Example sentences of "it [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The emphasis was now to be increasingly on service , given to and paid for by the state , which assumed the right to appoint its commanders ( this was made easier by the fact that all accepted the state 's money for service in war ) and to demand that it got the best available in return for its money . |
| 32 | He had the sort of sensitive nose that made him instantly burst into tears if it got the slightest knock . |
| 33 | It got the biggest laugh of the night , so we decided to keep it in . |
| 34 | Every time it lifted its head and pirouetted , it registered the new direction it was taking in relation to the sun . |
| 35 | It registered the further damage being done to him . |
| 36 | Wilson and Jones , in their investigations of this effect , did not test the carcinogens on cells , but on DNA extracted from cells and treated so as to make it mimic the methylated DNA of a dividing cell . |
| 37 | It squeezes the latest digital technology into a manageable package of 13kg ( 29lb ) ; and it can talk to any of the four Inmarsat satellites that hover 36,000km ( 22,500 miles ) above the earth . |
| 38 | BRITISH Airways yesterday became the latest casualty of Black Wednesday as it revealed the slumping pound had helped cause profits to crash 80 per cent in the third quarter . |
| 39 | Although Labour was defeated in the General Election of 1924 , the election which saw the publication of the ‘ Zinoviev Letter ’ with the allegation that it revealed the Communist intention to stir the masses of workers to revolution through using the Labour Party and the Anti-Soviet treaty , its vote increased by more than one million , or about 24 per cent , even though the number of Labour MPs was reduced from 191 to 151 . |
| 40 | The experience of Aden was therefore precious in that it revealed the only alternative to acquiescence or schizophrenia : the political struggle . |
| 41 | On opening , it revealed the accompanying dogeared relics of my happy spell in Nottingham some 40 years ago . |
| 42 | In 1922 it planned the first of a series of national hunger marches which were to become the NUWCM 's principal contribution to the inter-war years . |
| 43 | For no special reason except that it was something new to show him and it avoided the long grind out to the airport the brief shuttle flight and another cab queue . |
| 44 | I merely said it avoided the real issue . ’ |
| 45 | Another advantage was being near enough to the basecamp to go back for lunch ; not only did it mean we could have a hot drink but it avoided the clammy sensation , which Carole graphically described , of sitting down for lunch when you 're soaked on the outside and soaked on the inside . |
| 46 | I 've already earmarked the cage drilling machine just in case we did require it , to make sure that no parts were taken off it to support the next one . |
| 47 | By the end of the year it passed the two and a half million mark , just over double the figure when the Government had taken office . |
| 48 | At its last meeting on the 11th June it passed the following resolution : |
| 49 | It passed the 1000 mark in 1919 and the number climbed steadily to just over 2000 in 1923 , after which a rapid decline set in . |
| 50 | The key value of this interpretation is that it separates the internal ( impairment ) and external ( Disability ) causes of disadvantage . |
| 51 | It separates the saturated part of the aquifer from the unsaturated zone above it . |
| 52 | It separates the oriental from the Australian Region . |
| 53 | The title Chair is useful in that it separates the formal role from the person occupying it . ) |
| 54 | Though distinction has been made on morphology it is also useful from the veterinary standpoint , for it separates the single harmful species , Oslerus osleri , living in the upper air passages , from the relatively harmless species which are retained in the genus Filaroides , and which live in the lung parenchyma . |
| 55 | It wiped the magic sheen off her evening … |
| 56 | As before , whenever the robot moves its gripper to a new position , it records the joint settings J and the torch 's image coordinates I as a new entry ( I , J ) in its set R. |
| 57 | It records the developing relationship between the leader and the follower and teaches each about the other . |
| 58 | It records the twofold effect of every business transaction . |
| 59 | It expected the initial ratio would be 1:1 during development , building to five clients to every server during deployment later on . |
| 60 | Wright still managed an accurate shot but , unfortunately for him , it grazed the near post and rolled harmlessly across goal . |