Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The picture was clearly in her head , but it brought none of the old bitterness , because now she was seeing Alain , imagining him , and it wiped away the old grief . |
| 2 | It represents both the physical mihrab of the mosque and the spiritual archway to Paradise , and is often flanked by the " pillars of wisdom " ( pl. 31 ) . |
| 3 | Thus in Lothian about 250 children — the vast majority not infected with HIV — are likely to suffer the death of one or both parents due to disease related to HIV in the near future ; this figure is probably an underestimate as it represents only the tested population . |
| 4 | Friuli is a particularly rich site for bird trappers , since it sits aside the main north-south trans-European migratory route . |
| 5 | Losing the left engine is trickier since it drives both the single generator and the sole hydraulic pump . |
| 6 | The scream cam from quite a way away , but it penetrated easily the thick walls of the study . |
| 7 | In practical terms this meant that , say , creating the illusion of a glass of wine was relatively easy , since it involved merely the subtle shifting of light patterns . |
| 8 | It illustrates clearly the divergent needs of liquidity and profitability that confront most banks . |
| 9 | But it looks just the same as a real animal . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ The men on the right wing and the men on the left have lost half the ranks behind them , although they 're spread out and from the front it looks just the same . |
| 11 | ‘ It looks much the same to me . ’ |
| 12 | A placid and leafy place indeed , except that it has also the local nickname of Enfer des palombes or ‘ The wood pigeons ’ hell' , because nowhere are these migrating birds more vigorously hunted on their autumn flight south than around Sare . |
| 13 | Some might accuse it of looking like a wedding cake , but I would suggest it has just the right amount of decoration . |
| 14 | Third largest in terms of oil , it has easily the largest gas resources in the Middle East being second only to the USSR on a world scale . |
| 15 | This project would not have achieved what it has without the professional generosity and sense of professional responsibility of the language and service disciplines . |
| 16 | Many pundits publicly opine that Windows would never have sold as many copies as it has without the massive publicity campaign that Microsoft put behind it . |
| 17 | Her manipulated images of masked Madonnas are made using a series of complex chemical processes ; she experiments technically , working and reworking the image until it has exactly the right feeling , tone or resonance . |
| 18 | It has arguably the best-performing four-cylinder engine that you can get and more safety features than any of its rivals . |
| 19 | Now Margarite , for instance , which is another kind of mica , quite similar to Muscovite except that it has twice the electrical charge across its planes of cleavage , has negligible strength and is very brittle . |
| 20 | In its revised form it has precisely the same aim : to provide a bridge between those who find themselves divided by the renewal movement . |
| 21 | Indeed , the party might well stay in power unless the Liberals win outright since it has much the better chance of putting together a coalition with other parties . |
| 22 | Figure 5.13 shows the same data for the Focused model which , although it has much the same proportion of grid squares with differences in excess of 1000 people , now gives a total range from -4799 to +8339 . |
| 23 | It has much the same sort of fascination as a dictionary , or a encyclopedia . |
| 24 | It dwarfs even the extraordinary experiments under way in Poland and Hungary , and the one just starting in East Germany . |
| 25 | In the first stage , however , it proposed only the closer co-ordination of EC currencies through the ERM . |
| 26 | It caused probably the first mythical switchboard ( since phones were only just installed ) , the cancelling of the Thursday night repeat was discussed in Parliament , Prince Philip loved it , Peter Cushing ( as Winston ) became a star , and the genuine sewer rats used for ‘ that ’ sequence all passed out under the studio lights . |
| 27 | The plant may be different but it uses basically the same manufacturing processes that the Partners licensed from the Belgian company of Solvay et Cie in 1872 . |
| 28 | Oh , it says here the basic necessities the things you buy have er have actually gone up , or they 've hardly moved at all . |
| 29 | It says nationally the worst is over but the improvement in the market is almost undetectable … it wants the Government to rethink its plans to reintroduce stamp duty on all property next month . |
| 30 | Eataine 's control of the straits of Lothern makes it unique in Ulthuan because it straddles both the Inner and Outer Kingdoms . |