Example sentences of "[art] [noun] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the chimpanzees , the ability of bluetits to learn the complex series of manoeuvres required to release a peanut from a special trick-feeder is no more difficult than many of the activities it learns during the course of its life , seeking out insects and seeds from the most intricate of places , getting itself and its beak into just the right position to extract the desired morsel . |
| 2 | Even with this limitation , however , and even given the fact that the Court in this case says by way of principle little that it has not said in previous cases , one should not underestimate the impact of this new illustration of the Court 's conception of the reach of the Directive in terms of the nature of the activities it covers . |
| 3 | The activities it supports include a programme of over 90 day and evening classes covering topics varying from Basic Reading , Writing and Number skills to G.C.S.E. Greek , from Aromatherapy to Word Processing . |
| 4 | As Street on Torts puts it , the basis of this authority and the defence it affords to torts such as false imprisonment ‘ is the need to maintain order in the particular organisation responsible for the training of the child ’ ; parental wishes would merely be factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a punishment was reasonable . |
| 5 | The boundary-maintaining function , as stated by Erikson , says that crime and the response it evokes provide the essential function of defining and maintaining the moral boundaries of society . |
| 6 | When one thinks of all the PM 's work these last four and a half years and of all he is and stands for , and that this is the response it gets , it makes one lose faith a bit . |
| 7 | The brothers ' crimes against Joseph were met eventually with a forgiveness as large as Esau 's , and this time the forgiveness was received , and given the response it deserved . |
| 8 | Even Party reports had to accept that the speech , at least in this point , had ‘ not found everywhere the response it deserved ’ . |
| 9 | But the scale of the tragedy exposed by Michael Buerk and his BBC camera crew , and the response it provoked in the no-bullshit , energetic , passionately caring rock musician Bob Geldof meant that old-world attitudes towards the plight of helpless peoples have been given the biggest jolt since the anti-slavery campaigns of the nineteenth century . |
| 10 | The Students ' Union is supported financially by a grant from the University and by the income it generates itself through commercial services . |
| 11 | The Students ' Union is supported financially by a grant from the University and by the income it generates itself through commercial services . |
| 12 | Many times , in the middle of the night when she could not sleep , she was faced with the slightly guilty realization that she was behaving rather badly , but in the daytime it did n't seem to matter . |
| 13 | A big attraction of the West Country for many second home owners is the opportunity it offers for waterside living . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's only one good thing about that society , ’ says Howard , ‘ and that 's the opportunity it offers you to reject it . ’ |
| 15 | The Report itself is , as it says , largely a description of the present situation ; its value is therefore the opportunity it offers for new proposals to come forward . |
| 16 | All one would hope is that they and other British players will build on this new spirit of confidence and the opportunity it provided , by lifting their individual world rankings to a level whereby , in world tennis , they also clearly belong with the best . |
| 17 | The horror felt for or against the censorship is less than the feeling for the opportunity it provides to make capital out of the situation . |
| 18 | The key advantage of membership of HIAN is the opportunity it provides for international networking . |
| 19 | The key advantage of membership of HIAN is the opportunity it provides for international networking . |
| 20 | The Region 's policy of positive discrimination is impressive and commendable for the opportunity it provides for the provision of education in deprived areas . |
| 21 | It may be that , for them , the attraction of SSE in general and of this scheme in particular lies in the opportunity it appears to offer for them to take part in decisions about school policy . |
| 22 | Aranjuez , however , had clarified Napoleon 's muddled thinking on the Spanish question and he had no intention of using the opportunity it presented in order to support a puppet king whose character and intentions he mistrusted . |
| 23 | In his later years he recalled with pride the opportunity it gave him to lecture such eminent men as Sir Henry Stanley on the correct procedure for expedition photography . |
| 24 | The launch conference was successful in many ways , one of which was the opportunity it gave for students and staff to display the already high quality of work across many areas of the curriculum . |
| 25 | For example , the tribunal may have been motivated by resentment at a particular member 's share of the market , or have suspended the member , not for bona fide reasons , but because of the opportunity it gave their firms to acquire some of the suspended member 's customers . |
| 26 | As Tory backbenchers cheered , the Chancellor said : ‘ British business now has the opportunity it has been looking for — to bring the country out of recession , to increase sales , expand production and invest for the future . |
| 27 | And what has made his own life in this society so deeply pleasurable ( as he now sees , looking back on it ) is the difficulty of it , the opportunity it has offered to strive and overcome . |
| 28 | A feature of the role has been the opportunity it has provided for closer liaison between the Catholic Education Commission and the Department of Education . |
| 29 | One of the little pleasures of life in Downing Street is the opportunity it affords to dish out baubles of one kind or another . |
| 30 | Had he been a dunce at it or did his present situation , despite the opportunity it affords for the histrionics he so loves , make him feel like pawn ? |