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 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 .
3 In the short term it proposes increased monitoring to ensure that the highest standards of pesticide use are maintained .
4 For the short term it sees patchy signs of improvement and no speedy recovery .
5 Nonetheless , the significance of Lukacs 's theory is that even in a post-Stalinist epoch it presents socialist realism as rich in possibilities .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution it boasts award-winning museums , heritage sites and first-class accommodation in beautiful Shropshire countryside .
9 The only , the only thing it has short days
10 In civil operations this affects revenue earning potential and therefore profitability and in military environments it affects operational readiness .
11 This is a large monkey-eating species of tropical forests ( Praed & Grant , 1962 ) , but in more open country it takes small antelopes and hyraxes .
12 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 .
13 In the New Testament it means total allegiance .
14 Hailing from the Swiss Alps it prefers rich soil and full sun .
15 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 .
16 When the Bank of England issues new currency it obtains interest-earning government securities in return .
17 When employed in the financial reports it provides external users with some measure of performance .
18 Like most creative processes it requires certain skills and an overall understanding of simple design principles before even partially decent results are achieved .
19 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 .
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