Example sentences of "it [vb -s] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one revolution , whatever number of cones are on there there 's a feeder for , so if there 's a hundred feeders in one revolution it knits a hundred courses . |
| 2 | Unlike the ancient hill paintings the abstract pan does n't have any great meaning … the artists just hope it turns a few heads . |
| 3 | But the Evangelical Alliance UK , which says it represents a million churchgoers , immediately responded by saying the Church must not adopt society 's view of marriage as disposable and pre-marital sex as inevitable . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ It needs a few gallons of hot soapy water too ! |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It has a new 16″ 1,152 x 900 monitor from Sony Corp , 8Mb memory and a 207Mb disk and Solaris 1.0 is bundled . |
| 11 | It has a young professionals group and the bootstrappers club for teenagers . |
| 12 | It has a preliminary EOS Europe office and EOS Korea has been in full operation for six months . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It has a few houses and shops , even a post office . |
| 16 | Like York , the old walled city centre attracts many tourists , and it has a large cattle market and a cathedral . |
| 17 | Remember that the spine is flexible , and that in a normal upright posture it describes a shallow double-S curve . |
| 18 | Remember that the spine is flexible , and that in a normal upright posture it describes a shallow double-S curve . |
| 19 | It shows a few rehearsals as well . |
| 20 | It concerns a little algae problem … |
| 21 | Erm , there 's a question of a rally in Central Hall , now in order to organise this pensioner 's rally there short of funds , erm , I think the executive will be discussing this and as , as before we did give them quite a considerable donating , because it costs a thousand pounds to hire the centre hall and we do want to erm take part in a very big rally , like the last one was . |
| 22 | It is interesting that the Labour party proposes to return to what it calls a fair rates policy . |
| 23 | And it takes a full 3lbs of that grain to produce just 1lb of poultry . |
| 24 | It takes a few moments to adjust — one moment one is dry , wearing dry swimming trunks and walking about , and the next one is progressively getting wetter ( including the swimming trunks , which somehow seems particularly inappropriate ) — and it 's only when half a length or so has been swum that the whole thing seems ordinary again . |
| 25 | After food is put into the mouth it takes a few minutes ( usually around five ) even to start having any physical effect in satisfying the hungry body . |
| 26 | Although it takes a few minutes for the body to send out any strong signals of satiety it is probable that chewing and swallowing movements do begin to send messages to the brain . |
| 27 | In theory , it takes a few seconds for the machine to recognize a new card , but in practice it worked so fast that when I inserted the Flash RAM card and typed ‘ dir A ’ , the machine responded instantly with a list of the card 's contents . |
| 28 | Chloe explains it takes a few days to learn how to breastfeed . |
| 29 | cos it was all fresh cos he was gon na get meat tomorrow and the following day , so I says to him I says well why did n't you use your cheque book ? , he says oh I never thought of that he says , cos it takes a few days to get it , he do n't know with a cheque book |
| 30 | It takes a few weeks to establish in the tank before it begins to grow . |