Example sentences of "it [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 They 're about this big and you squeeze its little paw and it plays a Christmas tune
32 It plays a role in processes , hydrolysis and condensation of carbohydrates and proteins .
33 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 .
34 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 .
35 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 . ’
36 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 .
37 Sharp , clean minimal arts in such a rough space will make an interesting contrast and it launches an exhibition programme by the imaginative Jopling , who will be looking for unusual spaces for showing art as a solution to the uncertainties , expenses and predictability of opening his own gallery .
38 Intel Corp has no intention of consigning its 80486 processor to the scrapheap when it launches the Pentium , and later this year it will come out with a 100MHz clock-tripler 80486DX3 version of the part , US PC Week reports .
39 The approach used by Watts and Quimby does not have these problems , however , it encourages the subject to focus on the external environment in order to answer the question , moreover it makes the assumption that subjective risk is determined only by the chances of a near miss , it may clearly relate to other factors as well ( e.g. severity of consequences in an actual accident , presence of a police car , unpredictability of pedestrians ) .
40 Of course yes I know it encourages the pigeons and they make a mess but anything to beautify the inner city .
41 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 .
42 It encourages the formation of farmer cooperatives and advances them loans for irrigation pumps .
43 Competition may be no bad thing if it encourages the development of new perspectives , sets standards and encourages groups to improve their performance .
44 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 .
45 The foot placement is very important as it encourages the rest of the body to take up a good position .
46 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 .
47 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 .
48 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 .
49 She said : ‘ It encourages the children to go and talk to their grandparents and great-grandparents and other old people about their days at school .
50 Demonstrative reference is clearly an important aspect of the deixis of the poem : it encourages the reader to process the deictic meanings in a specific way .
51 it encourages the perception of pupils ' attainments as being at one of a number of discrete ‘ levels ’ .
52 Elsewhere , the close-up , detailed approach which works brilliantly , say , for Imogen Stubbs 's affecting Desdemona ( the pathos of her disoriented , jittery jauntiness intensified by beautiful touches such as the sepia photograph of her estranged father she keeps on the bedside table in Cyprus or the chocolates from Casio that she has secreted in a locked draw , not because she fears sexual misconstruction but because she would like to be thought too grown-up for frivolous sweet-guzzling by Othello ) paradoxically diminishes Iago because it encourages the belief that he can be realistically ‘ explained ’ like a figure in a novel .
53 Secondly , it encourages the belief and even resentment outside the area that most loose government money is going to nationalist West Belfast .
54 What is legally disturbing is that this aspect appears in a summing-up at all , since it encourages an assumption that a libel has been perpetrated .
55 When the Heath administration first began to expand its intelligence activities in Ulster , it operated a number of agents , complete with English accents , before it built up an indigenous network .
56 The one of the Dallachy Strike Wing ( FP November , p29 ) has been less publicised than its counterpart at Banff to the south , perhaps because it operated the Beaufighter rather than the more glamorous Mosquito .
57 It allies the development of contemporary feminism to wider political upheavals of black consciousness in America and student protests in Europe .
58 Commodore International Ltd says it repaid a loan of $13m to the Prudential Insurance Co of America rather than accept the terms that were proposed .
59 It supplies a lot more information about the business , in Mr Hall 's estimation , and the Post Office is in favour of being as open as possible .
60 Food is essential to human life because it supplies the energy required by living cells for maintenance , repair and activity .
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