Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time it plays down the dangers of pollution . |
| 2 | One of the central features of the company is that it separates out the functions of ownership and management . |
| 3 | doctrine of original sin under the guise of a genetically determined bio-grammar of cultural values , by colleagues who would clearly like to think of themselves as hard-boiled scientific rationalists , both amusing and disconcerting ; but it points up the difficulties of the problem ! |
| 4 | But I do n't drink very much — it slows up the reflexes and I play squash and tennis two or three times a week . ’ |
| 5 | It builds up the foundations of the grammar system and essential vocabulary , as appropriate to the learner 's needs at this level . |
| 6 | An onshore wind will also be difficult since it builds up the waves into difficult chop which can break on the beach with mast-breaking force . |
| 7 | But , because it tones up the muscles and firms the body , you may well lose inches . |
| 8 | ‘ It mangles up the clothes , she says . |
| 9 | It evens out the peaks coping with fluctuations in work and ensuring continuous work flow . |
| 10 | It cuts out the effects of the age structure of the population which can confound simpler measures such as the crude birth-rate . |
| 11 | ‘ It shows up the differences . ’ |
| 12 | Budgeting often embraces both dimensions : it marks out the routines through which mothers confront , and struggle to contain , the conflict between individual health and economic survival . |
| 13 | Pursued further , as a form of enlightenment and emancipation , it opens up the possibilities of critical self-reflection , of seeing one 's central pursuits in a new perspective . |
| 14 | The glass stands silent in the gallery , he wrote , but it burns up the lies of the gallery . |
| 15 | Lechte 's ‘ Art , Love and Melancholy in the work of Julia Kristeva ’ is exemplary for the clarity with which it lays out the terms of Kristeva 's later work . |
| 16 | cos it makes a fun funny humming or buzzing noise because it picks up the vibrations through the table otherwise . |
| 17 | It sets out the requirements governing the admission of shares to the USM and the subsequent obligations of the company , including those relating to takeovers and acquisitions . |
| 18 | It sets out the ways we intend to support various groups of people in the community and their carers . |
| 19 | The objects clause of the memorandum of association is the most important , since it sets out the purposes for which the company was formed . |
| 20 | Described by the Tory Party chairman Sir Norman Fowler as ‘ this backdoor stealth tax ’ it cancels out the benefits for many people of the lower rate of income tax . |
| 21 | What you then do make a note of that all that , as I read it to you what you then do is to put your solution into that container you have to otherwise it comes out the ends ! |