Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] it [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Everyone thinks it a great idea , ’ Mrs Bean said happily . |
| 2 | Everyone writes it a little bit differently , with a personality all his own . |
| 3 | Adorno 's critique , therefore , and in particular the critique of the Culture Industry is mounted from the increasingly beleaguered and restricted field of the avant garde , and it is this , in part , which wins it the current disapproval of the more enthusiastically affirmative , apparently democratic , or outright populist approaches to popular culture . |
| 4 | This is an example of an attempt to grapple with the issue of discontinuity from within a problematic which allows it no space . |
| 5 | The city itself needs no introduction for its beauty , theatres , galleries and restaurants , pubs and annual Festivals , which assures it the reputation of a truly international city . |
| 6 | Sovereignty over the strategically important peninsula of Gibraltar was granted under the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht to the United Kingdom , which accords it the status of a Crown Colony ; UK sovereignty is disputed by Spain . |
| 7 | Those who have been able to overlook its skimpy fur , which gives it a gangling , half-naked appearance , insist that in personality it is a sheer delight , retaining an almost kittenish playfulness even when adult . |
| 8 | It 's made from a combination of cream and fruit which gives it a refreshing piquant flavour . |
| 9 | The current version is powered by a Microturbo TJA 24 engine , which gives it a maximum airspeed of 400 knots . |
| 10 | These two distinctive features are , of course , there for a reason : they allow the bird to capture much more air , which gives it a much better pushing force as it gains height . |
| 11 | The fibres of this paper are meshed absolutely at random , which gives it a special surface character and also makes it very strong and long lasting . |
| 12 | Told retrospectively as though from Judd 's disjointed , unhappy remembering , the book achieves a sad , distant , emotional intensity which gives it a special unity of tone . |
| 13 | Yet , in sharp contrast , village life here moves little faster than at a slow donkey 's pace and has a simple , rustic feel which gives it a special charm . |
| 14 | The LDOCE shows more variability , with 9 scores in the 70-80% range , and one particularly low score ( 57.9% , for engineering ) which gives it a slightly higher standard deviation of 5.41 . |
| 15 | As the outcome of official action by an organ of the state , the police case comes before the court stamped with a seal of authority which gives it a powerful influence . |
| 16 | For , if he decides that the wooden hut is a building , he is in effect adding an interpretation clause to the statute which gives ‘ building ’ an extended application ; whereas if he decides that the hut is not a building , he adds a clause to the statute which gives it a narrower meaning . |
| 17 | Well this boat 's fitted with the race pack which gives it a lot of the extra controls that you 'd expect on a larger sail boat . |
| 18 | The four British associations each has a vote on the board , with Fifa having four of its own , which gives it the power of veto but guards against the laws being riddled with crackpot theories — such as making the goals bigger . |
| 19 | Toughened glass is glass which has been heat treated to make it four to five times stronger than normal glass , but which gives it the characteristic that , should it break , it does so in harmless tiny fragments rather than the dangerous slivers associated with normal glass . |
| 20 | There 's some really horrible strippers — which gives it the feel of a really grim hen party or stag night . |
| 21 | The quartet carries an instrumental arsenal which gives it the necessary weight to produce the ominous , bass-heavy sounds that accompany Max Schreck 's marvellously decrepit , zombie-like portrayal of Count Dracula . |
| 22 | Highly charged personal reminiscence is bound up with the anthropological perspective which gives it an impersonal respectability . |
| 23 | The players with the required letters then form a line to make up the word as fast as they can , and the team which does it the quickest gets a point . |
| 24 | In Kenya Harris Okong'o Arara continues to serve a five-year sentence imposed in 1988 under a law which makes it a criminal offence simply to possess literature critical of the government . |
| 25 | The Casio TV 470 has a retail value of £99.99 , which makes it a great prize for our readers . |
| 26 | You know birds of prey ca n't fly over water so Israel 's part of a kind of funnel for them which makes it a great place to do bird counts . |
| 27 | What would be the relevance of section I(2) ( a ) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , which makes it a criminal offence for the person legally liable to maintain the child not to provide , inter alia , medical care ? |
| 28 | I live at Four Marks , which makes it a ten-mile round trip , ’ she added . |
| 29 | Although it is not primarily vocational , the course provides a valuable training in analytical techniques and writing skills which makes it a valuable preparation for a wide variety of careers , including the media , central and local government , and industrial and commercial management . |
| 30 | All of which makes it a bargain and one I shall miss for years to come . |