Example sentences of "it [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its real speed changes during the journey sometimes it is more than fifty miles per hour , sometimes less but in two hours it goes the same distance as it would if its speed was fifty miles per hour all the time . |
| 2 | It discounts the few 41s that might be around as non-production units . |
| 3 | Once she had turned the corner and the house was hidden from view , she jumped off her bike and pushed it through the maze of potholes that pitted the drive as it meandered the half mile to the main gates . |
| 4 | While acknowledging that Sun has a ‘ big PR problem , ’ it thinks the few cranky customers threatening to jump to Hewlett-Packard Co do n't represent a trend . |
| 5 | Attempting to copy a decorative technique can confirm or disprove that it produces the same appearance and microstructure observed on the original item . |
| 6 | It met the same fate as its predecessors . |
| 7 | I ca n't reach it to perform the same trick as on Mait 's … . ’ |
| 8 | Although not technically a fountain , it utilizes the same components as the conventional fountain . |
| 9 | Welsh rugby needed last year 's tour , with its half-century hammerings , as much as it needs the All Blacks here now . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , it does not succeed on limey soils but otherwise it needs the same conditions as the brunneras . |
| 11 | It needs the same level of professionalism in FISA in all the areas in which it is involved . |
| 12 | It needs the same heading allowance as pencil pleat tape — 1.5cm ( ½in ) . |
| 13 | Next to it stands the former bailiff 's castle which is now a historical museum housing several treasures , one of which has a link with America . |
| 14 | By far the most common escape mechanism for organisms ranging from bacteria to human beings is ‘ habituation ’ , a kind of behavioural boredom by which an animal becomes less responsive as it encounters the same stimulus repeatedly . |
| 15 | The teacher responded , ‘ It looks the same to me — do you think both sides are the same ? ’ |
| 16 | Leanne : It looks the same , I think it is . |
| 17 | Since this shot occurs in two different scenes , maybe he tried it both ways , but it looks the same in each , tough repeated inspection fails to disclose conclusively which of the two possibilities it actually is . |
| 18 | ‘ It looks the same . ’ |
| 19 | From the outside it looks the same as the broader opportunity garden , but once through the gates the entrant sees that it is only a narrow strip . |
| 20 | A particle of spin 0 is like a dot : it looks the same from every direction ( Fig.5.1-i ) . |
| 21 | A particle of spin 2 is like a double-headed arrow ( Fig. 5.1-iii ) : it looks the same if one turns it round half a revolution ( 180 degrees ) . |
| 22 | In other words : " if it looks different it must be of the same age " , and " if it looks the same it must be diachronous " . |
| 23 | It looks the same as a racist stare , but it means something different . |
| 24 | ‘ It looks the same to me , ’ Siward said . |
| 25 | No , it looks the same shape somehow does n't it ? |
| 26 | I 'll have a look and see if it 's the same publishers , cos it looks the same kind of format , but then again it probably would be cos it 's aimed at the same market |
| 27 | It looks the same to me , until he 's had it cut back a bit . |
| 28 | I was gon na say which is , is as good , ah , no its not virtually the same , it looks the same but they 've got three engines in it . |
| 29 | It looks the same , dun n it . |
| 30 | It bore the same postmark and was again disguised as a video . |