Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that ethanol has a duel action on the secretory function of the gastric parietal cell ; at low concentrations it stimulates gastric secretion and at high concentrations it has no effect or an inhibitory one . |
| 2 | create the illusion that the ‘ dangerous ’ class is primarily located at the bottom of various hierarchies by which we ‘ measure ’ each other , such as occupational prestige , income level , housing market location , educational achievement , racial attributes — in this illusion it fuses relative poverty and criminal propensities and sees them both as effects of moral inferiority , thus rendering the ‘ dangerous ’ class deserving of both poverty and punishment ; |
| 3 | On the other hand , like any moulded surface of this type it has fat needles , rather than the brush-type filaments of a normal plastic slope . |
| 4 | So many cities enrolled him as a freeman , usually by giving him a scroll of membership in a gold box , that Horace Walpole summed up his popularity in the phrase ‘ For some weeks it rained gold boxes ’ , and the more prosaic Duke of Newcastle recognized that no government could survive if Pitt opposed it . |
| 5 | In some way it conveyed utter disbelief . |
| 6 | In this way it facilitated public representation of the relationship between the state , capital , and an emerging working class as one of pre-eminent moral stature . ’ |
| 7 | Its aim is to bring the machine to the market by late 1993 , and in order to achieve this goal it needs additional engineers . |
| 8 | It had never hurt before in anything but high jump but this time it hurt long jumping . |
| 9 | This self-obsession , the looking inwards and away from the real world , represents a full circle turned in approximately twenty years , and this time it has official sanction and encouragement . |
| 10 | DEC said that for the first time in six quarters it generated positive cash flow from operations and investments , even with restructuring activities . |
| 11 | For obvious reasons it has special appeal for those who , on either political or temperamental grounds , feel a need to justify such institutions as chattel slavery , colonial domination , or any other of the cruder forms of economic exploitation . |
| 12 | From these figures it monitored key ratios which indicated the capital adequacy , liquidity and degree of risk for each firm . |
| 13 | Although the merger gave Roh control of 216 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly it provoked widespread resentment on the grounds that it effectively removed the elected opposition . |
| 14 | But in an increasingly urbanized society it took new forms more apparent to political opinion and more threatening to life and industry ; and there were very many more large populous areas devoid of the most elementary arrangements for disposing of waste or supplying pure water . |
| 15 | If they are , in many cases it means certain death for them . |
| 16 | In the case of the News International ban it offered clear guidance on how the professional should react . |
| 17 | ‘ For many farmers it spells financial disaster and few of the smaller ones have recovered . |
| 18 | In many ways it has considerable weaknesses . |
| 19 | In the short term it proposes increased monitoring to ensure that the highest standards of pesticide use are maintained . |
| 20 | For the short term it sees patchy signs of improvement and no speedy recovery . |
| 21 | Nonetheless , the significance of Lukacs 's theory is that even in a post-Stalinist epoch it presents socialist realism as rich in possibilities . |
| 22 | AS Lyles customer base grows to include an ever increasing number of independent retailers it places increasing marketing emphasis on their point of sale material . |
| 23 | At one level it celebrates sexual intimacy . |
| 24 | At a superficial level it produces incompatible definitions so that , despite their having the word in common , Thompson and Anderson use ‘ class ’ in different ways . |
| 25 | Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution it boasts award-winning museums , heritage sites and first-class accommodation in beautiful Shropshire countryside . |
| 26 | The pace of change was desultory , and the district only began work on contracting under the impetus of the neighbouring district it provided acute services for . |
| 27 | The only , the only thing it has short days |
| 28 | In civil operations this affects revenue earning potential and therefore profitability and in military environments it affects operational readiness . |
| 29 | On Wednesday 20th May it arrived mid afternoon , the loco returned to Machynlleth , on depot at 17.30 , with the tanks left overnight in Aberystwyth . |
| 30 | As with the acquisition of any skill it requires conscious effort as each skill is practised to the point where it becomes effortless ( see Skilful behaviour on page 155 ) . |