Example sentences of "it [verb] some [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it might be objected that Skocpol 's analysis courts the danger of falling into another version of functionalism , since it postulates some inherent functions of the state , it has the benefit of drawing attention to processes within the state and the specific logic which guides them . |
| 2 | ‘ Thirty years ago Julian Huxley and Eliot Slater speculated that the reason why the disadvantageous schizophrenia gene was not progressively eliminated from the gene pool was that it conveyed some biological advantage such as resistance to infection . |
| 3 | In the first place , it involves some actual power of control over the thing possessed . |
| 4 | Does it want some new batteries in ? |
| 5 | It produced some odd scenes : when NoS wanted to state that the paper was going to be ‘ progressive ’ and ‘ accessible ’ , articles from the dummy had to be scrutinized to make sure they proved this was true . |
| 6 | It produces some odd effects , however , for strict equivalence between postcranial and cranial elements is only reached when all the jaws are broken and the molars released . |
| 7 | This is sometimes done at discotheques , and it produces some dramatic effects . |
| 8 | A final dividend is due and payable on the date it is declared , unless the resolution declaring it specifies some other date ( Hurll v IRC ( 1922 ) 8 TC 292 ) . |
| 9 | If anything , it provided some pleasant surprises — about , for instance , the ability of large crowds to demonstrate peacefully , and the ability of Hong Kong-financed factories in southern China to be all but unaffected by turmoil in Peking . |
| 10 | This short book might have been more accessible to the lay reader and perhaps generally clearer had it included some extra detail or more specific examples . |
| 11 | To avoid misunderstanding , even disappointment , it needs some careful qualification . |
| 12 | Reading this poem urges us to ask what ‘ essential history ’ is and wonder if it has some ritual pattern . |
| 13 | One of the reasons it thinks that COSE is interested in its participation is that it has some key technology that in typical DEC fashion , it has failed to trumpet . |
| 14 | Food for Microwaving is also useful but it has some curious entries : under flour , for instance , it simply describes what flour is and what it is used for , but has nothing to offer on how microwaving affects it in pastry , cakes , etc . |
| 15 | It has some curious habits . |
| 16 | But not only does it have some , it has some astonishing rarities . |
| 17 | It has some elegant buildings , and is the centre of the Pestalozzi Children 's Village , named after Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi ( 1746–1827 ) , the Swiss educational pioneer and reformer , which was founded in 1946 for war refugee children of several nationalities . |
| 18 | It has some Balinese influences but its own culture . |
| 19 | It has some plummy fruit , with sufficient tannin for only £2.74 . |
| 20 | It has some well-chosen pictures — and an index . |
| 21 | The Bank told us that it does not reject applicants for loans unless it has some firm reason ( such as serious doubt about ability to repay ) . |
| 22 | It has some lovely catkins on it just now . |
| 23 | But he says it has some stiff competition from a consortium of Eastern universities and industry . |
| 24 | The tribunal is not restricted to evidence acceptable in a court of law ; provided that it has some probative value the court will not reassess its weight . |
| 25 | Where there is overlap between turns it has some particular significance : signalling annoyance , urgency , or a desire to correct what is being said . |
| 26 | As a language it has some particular features : |
| 27 | Multimedia is one ingredient in this climate of change and potential diversification but it has some particular implications which publishers need to understand . |
| 28 | The appeal is now scheduled to go ahead in May and Safeway says it has some public support . |
| 29 | Bay 's chief scented ; leaves used in potpourri use is in cooking , but it has some medical value also . |
| 30 | Fortunately it has some generous holds on the lip and a powerful pull gained rock of a much saner angle and a pleasant amble to the cliff top . |