Example sentences of "it [verb] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As was pointed out earlier , it responded to popular taste , observing new taboos about racism and sexism , just as it helped demolish old ones of sexual modesty and obscene language . |
| 2 | It helps maintain good relations . |
| 3 | John Hutchinson lauds such programming , admitting that , ‘ It helps define nationalist ideas , so we 're not subsumed into the British Isles . |
| 4 | But it did give considerable encouragement to the growth of services , particularly community services , and to the improvement of public understanding of the problems of mental disorder , and it was , accordingly , widely welcomed . |
| 5 | It did show excellent character to bounce back from the start … one plus point from the first half . |
| 6 | It 's all a long way from those bit-parts and Lynda 's delighted to be making her mark — even if it did mean changing career . |
| 7 | Although the Chicago conference failed to resolve the basic difference in viewpoint between Britain and the USA , it did produce significant achievements . |
| 8 | In addition , whether or not one had attended a catholic school may have had little effect on sexual values or mass attendance but it did increase catholic activism and racial tolerance ( Greeley , McCready , and McCourt 1976 ) . |
| 9 | But it did cultivate good will . " |
| 10 | Ascot 's Cesarewitch trial did n't provide many clues for Newmarket , but it did cause top jockeys Pat Eddery and Michael Roberts some anxious moments . |
| 11 | However , studies also showed that if bombing was accompanied by evacuation and the destruction of family ties it did induce emotional problems ; this dual verdict was stressed by the Board of Education after the war , having reviewed the evidence from child guidance clinics . |
| 12 | Yes I think that over the course of our married life we had a number of moves for various reasons , generally to improve the accommodation , erm as standard of life increased so the desire to have a better house to live in or rather in those days a house was out of the question , we generally had rooms in a house , erm , they , the flat for instance that we were bombed out from was a basement flat , erm according to the estate agents it was a garden flat , erm and it meant that you had access to the front garden and the back garden , but as for being a garden flat it was below the level of the garden in the front and at the back it was on the level with the erm green grass at the back of the house , it was also along side of the trolley bus depot , so there it was considerably noisy , nevertheless it was a self contained flat , the first one we 'd had , no the second one we 'd had and we were perfectly happy there although of course it did have minor difficulties , the fact that you used the front door with people who had flats on the other remaining three floors , but nevertheless it did involve you in a certain amount of community living , you were aware of your neighbours , you had to be very conscious of them and they were very conscious of you . |
| 13 | The revolution at Northampton may have been different but it did have uncanny echoes of what had gone on at Neath . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , it did have important consequences within the scholarly study of antiquity itself . |
| 15 | It did have sentimental value ; her mother had given it to her for her twenty-first birthday . |
| 16 | The statement emphasised that the Black Sea Fleet , comprising some 45 warships and 300 smaller vessels , was not considered to be part of the strategic forces , although it did have nuclear capability . |
| 17 | But it did need permanent supervision of weapons , gunpowder , and equipment ; and this was provided by the emergence under Henry VIII of a centralized Ordnance Office . |
| 18 | However , it does give instant information and — ’ |
| 19 | You see them much more as people , you know their interests much more than if they are just there listening to the lesson and so in a way this open access to the teacher , I think , although at times it does give extra pressure in the long run I think it 's tremendously beneficial . |
| 20 | However , for compounds such as the alkali halides , it does give theoretical values of lattice enthalpies which are in good agreement with experimental values . |
| 21 | It does give high work rates , but is probably better suited to larger farmers and contractors . |
| 22 | However , it does give high workrates and reduces soil damage significantly . |
| 23 | Nevertheless it does show considerable misjudgement to make films that had little to do with popular taste at a time when it was so difficult for British filmmakers to find an audience . |
| 24 | But it does make perfect sense in context . |
| 25 | So it does integrate straight back to that . |
| 26 | A tight monetary policy therefore , to the extent that it does affect aggregate demand , is likely to reduce Q as well as P , especially when there is resistance from monopolistic firms and unions to price and wage cuts : |
| 27 | I I would simply say that I think it does deserve maximum weight because I you will not be surprised to hear , er take the same view as Mr from Leeds City Council , that under no circumstances should the the settlement be located anywhere other than in a location which will serve York and not Leeds . |
| 28 | I do feel that the E two policy does reflect P P G seven particularly section one ten and two one where it does mention wild life interest or nature conservation interest . |
| 29 | People hear within the market place that , that we give good training , that we do develop people and it does attract good people to join us does n't it , whereas very few people want to join a company where you go nowhere , where you 're not given any training you stay in the same job for ten years and it does nothing for you . |
| 30 | ‘ But it does speak fluent French and has O-level Maths . |