Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It petrifies the governess and she gets into an acute state of anxiety .
2 At the least , the city is regarded as unappealing ; at the worst , it evokes a loathing which can be as unkind as it is jaundices .
3 It evokes a fact , i.e. an object of conception , rather than an object of perception .
4 This suggests that make expresses antecedent causation , since it evokes a process of causation giving rise to a state of affairs that comes into being only at the end of the process .
5 It evokes the wonder and richness of creation from formlessness to teeming life .
6 Of particular interest is the recurrence , amid abstract patterns , of an affective ornament known as the chute , which Campra had earlier associated with flute timbre and ornamented , French-style melody in Alcine to depict enchantment : it evokes the sighing of lovers whom the sorceress has turned into trees ( Act 2 , scene 1 ) and the music heard in Alcine 's Labyrinth of Love ( Act 3 , scene 1 ) .
7 The silver birch is so elegantly beautiful , from spring 's pale green bud-burst until the final golden accolade of autumn , that it plays a part in all the seasons , not least because it is especially favoured by long-tailed tits as a food source in winter .
8 The significance of an offer of compensation is that it may be taken as a token of the defendant 's remorse , and that it redresses the private loss of the victim , and to that extent and no other it plays a part in the sentencing exercise .
9 So it plays a part in that sense . ’
10 I suggest that the typical history of a concept , whether it be ‘ chemical element ’ , ‘ atom ’ , ‘ the unconscious ’ , or whatever , involves the initial emergence of the concept as a vague idea , followed by its gradual clarification as the theory in which it plays a part takes a more precise and coherent form .
11 They 're about this big and you squeeze its little paw and it plays a Christmas tune
12 It plays a role in processes , hydrolysis and condensation of carbohydrates and proteins .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 . ’
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 ) .
20 Of course yes I know it encourages the pigeons and they make a mess but anything to beautify the inner city .
21 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 .
22 It encourages the formation of farmer cooperatives and advances them loans for irrigation pumps .
23 Competition may be no bad thing if it encourages the development of new perspectives , sets standards and encourages groups to improve their performance .
24 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 .
25 The foot placement is very important as it encourages the rest of the body to take up a good position .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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