Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is an extremely important result , both because of its policy implications which we shall consider later in this chapter and because of the scope it offers for testing the rational expectations hypothesis . |
| 2 | Mr Smith believes it lies in treating the educated public as reasonable people and facing up to the fact that their expectations do need satisfying . |
| 3 | It was unanimous last time and it looks like going the same way this time , especially after Joe Punter saw the new design in the press . |
| 4 | It starts by taking the present population a as the population of the base year , and proceeds to age the population , er adding births and subtracting deaths to get a population in the projection years . |
| 5 | The graphics are of a high standard , the sound is good , the interface is easy for the younger user , and it succeeds in holding the younger users attention . |
| 6 | Its retina forms a cup around a spherical lens , and it sees by moving the light-sensitive cup beneath the lens . |
| 7 | Bull differentiates its approach saying it concentrates on getting the best business productivity from information technology installations , rather than just scaling down bad jobs . |
| 8 | Its function is more directly linked to consumption , which it promotes by shattering the imaginary possibility over and over , repeatedly reopening the gap of desire . |
| 9 | It aims at amplifying the bare details of physical development and putting these into their context of emotional development and developmental psychology . |
| 10 | In particular it relies on estimating the final cost of the investment , the amount and timing of returns , the rate of return on the alternative investment ( the ‘ hurdle rate ’ ) and the rate of real deterioration of items of productive capital . |
| 11 | It works by identifying the key skill gaps and providing a structured approach to the delivery of the training . |
| 12 | ‘ It works by cooling the liquid slag with a water jet and turning it into granulated slag . |
| 13 | " The heart and soul of a resource collection is not material at all : it lies in the structure of thought it exhibits , in the creative association it provokes and in the opportunities it provides for training the young learner in how to learn and think . " |
| 14 | The European Commission has issued a draft Council directive , and negotiations are currently taking place to determine its final form : in general , it proceeds by taking the strictest protections from national law as the new European standard . |
| 15 | Er it begins by subtracting the institutional population from the total population in order to get the private household population . |
| 16 | It begins by delineating the epistemological shift : the old order could be termed ‘ History ’ , a continuous and chronological historiography , including Hegelianism and related forms of Marxism , with its philosophies of history , its assumptions of a rational , progressive and teleological historical development , its desire to discover a meaning in history , its questioning of the relativity of historical knowledge , and its use of categories such as tradition , the history of ideas , the oeuvre , the author and the book . |
| 17 | It begins by defining the augmented nature of the product or service being purchased , and looks at the derived characteristics of demand for goods and services in these industrial markets . |
| 18 | It is obvious United can no longer compete when it comes to buying the best . |
| 19 | Some people are ‘ naturals ’ when it comes to helping the elderly , because they are affectionate , imaginative and capable . |
| 20 | When it comes to using the right tools for the job it is also important to realise that the final output from a desktop publishing system is not always the end product . |
| 21 | I do n't believe in any hard and fast rules when it comes to hanging the best work . |
| 22 | When it comes to handling the environmental crisis there is undoubted strength but also a flaw in the Western democratic system which has triumphed so dramatically , both ideologically and materially , at the end of the twentieth century : its political and economic well-being depends on growth and the prospect of ever-increasing wealth and improved standards of living . |
| 23 | When it comes to achieving the right weight for health , and maintaining it , some of us are going to have a far harder task than others . |
| 24 | When it comes to supporting the private sector , Scott is a vociferous and tough opponent . |
| 25 | Erm Gordon Brown is giving in , is he not to pressure from the traditionalists , when it comes to soaking the rich , or soaking the middle class , he 's now saying , well maybe there will be a bit of soaking the rich , or soaking the middle class , whereas he wanted to say , and you wanted him to say , no we 're not going to do that , we moved away from that . |
| 26 | But frequently they appear to have taken leave of their senses when it comes to choosing the right sort of women . |
| 27 | I 'm sure you 'll work something out with Ian , but Sophie will have to be very careful when it comes to choosing the right person to replace you . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Gabriel , when it comes to escorting the good folk up to Heaven , you point straight at the old dame . |
| 29 | The £6 billion received in farm subsidies has put Ireland very much on the side of the French and West Germans when it comes to defending the Common Agricultural Policy . |
| 30 | ‘ So when it comes to paying the academic and administrative core staff of the college , when it comes to heating and lighting the buildings , ensuring their safety , maintaining the basic fabric of the place , it is the Universities Funding Council block grant which is the only money available to cover these costs . ’ |