Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Implicitly , the Government was saying that it knew what the problems were , and how they could be tackled . |
| 2 | In effect , what The Times was saying was that it knew what the ‘ real ’ stories were and that only dictators prevented such stories from being told . |
| 3 | It contained four sheets of paper closely covered in unfamiliar handwriting , and it was a measure of how relaxed he was that it took him the best part of a minute to realise that he was holding a copy of the letter written by Ruggerio Miletti to his family three days previously . |
| 4 | But what makes this machine really special is that it offers you the chance to create an unlimited range of embroidery designs . |
| 5 | I find this emphasis generally correct in that it describes what the anorexic girl believes to lie in store for her as a woman : a passive role , a position of helplessness , a loss of self . |
| 6 | What she most relishes about no longer having to worry about where the money to pay the rates is coming from is that it gives her the freedom to be creative . |
| 7 | Try a recording in which the camera looks at the class the whole time so that it gives you the teacher's-eye view . |
| 8 | Their reaction was so encouraging that it gave me the strength to carry on . |
| 9 | Another experience was when he was praying before the crucifix in San Damiano and it seemed to him that it gave him the message , " Build my church " , which he immediately interpreted quite literally as , " Save this church from crumbling into ruins " . |
| 10 | So it 's a very great honour and privilege for me to address you today because at the end it may be difficult for you to understand but when I return to South Africa , and forgive me for speaking personally I also realize the full meaning of the support of British trade unions and the labour movement and the churches because it was because of your political material and particularly in the case of the G M B , financial and material support that it gave us the means to do what some of us wanted to do about our country and our situation , and bring about change if we could peacefully . |
| 11 | The real problem with this gallery is that it confirms what the public has always thought : that designers are a bunch of elitists who do n't live in the real world . |
| 12 | The loss should not fall on the totally innocent taxpayer whose only fault is that it paid what the legislature improperly said was due . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , as usual , except- ’ She stopped and she turned to look at him , but she could n't make out his face in the darkness of the wood , so it gave her the courage to say , ‘ I 'm worried , Charlie . |
| 14 | A moment later , I spotted the young Mr Cardinal not far away , still standing on his own , and it struck me the young gentleman might be feeling somewhat overawed in the present company . |
| 15 | And it tells you the normal plug rating for a particular appliance . |
| 16 | and it shows you the , the engine |
| 17 | Erm so it 's in terms of erm er , careful logical field work erm there 's not a great deal of information , but there 's , th , there have been early anatomical historical er investigations and there is something a literature erm dating from early in the nineteenth century which and it shows you the bloke who also resolves to , to , to make comparisons with what she found . |
| 18 | The New Towns Act , 1946 , provided for the designation of sites for New Towns ; the setting up of development corporations for their development ; and it gave them the range of powers they would use . |
| 19 | It was sweet revenge for Flintshire , who lost out in the corresponding fixture last season , and it gave them the perfect start as they bid to recapture the North Wales county crown . |
| 20 | That gave Webb an easy catch and it gave him the time to see that Bath would have a man over if he ran the ball to the left . |
| 21 | His appearance in the Toyota World Match Play at Wentworth in October was his 17th in succession and it gave him the chance of winning the title for a record sixth time . |
| 22 | And it gave him the halfway lead of 132 , 12 under par . |
| 23 | And it gave her the security of knowing there was someone she could talk to , someone she could count on . |
| 24 | He did no more than chip that one in as well , and it gave us the lead . |
| 25 | But in the Edwardian love story , Howards End , her co-star is Sir Anthony Hopkins and it gives her the chance to shrug off the Olivier/Leigh and Burton/Taylor labels she and Branagh have collected . |
| 26 | On tonight 's match , Cooper said : ‘ There 's a lot at stake and it gives us the opportunity to put things right . ’ |
| 27 | And it gives us the right answers . |
| 28 | He could hit it as far as a 3-wood — and it won him the 1973 Open . |
| 29 | It was widely recognized to be a very important contribution to quantum theory , and it won him the Nobel Prize in 1922 . |
| 30 | Mr Howe said : ‘ It was the only chance Arsenal had and it won them the match . ’ |