Example sentences of "it [verb] [conj] it [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It failed because it precipitated a managerial revolution in Courtaulds , which in turn led to the defeat of the bid and the rapid recovery of the company . |
| 2 | If you use a videocassette recorder with this facility , check it to see if it has a socket you can plug a microphone into . |
| 3 | When Xerox first embarked on benchmarking it helped that it had a Japanese partner , Fuji Xerox , that it could look to for information about Japanese practices . |
| 4 | It does not make any appreciable difference whether the solid is glassy or crystalline or even polymeric , nor does it matter whether it has a high or a low Young 's modulus 50 long as it more or less obeys Hooke 's law , virtually up to failure . |
| 5 | This is not as easy as it sounds as it needs a change to the German constitution which requires a two third majority in the German parliament . |
| 6 | Initially concerned mainly with royal patronage , it broadened until it involved a claim by the state to regulate every aspect of the activities of the Church , from its right as a corporation to hold property to its control over university education and charitable foundations . |
| 7 | It denied that it represented a danger to the public , insisting that it would have to pressed to the skin for 30 hours before the dose limit was reached . |
| 8 | I think it fails but it makes a point . |
| 9 | You draw it to show that it has a mirror image so what you find in practice is that it and it 's mirror image are not superimposable . |
| 10 | The to infinitive after and then , on the other hand , creates the impression of a delayed reaction ; it suggests that it took a moment 's reflection for the person to realize the import of what he had seen , this realization being what triggered his sudden cry . |