Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | High-level ozone is a life saver because it screens out the UVB ; but low-level ozone is a serious pollutant , causing respiratory and other health problems for many people . |
| 2 | At the same time it plays down the dangers of pollution . |
| 3 | ‘ And if you keep both feet in you 've more chance of dropping back into the chair on your knees when it tries to flip , ready for it to whip back the other way , ’ says Birchall . |
| 4 | The next developments involved spectroscopy. the study of the sharp coloured lines resolved by a prism when it splits up the light emitted by a heated specimen . |
| 5 | I looked through it to see why the music had stopped . |
| 6 | As such , it engendered both the commitment and the determination to create new peacetime conditions in which the political and economic failures of the 1930s would truly become things of the past . |
| 7 | It turns out the inventor by then had come to the conclusion that ‘ I really ought to go off and look at something else now . ’ |
| 8 | Well , I finally got Miguel to talk to them about it and it turns out the reason there are n't any old folk around is because they do n't live much longer than about 35 . |
| 9 | In fact , the chemistry on the earth is rather special — it 's the sort of chemistry we 're used to doing at the temperature on the earth in the conditions that occur on the earth , but interspatial space the conditions are quite different and so , in fact , it turns out the chemistry is different , and so also we find that there are molecules that we do n't expect . |
| 10 | Trent found a boulder on the edge of the ravine which he prised loose so that a light push would send it crashing down the ridge and he hid one of the shotguns at the foot of a solitary pine . |
| 11 | First , it legitimized retrospectively the grant penalties associated with targets set in 1981/2 and 1982/3 and set out the context in which expenditure guidance or targets could be issued in future years . |
| 12 | One of the central features of the company is that it separates out the functions of ownership and management . |
| 13 | It points up the importance of admissions , and suggests that the assessment of a course may ‘ wash back ’ on its content and aims . |
| 14 | doctrine of original sin under the guise of a genetically determined bio-grammar of cultural values , by colleagues who would clearly like to think of themselves as hard-boiled scientific rationalists , both amusing and disconcerting ; but it points up the difficulties of the problem ! |
| 15 | The programme does not apportion blame , or claim a conclusive link , but it points up the lack of long-term monitoring on people working with the chemicals , and suggests warning labels on the products do not always make clear what type of protective clothing is suitable . |
| 16 | It insists that this is therefore the best guide to what they should do , that it points out the right direction for continuing and developing that practice . |
| 17 | The picture was clearly in her head , but it brought none of the old bitterness , because now she was seeing Alain , imagining him , and it wiped away the old grief . |
| 18 | There was slight muddying of some tones , and the bass end could be made so heavy that it wiped out the rest of the mix , but with some careful EQ'ing during mixdown I ended up with a result which would be more than acceptable as a demo tape . |
| 19 | The pain was intense , gripping her with its cruel talons , biting deep , but not so deep that it wiped out the sudden rush of anger she felt at his blind stubbornness . |
| 20 | ‘ At first I could not believe it , but when I saw it hanging on the wall of this house , I was flabbergasted , ’ he said . |
| 21 | and put your heel down and it clips up the back , it was like |
| 22 | It goes right the way you can see over there . |
| 23 | It goes right the way back . |
| 24 | Cos it goes right the way through . |
| 25 | As it goes away the reverse is the case . |
| 26 | It goes down the line , all the way down the line . |
| 27 | oh just shoving sheets of plate into a , a machine that comes down and it take , it goes out the other end and you put another one in all day long |
| 28 | Could it explain why the pub was so quiet ? |
| 29 | It represents both the washing from the stain and defilement of sin and also death to the old way of living and the beginning of a new resurrection life . |
| 30 | It represents both the physical mihrab of the mosque and the spiritual archway to Paradise , and is often flanked by the " pillars of wisdom " ( pl. 31 ) . |