Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [art] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | It encourages the formation of farmer cooperatives and advances them loans for irrigation pumps . |
| 19 | Competition may be no bad thing if it encourages the development of new perspectives , sets standards and encourages groups to improve their performance . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The foot placement is very important as it encourages the rest of the body to take up a good position . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | it encourages the perception of pupils ' attainments as being at one of a number of discrete ‘ levels ’ . |
| 26 | Elsewhere , the close-up , detailed approach which works brilliantly , say , for Imogen Stubbs 's affecting Desdemona ( the pathos of her disoriented , jittery jauntiness intensified by beautiful touches such as the sepia photograph of her estranged father she keeps on the bedside table in Cyprus or the chocolates from Casio that she has secreted in a locked draw , not because she fears sexual misconstruction but because she would like to be thought too grown-up for frivolous sweet-guzzling by Othello ) paradoxically diminishes Iago because it encourages the belief that he can be realistically ‘ explained ’ like a figure in a novel . |
| 27 | Secondly , it encourages the belief and even resentment outside the area that most loose government money is going to nationalist West Belfast . |
| 28 | What is legally disturbing is that this aspect appears in a summing-up at all , since it encourages an assumption that a libel has been perpetrated . |
| 29 | It allies the development of contemporary feminism to wider political upheavals of black consciousness in America and student protests in Europe . |
| 30 | It supplies a lot more information about the business , in Mr Hall 's estimation , and the Post Office is in favour of being as open as possible . |