Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This suggests that make expresses antecedent causation , since it evokes a process of causation giving rise to a state of affairs that comes into being only at the end of the process . |
| 2 | Of particular interest is the recurrence , amid abstract patterns , of an affective ornament known as the chute , which Campra had earlier associated with flute timbre and ornamented , French-style melody in Alcine to depict enchantment : it evokes the sighing of lovers whom the sorceress has turned into trees ( Act 2 , scene 1 ) and the music heard in Alcine 's Labyrinth of Love ( Act 3 , scene 1 ) . |
| 3 | The silver birch is so elegantly beautiful , from spring 's pale green bud-burst until the final golden accolade of autumn , that it plays a part in all the seasons , not least because it is especially favoured by long-tailed tits as a food source in winter . |
| 4 | The significance of an offer of compensation is that it may be taken as a token of the defendant 's remorse , and that it redresses the private loss of the victim , and to that extent and no other it plays a part in the sentencing exercise . |
| 5 | So it plays a part in that sense . ’ |
| 6 | It plays a role in processes , hydrolysis and condensation of carbohydrates and proteins . |
| 7 | Some of the manifestations of septic shock , such as hypotension , haemoconcentration , and gastrointestinal ulceration were reported to be mimicked after intravenous administration of platelet activating factor in rats suggesting that it plays a role in this syndrome . |
| 8 | Prohibition is only available to restrain illegal action and so it plays no part in correcting errors of law within jurisdiction , for which certiorari is the only remedy . |
| 9 | TO SOMEONE who has , in the past , had her intelligence insulted by experts , it presented no problem at all , last week , to respond to two programme makers with a sceptical , ‘ Pull the other one , dear , it plays The Bells Of St Mary 's . ’ |
| 10 | Its shares shot up 10 p.c last week and the company , Portugal 's largest quoted stock , is hoping to ride the tide of interest in the escudo when it launches a sale of shares and convertible bonds later this month to raise $300m of new capital . |
| 11 | It encourages the conditions for crime in communities that already feel more impact from crime because they contain more victims of crime , as well as more offenders . |
| 12 | It encourages the formation of farmer cooperatives and advances them loans for irrigation pumps . |
| 13 | Competition may be no bad thing if it encourages the development of new perspectives , sets standards and encourages groups to improve their performance . |
| 14 | It encourages the purchase of strong and well known products and brands , and emphasises those products and services which confer status and make life as secure and predictable as possible . |
| 15 | The foot placement is very important as it encourages the rest of the body to take up a good position . |
| 16 | The justification of the partnership approach is that it encourages the notions of quality and excellence , whilst providing a framework within which a wide range of activities can be given a sense of coherence and wholeness . |
| 17 | This will have a profound influence on the structure of the industry in the way it encourages the emergence of new corporate actors in the sector . |
| 18 | As a facilitator of management activities this imposes an opportunity — cost framework in that it encourages the reappraising of how differing expenditure patterns can best make a contribution to achieving organisational objectives . |
| 19 | it encourages the perception of pupils ' attainments as being at one of a number of discrete ‘ levels ’ . |
| 20 | It allies the development of contemporary feminism to wider political upheavals of black consciousness in America and student protests in Europe . |
| 21 | It supplies the background for appreciating the many exciting advances currently unfolding . |
| 22 | The more the puppy is travel sick , the more it associates the car with a bad experience and the harder it is to break this association . |
| 23 | ‘ Total im-mersion is debilitating , ’ she told me , adding : ‘ It destroys the muscles of the breast . ’ |
| 24 | They produce beef that no one will buy at the price at which they want to sell it , so they are subsidised by the European taxpayer to dump it in West Africa , where it destroys the livelihoods of poor farmers . |
| 25 | He had cause to be ; a number of the clergy who compiled the 1801 Returns saw the improving larger farmer as a mixed blessing , likely to be more interested in maximising his profits than in keeping prices reasonable , ‘ the cause of the dearness of Butcher 's meat , cheese , etc. etc … . it destroys the comforts of the lower class of society ’ . |
| 26 | It destroys the point of the exercise by driving up prices and disrupting the metals market . ’ |
| 27 | More fundamental doubts about the war were expressed by Richard de Bury Bishop of Durham in his Philobiblion , where he said that ‘ war , wanting discretion of reason , furiously attacks whatever falls in its way , and not being under the guidance of reason it destroys the vessels of reason ’ , and he beseeched ‘ the ruler of Olympus and the most high Dispenser of all the world , that he may abolish war , establish peace , and bring about tranquil times under his own special protection ’ . |
| 28 | The more pompous argue that it destroys the dignity of the service . |
| 29 | My emphasis is on ‘ given ’ : it denotes a degree of willingness on the part of the giver . |
| 30 | It denotes an illness in which the action of the mind creates a damaging reaction in the body , with physical symptoms that can be observed or measured . |