Example sentences of "it [verb] a [adj -er] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It involves a further transfer of sovereignty to Brussels and is likely to be fiercely opposed by Tory Euro-sceptics . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It recommended a stronger role for local authorities coordinating a range of services provided by the private and voluntary sectors as well as by the local authorities themselves . |
| 4 | It offers a greater choice of workers while linking in with other areas . |
| 5 | What this summary reveals primarily is the volume and range of work undertaken by a largely elected body of staff and students ( it disguises a further aspect of their role as participants in FRG-led review events ) . |
| 6 | If our country is to maintain economic stability based upon traditional industries it needs a greater proportion of locomotive , shipbuilding , power stations , etc. , than we currently enjoy . |
| 7 | DataViews is very much a player in the more stable market sector , but it needs a stronger presence in more dynamic growth areas . |
| 8 | it has a higher prevalence in cities than in the country , despite the fact that pollen levels are lower in built-up areas . |
| 9 | Aluminium likes silicon : it has a greater affinity for inorganic silicate than for anything else . |
| 10 | Secondly , because a tax allowance reduces the total income on which a person pays tax , it has a greater value to a high-income person on a high marginal rate of tax than to a low-income one who may , if he or she pays no tax , not gain at all . |
| 11 | It aims to expand the energy supply , and it has a broader choice of energy sources . |
| 12 | It contains a higher percentage of fibre than cabbage , for instance , and more than twice as much as apples on a weight-for-weight basis . |
| 13 | A horse 's sweat is hypertonic ie it contains a higher concentration of salts than the plasma from which it is derived . |
| 14 | In addition , though wheat and triticale both contain around 13 per cent protein , that of triticale is better quality as it contains a larger share of lysine , an amino-acid that is relatively deficient in most cereal proteins . |
| 15 | Well it 's not the grate , it 's the I think when we 've cemented it together it wants a bigger fireplace for that |
| 16 | It says it wants a fairer system of awarding contracts and also seeks to ensure that the taxpayer , via the Treasury , gets a proper return for the use of a scarce resource . |
| 17 | This is because the increased size and strength of the heart muscle enables it to pump a larger volume of blood into the arteries with each beat . |
| 18 | Although the map does not reveal how far away they are , and thus their three-dimensional layout , statistics derived from it show a higher degree of structure at large scales — supercluster size and upwards — than CDM would predict . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It replaces an earlier charge of stealing more than six thousand pounds after she was arrested last month . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It was a mark of the respect Jimmy gained here that , when we ran an article about him in the Spring of 1977 in our Palace Programme , it evoked a larger response from our fans than any other in that series . |
| 23 | Indeed it raises a further problem by applying reasonable foresight to one element of the issue of remoteness of damage , that is , to the need for medical treatment . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | the fish uses this to detect changes in water pressure , from which it gets a greater appreciation of sound and its position in the water . |
| 26 | It requires a wider view of both the sources of control and the contexts in which they operate , and must be applicable to more than just male working-class crime . |
| 27 | It requires a larger scale of staff resources than would normally be available , and in a climate of economic cut-backs this is a serious limitation . |
| 28 | The Agenais and other territories were not restored immediately ; it needed a further war in 1326 and an agreement , concluded in March 1327 , to secure the restoration of those lands . |
| 29 | Though it packed a stronger punch in the north-eastern states , it wreaked greater havoc in the south . |
| 30 | It required a calmer appraisal of her predicament . |