Example sentences of "it [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the UK the AIB keep a very tight control over any CVR read-out since it represents a considerable intrusion on the privacy of the flight crew and , while they insist on using it whenever there is an accident , only the relevant extracts are made known to the public and the official reports contain transcriptions of only those sections which are necessary for a full understanding of the circumstances of the accident . |
| 2 | In short it imposes a uniform structure on the universities ( Wissenschaftliche Hochschulen and Kunsthochschulen ) and polytechnics ( Fachhochschulen ) which together with some extras such as teacher and theological training constitute Germany 's current provision for higher education . |
| 3 | When the size of this transfer is compared with the volume of similar international transfers between rich and poor countries , it can be seen as being a very considerable effort ; and it imposes a heavy burden on the more advanced regions , especially on Serbia , which has an average social product per head below the Yugoslav average . |
| 4 | Like Scotland it has a traditional reliance on textiles and alcoholic drinks — 20,000 people work in Beaujolais production alone . |
| 5 | It has a strong emphasis on specific objectives ( related to a number of vocational choices to be made by the students themselves ) , to cross-curricular skills and to profile-reporting on progress . |
| 6 | But no well sometimes it has a reverse effect on people . |
| 7 | It has a spectacular position on the coast and a 10 minutes walk down a steep drive and across a pebble beach will bring you to the town centre of Lipari . |
| 8 | The Phaistos temple rivals the Knossos temple in splendour ; although it is smaller and seems , to judge from the remains , to have been decorated less lavishly , it has a spectacular location on a precipitous hilltop offering views across the Mesara Plain to the east and south-east and to Mount Ida in the north . |
| 9 | But it has a strange effect on the tutor . |
| 10 | The Labour party 's policy is , ’ If it has a European label on it , buy it , even if it is worthless ; but if it is the British national interest , sell it , even if it is valuable . ’ |
| 11 | Information is relevant when it has a significant effect on our assumptions : in other words , when it will allow us to alter our knowledge structures to give us a more accurate representation of the world . |
| 12 | For a start the required reduction in the price level may have to be very large indeed before it has a significant impact on aggregate spending . |
| 13 | On my model it has a red knob on it . |
| 14 | Having made the somewhat contentious statement on Caribbean parents ' distorted appreciation of their function in relation to their children 's formal education , I am left to qualify and substantiate , particularly as it has a weighty bearing on the general argument of the entire book . |
| 15 | Its power is formidable and it has a direct effect on the fertility of crops and mankind — witness statues of jaguars coupling with women as a means of ensuring the tribe 's continuity . |
| 16 | It has a direct impact on our growth as persons , happy or unhappy . |
| 17 | It depends a good deal on the bulk and ‘ fillability ’ of the food , of course . |
| 18 | It marks a decisive shift on the part of the Sri Lankan government to sacrifice self-reliance for the possibility of increased foreign revenues . |
| 19 | As magma rises towards the surface it exerts a considerable pressure on the overlying rock . |
| 20 | It dangles a luminous lure on the end of a rod sticking out from its head , and any animals attracted by the bait are engulfed in its huge mouth . |
| 21 | It keeps a careful eye on stock control to make sure that inventories are maintained at ‘ sensible levels ’ . |
| 22 | Some workshops use white plastic off the roll so that it forms a plain background on which the constructor can sketch with a marker-pen . |
| 23 | It creates a hidden file on your hard disk which fools DOS into thinking it 's a real disk drive . |
| 24 | The natural ecosystem is relatively closed and comprises self-regulating cycles , however the urban-industrial ecosystem is open to large imports of foreign material and toxins and unless we add detoxification and recycling processes it creates a disturbing influence on the biosphere . |
| 25 | When a worker bee arrives back in the hive after visiting a newly opened honey-laden flower , it performs a special dance on the landing platform in front of the entrance to the colony . |
| 26 | Snowy white in plumage , with a black beak and large jet black eyes , it lays a single egg on the bare branch of a tree , choosing a little hollow or crack in the bark so that the egg does n't roll off . |
| 27 | Tame and confiding , fairy terns have been known to nest on the rafter beams in some of the chalets occupied by tourists — it puts a new slant on having ‘ problems with your overheads ’ ! |
| 28 | It puts a different light on things . |
| 29 | It proposes a two-year ban on exports of toxic waste while the new technologies are being tested . |
| 30 | The particular relevance of that paper is that it provides a multi-disciplinary perspective on special needs and the under-fives , and a major theme pervading the NARE conference talk was the need to evolve policies of collective responsibility in the development of services to meet special needs of children under five , given the context that pre-school education is not statutory . |