Example sentences of "it [vb -s] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Speaking of which , do n't you think we 'd better get this glop off my hair before it turns it green ? ’ |
| 2 | The offeror must not employ any " strong-arm tactics " to prevent the board of the target from making an announcement or requesting a suspension of listing if it thinks it appropriate . |
| 3 | The NRA displays such a terrifying range of weapons because it thinks it necessary . |
| 4 | And it offers it all in a low-profile systems cabinet which is 30% smaller than comparable machines — yet designed by CompuAdd 212 provides the power and expandability to handle everything from word-processing and spreadsheets to network applications and presentation graphics . |
| 5 | I mean what it needs it that random pixel degradation across the page to give you back the letterpress look . |
| 6 | Does n't , it holds it all , it holds it in its , in itself |
| 7 | The National Executive Committee may , if it deems it necessary in the interests of the Labour Party , advise the Executive Committee of this party to select a nomination it may submit to it . |
| 8 | It depends it all depends on whether Emma gives me my money . |
| 9 | It says it all . |
| 10 | So this is , there 's going to be an X cubed term in here somewhere , and there might be X squared and Xs and anything else , but if it cuts it three places , it 's got three r three roots . |
| 11 | you know you can always fast forward it till it gets it right , but you 've got all the characters coming round you know in all these cars and all |
| 12 | I 've got , I mean I 've got my spots where I park it , I , it at Woolworth 's and outside the post office because it keeps it dry . |
| 13 | And what it does really is keep the belt firm so when it goes on the former it keeps it firm . |
| 14 | It takes it twenty four hours to turn round . |
| 15 | You know it seems it awful really that two of those places were are n't they ? all these , all the forest |
| 16 | In particular , an organization that is given a task that is controversial and unpopular in many quarters , such as an organization charged to promote racial and sexual equality or one providing help to a stigmatized group such as vagrant alcoholics , may find that it is given an unclear mandate and is placed in a position in which it finds it hard to acquire ‘ legitimacy ’ for its activities . |
| 17 | like the radio , T V and it muffles it all out . |
| 18 | And they it gives it warm . |
| 19 | Typically , the way he describes it gives it all an edge , a challenge , like he 's looking out to make sure no one can get the drop on him . |
| 20 | I think that all that this policy does is make that more explicit , it gives it greater clarity . |
| 21 | Er but as I say if , if we can do it on a personalized basis er personalized geographic basis , it gives it more identity er then what , what you produced certainly i is halfway there to the issues that Steve mentioned earlier on . |
| 22 | Now iron is the crucial element there , and it gives it this red coloration . |
| 23 | Once the period of notice has expired the LEA must proceed with the assessment , provided it considers it appropriate having regard to the representations which have been made . |
| 24 | W. R. Parzynski and P. W. Zipse 's Introduction to Mathematical Analysis makes a better job than most , and it does it all in the right order , from special to general , what you might call the Reverse Bourbaki Gambit . |
| 25 | Cos it it fucks it all up . |
| 26 | It leaves it unsolved , but all right , given that our ancestors had this because they wanted to swim sinusoidally and eat , you know , filter feed and do things like that , we do n't swim sinusoidally and filter feed why on earth do we are we so conservative ? |
| 27 | It is also important to recognise because apparently harmless discussion about ‘ wants ’ can restimulate unconscious feelings to the surprise and distress of both elder and practitioner — ‘ it brings it all back ’ . |
| 28 | I still have nightmares and if there is something on the television about rape it brings it all back to me . |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps it makes it worse . |
| 30 | And if you remember I said that , because of its concern for security , the state creates a capacity for violence in the world of states , its , its environment and since this is er erm a characteristic of all states , however large or small the resources , they all create this capacity , they all have a defence policy er there is a consequent competition and this competition , far from resolving the problem of security , in fact exacerbates it , it makes it worse , and so states find themselves competing at different levels er competing particularly in the creation of military capabilities and the consequence of this is a more or less sustained and permanent arms race which frequently er produces armed struggles and war . |