Example sentences of "and it [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the name of the spread she had chosen , and it displayed an entire interior self-portrait on a scale she had never attempted before . |
| 2 | It hurt us , it hurt them and it hurt the sport . |
| 3 | It was too mortifying for words , and it intensified the vulnerable feeling she 'd been experiencing around Guy Sterne . |
| 4 | The track is continuously moving , and it pulses every ten point six minutes . |
| 5 | The disc is Volume 3 of the Lindsay/ASV series ‘ The Bohemians ’ and it continues the outstanding success of the first two . |
| 6 | And it solves the problem once and for all . |
| 7 | Their three-year run of 17 Test wins equals the All Black record , and it takes no great clairvoyant skill to predict that this will be broken against Wales on 4 November and extended against Ireland a fortnight later . |
| 8 | I help her to do this , and it takes no time at all . |
| 9 | And it takes a lot to light up the eyes of a man dying of tuberculosis . |
| 10 | And it takes a full 3lbs of that grain to produce just 1lb of poultry . |
| 11 | For the whole unit is bolted to the back of the tractor and it takes a mere ½hr to change it — and no need for a limp back to the workshop ! |
| 12 | Most good dealers are compulsive buyers , and it takes a sympathetic backer to control without stifling flair . |
| 13 | However , not only is the wind downwind of a sail affected but also that behind the board , since the sail curves the wind and it takes a few board lengths for it to revert to its normal direction . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But not all mosquitoes that breed in puddles or water pots are vectors of malaria , and it takes a competent entomologist to distinguish the dangerous from the harmless and to carry out this ‘ species sanitation ’ . |
| 16 | We carve moulds in wood and it takes a craftsman with a spokes have a day to do each one . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Something here is not quite as it should be , and it takes a while to work out exactly what it is … |
| 19 | It 's also good-quality stuff , and it takes a good couple of minutes of comparing the grain on the outside and the inside of the guitar to make absolutely sure that the back and sides are n't actually solid . |
| 20 | IT 'S that time of year when there seems to be a party every other night and it takes a little extra imagination to make you stand out from the crowd . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's a celebration of the best of a woman when a designer makes a great dress , and it takes a certain intelligence to carry it off . |
| 22 | Analysis is a very slow process and it takes a long time to weed through the past and try to discover what things happened to you that affected you . |
| 23 | Be warned : time is a great leveller and it takes a few seasons in the hard world outside the show marquee for a new rose to find its true level . |
| 24 | This is called ‘ image ’ back-up , and it takes a while . |
| 25 | That 's something we , we , that 's what we found and one of the things we have got is this youth bus actually operating in the town and it erm , it 's running three nights a week , we ca n't cover every bit of the town , but it goes to different area 's of the town , The Stow , and Old Harlow , I mean we 've actually got quite good relationship 's with , with , with the young people in Old Harlow , but erm , I mean we ca n't cover every night , I mean there is a problem , of erm , you know , you you get from a position where you recognise it , you , you , you need to start catering for a particular group and it takes a long time getting there . |
| 26 | And it takes a crummy gumshoe to get me out of trouble . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Food photography is all about presentation and it takes a long time , which is why we have a new home economist on the team . |
| 29 | And it takes a man and a women to produce a child . |
| 30 | 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 . |