Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Not feeding for a couple of days before hand clears their systems and helps to make sure your fish eat the remedy , so that it has a greater effect and avoids the problem of rotting herbs polluting the water .
2 As was noted earlier , proponents of specialization claim , among other things , that it permits a greater development of knowledge and/or skills , and that it facilitates liaison with other agencies through increased awareness of how other disciplines work .
3 The company recognised that it faced a greater problem in attracting the Kent-based ( Orpington ) staff to Stevenage than it had in persuading the north London staff to move — distance alone was an important consideration .
4 It can also be seen that it provides a deeper cause than that supplied by ordinary , everyday reasoning .
5 A tennis ball is more curved , so it has a greater curvature . ’
6 Party meetings continued to be held at the Carlton and it played a greater part in holding the party together when the Liberal Unionists joined .
7 The subsequent history of the town is confused ; by 1564 its trade was said to be in decline , and it sustained a further blow when William 's son retired to the fine house he had built at Shaw on the outskirts of the borough , leaving his men to sing ruefully :
8 For example , its Radar charts are suitable for displaying measurements involving angles — such as the response of an aerial — and it includes a wider range of fit types for plotting points or fitting trend lines than most spreadsheets and has options such as moving averages .
9 It aims to expand the energy supply , and it has a broader choice of energy sources .
10 But when asked which tree had less , or to make one of two trees have less , children again chose the tree with more , and they added to the target tree until it had a greater amount than the other .
11 Those who advocate an expansionist policy believe that a 6% base rate is the minimum necessary to get the economy out of the recession , even if it involves a further decline in sterling .
12 Er ye yes , if it gives a better service at the end of the day
13 Thus , as prices rose , the effective rate of duty fell : the amount yielded was the same , but it represented a smaller proportion of the value of the goods .
14 Sheffield was the smaller town , but it had a bigger train station , more industrial soot , more prostitutes , and an all black movie house , the Carver , all in close proximity to one another .
15 Some regard this lovely fish as the ‘ poor man 's harlequin ’ , but it deserves a better billing than that .
16 Smetana , like yogurt , is a fermented milk product , but it has a thicker texture and does not separate as much as natural set yogurt .
17 The Logos is usually translated as the Word , but it has a stronger meaning .
18 DataViews is very much a player in the more stable market sector , but it needs a stronger presence in more dynamic growth areas .
19 ‘ Overkill ’ causes unnecessary suffering to the offender , and all suffering is bad unless it prevents a greater amount of suffering or brings about a greater quantity of pleasure .
20 Both Roche and Berk are companies of repute , and I do not think that Berk would like to be described by Dalyell as ‘ fly by night ’ simply because it produces a cheaper product .
21 While there was , at least for Monnet and Schuman , an altruistic motive behind the scheme , it is clear that France found the idea attractive because it offered a better way than the International Ruhr Authority of binding the new West Germany to external control while it was still relatively weak .
22 Families favour the Arts Centre over bed and breakfast accommodation because it offers a greater privacy .
23 Dr Hugh Rushton , Research Director for the Philip Kingsley Trichology Clinic , believes that hormone replacement therapy ( HRT ) is very effective in restoring condition to hair because it maintains a better balance of hormones , particularly oestrogen .
24 Incidentally , the round African hut is highly appropriate for keeping cool in hot sun because it presents a smaller surface area than a square building would .
25 We would be inclined to use the first , because it gives a better sense of the feel of the anthology ; but this is a fairly arbitrary decision , where rule-books do not help .
26 They say that 20 per cent of American motorists who can run cars on unleaded petrol are switching back to lead because it gives a better performance .
27 Fundholding poses ethical problems , either because it secures a better service for the patients of a fundholding practice over those whose doctors happen not to hold a fund , or because it does not .
28 Fishermen fish yellowfin rather than skipjack or albacore tuna because it commands a higher price — its flesh is white , while skipjack and albacore are a darker , red colour .
29 Pressure groups in industries that produce selected goods ( like good X ) have a reason to push for such selective subsidy because it implies a higher demand for their output .
30 The snag with multimode fibre is that , because it carries a wider beam of light , it suffers more from spurious internal reflections .
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