Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has it a long publishing history ( many impressions ) ? |
| 2 | THE reader who lives in a council house and believes her rent is subsidising home-buyers has it the wrong way round . |
| 3 | In some circumstances , a commercial party may be able to invoke doctrines such as economic duress , that an oppressive term was introduced into a contract without adequate notification , or that another owes it a fiduciary duty . |
| 4 | Everyone writes it a little bit differently , with a personality all his own . |
| 5 | Well it was like the two soldiers and the one person just holds it the other person just tried and knock the head off . |
| 6 | The exceptional importance of the legislature in the American system is provided for by a constitution that makes Congress the ‘ first ’ branch of government ; endows it with the legislative power ; gives it control over the purse strings ; allows it a considerable role in the making of foreign policy ; and makes senior executive appointments subject to its approval . |
| 7 | The Sports Council says it the best means of acquiring all-round fitness . |
| 8 | She says it the same sort of consistency as yogurt but it 's salty and it 's warm and it 's not very nice at all she said . |
| 9 | ‘ As long as everybody else sees it the same way , ’ he said . |
| 10 | The group is strong because it has access to power through its institutional involvement with the state , which is why Becker calls it a corporate bourgeoisie . |
| 11 | The Local Government union NALGO calls it an infamous act of betrayal to Jamie Robertson , who helped bring in thousands of new jobs to the area following the closure of the railway works in the mid nineteen eightees . |
| 12 | She calls it the magic flannel and says : ‘ Mummy you 'll be fine . |
| 13 | Vaughan loves to cook , but finds it a punishing way to make a living : ‘ People told me that there was no job harder than nursing , ’ recalls Vaughan , ‘ but they were wrong ! |
| 14 | She finds it a little bit difficult . |
| 15 | He misses it the first time , but I 've written it exactly like he played it , because it does n't really sound too bad ! |
| 16 | Thus , for example , the price of a rural railway line should be less than the private marginal cost if society judges it a good thing to protect the living standards of people in remote areas or to foster a sense of national cohesion . |
| 17 | No-one would believe they had a recession on in Japan when they have time and resources to devote to dreaming up and creating things like this : Toshiba Corp has just launched a line of word processors with sound effects — ‘ to introduce an element of fun in the workplace ’ according to Reuter — they bark when you write ‘ dog ’ , moo when you write ‘ cow ’ and make the sound of pouring when you write ‘ beer ’ , and if you recall a text file word-by-word at reading speed , they repeat these and 26 other pre-programmed noises , from sleigh bells to sirens , as the words come up — and it no doubt laughs like a drain when your boss sends it an electronic message telling you you 're fired for being a disruptive influence . |
| 18 | on nine , facing Tufnell , digs out a full-length ball and guides it down on the off side , poor old David Lawrence has to give another painful chase their from backward point , but er , he lumbers after it and sends it an energetic return on the er , he 's swivelling round as he threw it . |
| 19 | and you wonder why you 're losing all your matches cos every time the ball comes to him he ca n't trap it or if he does he kicks it the wrong way |
| 20 | ‘ Everyone thinks it a great idea , ’ Mrs Bean said happily . |
| 21 | I rarely comment on Irish affairs , not because of lack of interest but because the Irish communities would reject any opinion or suggestion if they considered it a ’ Brit ’ suggestion or opinion , but , in this instance , the circumstances are so hideously distressing that I feel compelled to comment and to ask the Minister whether he thinks it a heavy irony that last Friday 's incident followed successive discoveries of large caches of arms and whether perhaps it was a desperate attempt by the IRA to reassert some degree of authority . |
| 22 | A petition can not be heard until at least fourteen days have elapsed since the petition was served on the debtor and the supervisor of a voluntary arrangement ( r 6.18(1) ) unless it appears that the debtor has absconded or the court thinks it a proper case for an expedited hearing , or the debtor consents ( r 6.18(2) ) . |
| 23 | No one thinks it an important proposition that what promotes survival of the human species promotes survival of the human species . |
| 24 | Adorno 's critique , therefore , and in particular the critique of the Culture Industry is mounted from the increasingly beleaguered and restricted field of the avant garde , and it is this , in part , which wins it the current disapproval of the more enthusiastically affirmative , apparently democratic , or outright populist approaches to popular culture . |
| 25 | Why do people think that inserting a candle into something they have no further use for renders it an indispensable household utensil instead of litter they should be taking home in their rucksacks ? |
| 26 | Despite all the above , Feare ( 1971 a-quoted by Cramp et al. , 1983 ) did not regard dog-whelks as an important food source for oystercatchers in England-the low success rate of attempts to break dogwhelk shells , coupled with the small quantity of food eventually obtained , renders it an uneconomical prey . |
| 27 | The ideal toy is very light , so that only a small amount of effort moves it a long way , and very soft , so that sharp feline claws and teeth can sink into it in a satisfying way . |
| 28 | Pythons and boas include the largest species known — the Reticulated Python from South-East Asia is probably the longest ( up to 10 metres ) and the Anaconda from South America follows it a close second and is certainly heavier . |
| 29 | Tony tries and with his eyes watering declares it a good noggin . |
| 30 | Its mandate already gives it a prominent role in this area . ’ |