Example sentences of "and it [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through subsidies the state has established a vast ‘ social salary ’ to make life easier for workers and it takes a pride in the extensiveness of the welfare system that has developed from this . |
| 2 | And it takes a man and a women to produce a child . |
| 3 | Something here is not quite as it should be , and it takes a while to work out exactly what it is … |
| 4 | This is called ‘ image ’ back-up , and it takes a while . |
| 5 | The ability to select propitious characters in Chinese is a fine art and it takes a student of great learning to transpose an English name into Chinese syllables which convey beauty both in the pictogram character and in meaning , and yet bear some semblance in sound to the original name . |
| 6 | We carve moulds in wood and it takes a craftsman with a spokes have a day to do each one . |
| 7 | And it takes a lot to light up the eyes of a man dying of tuberculosis . |
| 8 | If you are sitting in a very large house on your own , which is draining away your resources because it still has mortgage payments to be met and it takes a lot of money to heat and light every year , you must seriously consider cashing in on your assets by moving to a smaller house that eliminates your mortgage and cuts down on running costs , or by taking out an annuity on your house . |
| 9 | Erm I know it 's easier said than done sometimes but er it has to be your decision because even if you went ahead and were confirmed , we were tal talking about the idea of sometimes parents bring pressure on them on you to go ahead and do it and be confirmed , erm when perhaps you 're not do n't feel ready for it and it takes a lot of courage to stand up and say No I 'm not ready . |
| 10 | Its part is non-transposing and it possesses a compass of three octaves : . |
| 11 | It also wants a market in research , and it promises a mechanism for funding the excess costs of academic teaching and clinical research . |
| 12 | This volume however is both unusual and welcome because it deals specifically with the work of Julia Kristeva ; it is informative in so far as it indicates the cross-disciplinary implications of her work , and it maintains a balance between the introductory and the complex . |
| 13 | ‘ And it happens a lot . |
| 14 | So you get this in your hot water cylinder , we can get it in boilers , erm you get it in hot water pipes and it happens a lot in in hard water areas , Scale will dissolve in the acid in the bubbles of Twelve point seven . |
| 15 | It was written large and thick in bright red ink and it sent a shock of fear slicing through her . |
| 16 | It helped make up the minds of waverers on the question of independence and it sent a signal about Serbian intentions to the outside world . |
| 17 | And it poses a problem that I can not solve . |
| 18 | It was at this point I think Batty came on and it made a f- of a difference . |
| 19 | ‘ Powick still had its reputation for cheapness and it made a profit . ’ |
| 20 | And it made a change to be told before and not after the job that a cow was a kicker . |
| 21 | His prestige stood high , and it made a sensation when he denounced the CPP for corruption and waste . |
| 22 | I made a face at my face and it made a face back at me . |
| 23 | It was going very fast and it made a lot of noise . |
| 24 | And it meant a respray on her car and a new door for Lizzie 's car , sit down . |
| 25 | And it remains a matter of debate to what extent Luke is exercising editorial privilege in his accounts of the apostolic preaching . |
| 26 | He had obviously assessed the resulting positions before the match and it remains a mystery why Short played such a dubious line . |
| 27 | Modern Poland needed to accomplish certain tasks in order to stay alive , and it searched a pre-nationalist , pre-nation-state Polish history to find the seeds of action , historical necessity and national logic . |
| 28 | Having survived the worst Braintree hit back well and it became a question of how much damage Dean Ford could inflict , firing away with penalties as Romford became increasingly fractious . |
| 29 | Uncle used to tease him about it and it became a standing joke . ’ |
| 30 | Its lights sparkled in the shadow of Earth but even as Jezrael watched its approach , Steel City was wheeling its impressive silver network into the full light of the sun and it became a diamond filigree that flashed like a new-born star . |