learning the skill it lacks . |
| 16 | By 1990 the museum 's concentration on twentieth-century art had made it an anomaly in the collection and the decision was made to deaccession the picture , valued at $10 million . |
| 17 | That was my first impression of a city whose disastrous birth rate has made it the largest in the world , a vast expanse of concentrated housing broken only by open spaces of baked earth where the wind-blown dust swirled , and far away to port the snow-capped volcanic hulks of Popocatépetl and Iztaccihuatl towering huge through the burnt brown atmosphere . |
| 18 | This has been the practice in many countries internationally , but our sudden realisation of its effectiveness in creating bilingualism has made it the major discovery in language acquisition . |
| 19 | But their choices remained either in the storeroom or in the window because her father had made it a rule that the window was n't to be cleared until the day before Christmas Eve . |
| 20 | Ellie repeated her question since her father had paid it no attention first time round . |
| 21 | Membership of the EC started the trend , and the break-up of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union has given it a new lease of life as fledgling democracies create markets ripe for exploitation . |
| 22 | Its situation has made it an important centre for both trade and tourism . |
| 23 | That 's why the Campaign for Real Ale has named it a regional Pub of the year , an honour the 86 year old landlady is delighted to accept . |
| 24 | But the experience had been short and isolated and the moonlight had given it a sufficient touch of unreality for me to be able to fire my machine gun at everything I saw without scruple . |
| 25 | Its contributions to the International Fund have earned it the right to find out how the money is spent and what the prospects are , in political and economic terms . |
| 26 | Turned out that some well-meaning wally had given it a tankful of unleaded two-star . |
| 27 | The project is currently awaiting a green light from the government in Brasilia — which , aware of the need to counteract a reputation as the world 's ecological villain has given it a favourable hearing . |
| 28 | Austria 's central location has made it a natural corridor for East-West trade for many years . |
| 29 | Neither partner has given it a thought for years , but let some outsider come barging in as though he owned the place and it 's war . |
| 30 | Although ‘ Rastaman Vibration ’ did not get universally good notices on release in 1976 , time has offered it a better response . |