Example sentences of "it [verb] [conj] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Employing one full-time and two trainee staff , it fabricates and supplies brass fittings for fireplaces and produces architectural brass fittings to order . |
| 2 | As the Gypsey Race meanders through the estate it encourages and supports much wildlife and some quite rare birds . |
| 3 | The sonnet which apparently seeks to contain the truth of the youth 's beauty so as to gain power and control over it , exposes that it destroys and banishes the youth 's beauty . |
| 4 | The theory can be described as a characterisation of the possible patterns or as the destructive part of the problem — it destroys or eliminates certain possibilities . |
| 5 | And , blimey , it turns and bounces too and that was that . ’ |
| 6 | couple of decades there has been an unparalleled interest in the occult and astrology and Satanism , and witchcraft and society at large , on the one hand it worships at the shrine of science and technology and then it turns and pays its cash , and it does pay its cash , and its homage at the signs of the zodiac , and at the other various things dealing wi or are a part of the occult . |
| 7 | His statement hung like an arrow in the air , just before it turns and begins its fatal descent . |
| 8 | If it hears a bat afar , it turns and flees ; if it is surprised by one nearby , it goes into a crazy flight . |
| 9 | It turns and disappears . |
| 10 | The puppy is born blind ; it sleeps and eats a great deal , gradually building up its size and strength . |
| 11 | When deciding the environment of the system being modelled , keep in mind the simple definition that applies in this context , ie it influences but does n't control the system , and also the notion that the environment provides the inputs to the system and receives the outputs from it . |
| 12 | The way in which a municipality legislates and the way in which it administers the legislation it enacts and conducts itself in relation to activities which it lawfully undertakes can not but create a municipal reputation , be it good , bad or indifferent . |
| 13 | With the substantial reality of an ether existing in space as accepted by Quantum Physics , in line with the ancient Vedic teachings , we can now look at the movement of this energy and how it integrates and forms this material world we know according to modern twentieth-century understanding as well as past views . |
| 14 | The destruction of the Ealdorman Brihtnoth and his followers by the Danish invaders of England in 991 was the occasion for the poem on the Battle of Maldon , which is firmly in the tradition of the German heroic lay : it records and assumes the overriding virtue of loyalty between a lord and his followers . |
| 15 | On and on it goes and goes on still . |
| 16 | Once , twice , three times until , yes , it goes and opens its eyes and gets right up , right as rain — ; |
| 17 | The cat er likes it there , it goes and sits on the top of it . |
| 18 | It goes as follows : " So man is approaching a more complete fulfilment of that great and sacred mission which he has to perform in this world . |
| 19 | It goes as follows ( 1968 II : 549 ) : |
| 20 | The light around it blinks and disappears . |
| 21 | One of the major concerns about the tax system is whether it discourages or encourages the growth of the economy . |
| 22 | The idea behind ‘ Teethgrinder ’ is so simple , yet so strange , that it fascinates and thrills every time it is played . |
| 23 | But whether it wins or loses RHM , they are a buy . |
| 24 | The head is made , erm , the tail , all the bits are made and eventually they , they all stick together like a kind of Lego , and the result is a new bacteria is made and this goes on until eventually the cell , there are so many inside the cell , that erm the cell just ruptures , when there 're about two hundred or so , the cell is now bulging with T four bacteria , it ruptures and releases a whole blob of new ones to start the cycle all over again . |
| 25 | It refers to the address bus of a chip — how it receives and sends data . |
| 26 | the prison system has a tendency to create more problems than it receives and has an equal tendency to fail inmates because , out of its survival fear , it tends to respond to corporate threats , real or imaginary , rather than the real problems of inmates . |
| 27 | It soothes and provides a feeling of comfort whilst also conditioning the lashes . |
| 28 | It pitches and bobbles on some roads , and bounces over the potholes driven fast . |
| 29 | It represents or embodies values which the peace movement seeks to achieve in relation to nuclear Weapons , and provides a focus for an otherwise disunited political movement . |
| 30 | What may in the first instance be attributed to physical causes and treated by an herbalist may , if it persists or grows more severe , be redefined as caused by mystical forces requiring treatment by a diviner ( see Horton 1970 : 142 ) . |