Example sentences of "it [verb] [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're so well known for the ES295 Gibson guitar that it became dubbed the ‘ Scotty Moore ’ model , but you did n't use that guitar all the time , did you ? |
| 2 | ‘ On the one hand it has dragged the name of this club through the mud and on the other , as a manager , I have got to be worried by the implications . ’ |
| 3 | The satellite television company yesterday announced it has secured the exclusive rights to live coverage of England 's three Tests and six one-day internationals this winter . |
| 4 | It has absorbed the Eastern Red Pied of eastern Liège , which was in effect the MRY in Eupen and Malmédy . |
| 5 | The company is almost entirely dependent on Royal Navy orders , although it has built the odd merchant ship of a more complex kind . |
| 6 | The jurisdiction of the High Court is an expanding one : in recent years , for example , it has embraced the supervision of the Take-over Panel ; Reg. v. Panel on Take-overs and Mergers , Ex parte Datafin Plc. [ 1987 ] Q.B . |
| 7 | It has stunted the growth of many a fine band — and promoted horseshit to sheep . |
| 8 | It has criticized the government for not stressing the responsibilities of scientists in its draft safety guidelines on working with genetically modified organisms . |
| 9 | It all made good sense at the time , but it has turned the middle-classes into sitting ducks , waiting to be plucked by Mr Smith . |
| 10 | They include Wallaby coach Bob Dwyer , who said : ‘ It has turned the game into basketball . |
| 11 | The bank says it has turned the cost centre into a business in an attempt reduce overheads . |
| 12 | To begin with , after it has turned the head with its slightly bulky but macho presence , the ergonomics of the thing strike you . |
| 13 | It has championed the best artists from the Soviet Union ; it has supported feminist art , some of it theoretically difficult and perhaps recalcitrant to a wide audience ; it has staged recuperative exhibitions such as the Independent Group . |
| 14 | The Colombo government believes it has broken the back of the rebellion in the south by leftwing Sinhalese guerrillas , but is still faced with near anarchy in the Tamil north and east . |
| 15 | There are occasions when after a long and difficult dig , and when a long time has elapsed before the recovery of the ferret and rabbit , you may discover that your ferret has scraped at the hindquarters of the rabbit for so long that it has broken the skin , drawn blood and started to eat the rabbit before it died . |
| 16 | Pouring over its latest simulation runs , Sun is confident it has broken the back of the technical problem . |
| 17 | Roy Jenkins , chancellor from 1968 to 1970 , acknowledged the strain when he said : ‘ I think it is the most back-breaking job in government and indeed it has broken the back of nearly everyone who has held it since the war . ’ |
| 18 | His red beard has grown very long , right through the stone table ; when it has encircled the table three times it will be the time of awakening . |
| 19 | WWF-Malaysia is opposed to the tropical timber boycott advocated by most environmental groups , and it has echoed the Malaysian government 's complaints that European environmental groups are using misinformation in their campaigns [ see EDs 57 , 58 ] . |
| 20 | It has rejected the use of punitive taxes to discourage proliferation of company cars , on the grounds that this would increase private ownership of older and less efficient vehicles . |
| 21 | It has received the support of the Howard League for Penal Reform and the Institute for the Study and Treatment of Delinquency , and also of other experts in Criminology , including several judges , as well as of very many doctors , psychiatrists and social workers . |
| 22 | It seems to me there is no foundation for it whatever ; all that a court of justice can look to is the parliamentary roll ; they see that an Act has passed both Houses of Parliament , and that it has received the royal assent , and no court of justice can inquire into the manner in which it was introduced into Parliament , what was done previously to its being introduced , or what passed in Parliament during the various stages of its progress through both Houses of Parliament . |
| 23 | The Northern Regional Health Authority said it has received the report it had requested from Dr Lawler and had now asked South Tees Health Authority to investigate . |
| 24 | In the first place , it has confirmed the Soviet charge that the liberals were both unable and unwilling to appeal for mass protest to break the government 's resolution . |
| 25 | On the other hand , it has strengthened the ties with my Tribschen friends even more … |
| 26 | It has expressed the view that the increased sophistication of stockmarket capitalisation throughout the Community will lead to growth in takeover activity and that the liberalisation of capital movements throughout the EC will further encourage the inter-action of national capital markets , thus giving companies easier access to finance for takeover activities . |
| 27 | The typical case is one in which a factual statement points out that a situation is one of the kind in which an ethical statement asserts that a certain obligation holds , that is , one in which it has expressed the wish that people should act in a certain way or meet the disfavour of others . |
| 28 | That part of the collection 's rotation has worked surprisingly well but it has necessitated the temporary removal to storage , or to its branch in Liverpool , of masterpieces which visitors expect to find on permanent view . |
| 29 | Either way , it has cut the vast queues . |
| 30 | Standard & Poor 's Corp says it has cut the rating on Tandy Corp 's and Tandy Credit Corp 's senior and shelf-registered debt to A-minus from single-A and their commercial paper ratings to A-2 from A-1 . |