Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] it [vb -s] [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 | With higher after-tax wages it takes fewer hours to earn any given target income . |
| 3 | Much of America 's apparent lead in intelligence technology and the vast sums it spends each year on these organisations has been negated by the large number of spies and traitors continually found within them . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In the short term it proposes increased monitoring to ensure that the highest standards of pesticide use are maintained . |
| 6 | For the short term it sees patchy signs of improvement and no speedy recovery . |
| 7 | Nonetheless , the significance of Lukacs 's theory is that even in a post-Stalinist epoch it presents socialist realism as rich in possibilities . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | While there are obviously problems in developing and using this type of notional scale it has some utility . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution it boasts award-winning museums , heritage sites and first-class accommodation in beautiful Shropshire countryside . |
| 12 | The only , the only thing it has short days |
| 13 | Being an alkaline-loving plant it requires some calcium content . |
| 14 | In civil operations this affects revenue earning potential and therefore profitability and in military environments it affects operational readiness . |
| 15 | This is a large monkey-eating species of tropical forests ( Praed & Grant , 1962 ) , but in more open country it takes small antelopes and hyraxes . |
| 16 | However , the enforcement agent in a compliance system regards prosecution as a sign of failure , where in a sanctioning system it becomes visible evidence that he has done his job . |
| 17 | In the New Testament it means total allegiance . |
| 18 | Suffice it to say that in any extended study of the martial arts it warrants closer examination . |
| 19 | Hailing from the Swiss Alps it prefers rich soil and full sun . |
| 20 | Liturgy has power to blend people into community and in the Catholic school it harnesses active participation between pupil and teacher both in preparation and celebration . |
| 21 | A letter erm from New Baysford it says Two weeks ago my car was nicked in Illkeston in the Pimlico car park between the hours of two and five whilst shopping . |
| 22 | When the Bank of England issues new currency it obtains interest-earning government securities in return . |
| 23 | When employed in the financial reports it provides external users with some measure of performance . |
| 24 | Quality : If a firm makes a component rather than buys it from an external party it has greater control over the quality of the component . |
| 25 | On the one hand claiming Darlington is in such a bad state it needs more Government help , on the other claiming the town is a thriving local centre . |
| 26 | Like most creative processes it requires certain skills and an overall understanding of simple design principles before even partially decent results are achieved . |
| 27 | This type of remembering , which comes unbidden , through the sense of taste or touch or smell , is what Marcel of course calls ‘ involuntary ’ or ‘ affective memory ’ , and in contrast to intellectual memory it recaptures past experience in its lived immediacy . |