Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike the ancient hill paintings the abstract pan does n't have any great meaning … the artists just hope it turns a few heads . |
| 2 | Its real speed changes during the journey sometimes it is more than fifty miles per hour , sometimes less but in two hours it goes the same distance as it would if its speed was fifty miles per hour all the time . |
| 3 | Though it involves a few minutes ' paperwork , a worthwhile exercise is to jot down your own personal list of pros and cons , under the headings : ‘ spending now ’ and ‘ spending later ’ . |
| 4 | Attempting to copy a decorative technique can confirm or disprove that it produces the same appearance and microstructure observed on the original item . |
| 5 | Also known as Alphabet City , or Loisaida to the Hispanics whose numbers dominate the area , it lies a few blocks north of Little Italy , the spiritual home of the Mafia , and a few blocks south of the East Village , where New York beatniks gave birth to our modern global drug subculture . |
| 6 | Although not technically a fountain , it utilizes the same components as the conventional fountain . |
| 7 | " Well , " Graham said slowly , deciding he had better say something nice , " it 's good , but perhaps it needs a little work . " |
| 8 | The liquid is now officially called beer but it needs a few days further conditioning in the brewery , to purge some of the rough alcohols , before it is ready to leave for the pub . |
| 9 | I feel it needs a few points tidied up such as data entry checking , i.e. only allowing a maximum of 8 characters to be typed into a date field and being able to press Esc to return to menu at any time during data entry . |
| 10 | ‘ It needs a few gallons of hot soapy water too ! |
| 11 | Welsh rugby needed last year 's tour , with its half-century hammerings , as much as it needs the All Blacks here now . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , it does not succeed on limey soils but otherwise it needs the same conditions as the brunneras . |
| 13 | It needs the same level of professionalism in FISA in all the areas in which it is involved . |
| 14 | It needs the same heading allowance as pencil pleat tape — 1.5cm ( ½in ) . |
| 15 | Next to it stands the former bailiff 's castle which is now a historical museum housing several treasures , one of which has a link with America . |
| 16 | By far the most common escape mechanism for organisms ranging from bacteria to human beings is ‘ habituation ’ , a kind of behavioural boredom by which an animal becomes less responsive as it encounters the same stimulus repeatedly . |
| 17 | I 'll have a look and see if it 's the same publishers , cos it looks the same kind of format , but then again it probably would be cos it 's aimed at the same market |
| 18 | No , it looks the same shape somehow does n't it ? |
| 19 | It has a former Friends of the Earth director as a policy adviser and it donates a penny to charity for every returned plastic carrier bag — two ways in which J. Sainsbury is setting out its stall as a leader on environmental issues . |
| 20 | Providing it does not clog filter intakes , it has a few things going for it : it can act as a curb on nitrate and phosphate levels , provide shelter for any overlooked fry and even supplement the fish 's diet in holiday periods . |
| 21 | While Vadinamia will never be a rival to any of the known holiday-resort worlds , it has a few things to offer by way of amusement . |
| 22 | It has a few houses and shops , even a post office . |
| 23 | But whereas in M Butterfly the theatrical flash and illusion is entirely implicated in the theme of the representation and misrecognition of one culture by another , in The Royal Hunt of the Sun , at least in this revival , it has no such purpose . |
| 24 | It has no such claim on me , being without humanity . |
| 25 | It has no more substance than a smell . |
| 26 | Surely the question is whether the land on each side of it has the same greenbelt function , or different greenbelt functions ? |
| 27 | ‘ $ ’ , ‘ — ’ , ‘ - ’ , ‘ ! ’ . ie. It has the same syntax as the module name . |
| 28 | It has the same services , of sending letters and graphics , but also has the capacity for a visual link-up . |
| 29 | The Etude retrouvée that he also plays is one that the composer did not use in the final set ; although it has the same title and key as Pour les arpèges composés , it is otherwise quite different and a splendid piece which pianists will look forward to seeing in print . |
| 30 | As Nina remarks , this is a condition which afflicts Gael 's novel as well , and since it has the same title as the novel we read , comparison is inevitable . |