Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | for the sea to be judged to be the same colour the painter has to paint it different colours . |
| 2 | The combined effect of the FSA and the delegation by the Secretary of State of regulatory power to the SIB has given it extensive executive , enforcement and rulemaking powers . |
| 3 | Cuba 's proximity to the United States has given it great value for Soviet intelligence , surveillance and communications operations . |
| 4 | Nonetheless , the authoritarian nature of the regime has won it many enemies both inside and outside the country , creating an atmosphere of suspicion and intrigue amongst the educated elite . |
| 5 | Yet its conversion to studios , workshops , flats and a drama school has won it several awards . |
| 6 | The success of Italian Euro-disco and House , and the more general context of Casa Latina , has ensured it wider recognition and consolidation . |
| 7 | And just to put the icing on the cake he has named it Black Forest Chateau . |
| 8 | The car has made it that way and it would be almost impossible for public transport to knit it together in the way that the railways did in the nineteenth century . |
| 9 | Fuzzy Logic has made it two wins out of two … |
| 10 | I think that Sir Ian has got it nearer right than popular belief . |
| 11 | The writer has to give it these things to make it real for the reader . |
| 12 | The University has many staff whose work of outstanding international merit in many diverse fields has brought it great acclaim . |
| 13 | We 're not asking R P G two has to have it both ways if if that idea is er is there at all . |
| 14 | Thus A Very British Coup fails because , according to Pearce ‘ it wants to have it both ways ’ , and instead of ‘ owning up to being fantastic tosh , it tried to be incredibly realistic ’ ( Chris Tookey , The Sunday Telegraph , 26 June 1988 ) . |
| 15 | My right hon. Friends have not committed the Government to any position on tax , but I notice that , as usual , the right hon. Gentleman wants to have it both ways . |
| 16 | Sarah has tried it both ways . |
| 17 | And as a result has awarded it top marks and a prestigious regional Quality Brickwork Award . |
| 18 | Happily there was no quick cash-in when ROY ORBISON died just before Christmas 1988 , and his widow Barbara has left it four years before releasing his posthumous album KING OF HEARTS ( Virgin ) . |
| 19 | If you are a professional grower , this bud is merely one among thousands , and you will not have the time to fuss and mollycoddle it — the head comes off in one go , and the bud has to take it full blast . |
| 20 | Intercourse , like most activities between lovers , tends to find it sown level , largely driven by the unconscious . |
| 21 | I 'm really surprised that the maker has neglected to scrape the frets clean of lacquer after the final coat , but Manson actually prefers to do it this way . |
| 22 | As Bourque and Grossholtz put it , ‘ that politics is a man 's world is a familiar adage ; that political science as a discipline tends to keep it that way is less well accepted , but perhaps closer to the truth ’ ( 1984 , p. 103 ) . |
| 23 | The majority verdict is that Seve 's handiwork is difficult but fair , and tournament director , Andy McFee , aims to keep it that way by utilising a variety of tees , including some of the ladies ' , to strike the right balance . |
| 24 | The type of guest for which a hotel caters gives it special characteristics and atmosphere : for example , some hotels are family-type hotels with a fair proportion of residential guests , while others are commercial hotels usually catering for commercial travellers continually in transit . |
| 25 | But do n't lets knock it to death do n't lets kick it this place saved my life I almost killed myself trying to fulfil those that we 've been talking about . |
| 26 | Maybe time does give it some perspective , he agrees , but he is determined to take the blame for the controversy it provoked . |
| 27 | She says she likes Cheltenham , she 's visited it several times . |
| 28 | He 's had it two years , but |
| 29 | And she 's had it some time now but the whole purpose was to so that she could train this one because the first one now is too old , the second one has and ca n't . |