Example sentences of "it [verb] the [adj -er] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah I think on the North Sea , it obviously would have erm an effect on parts of our business , some parts more than others erm it 's very early to say exactly what , what effect it obviously in fact to the extent that it encourages the further development of existing fields that clearly benefits parts , parts of our business that are to do with completion equipment and development equipment . |
| 2 | Leonora gripped a rail with white-knuckled hands when the boat bucked as it met the wilder waters of the sound . |
| 3 | It described the earlier stages of development and nutrition in the womb of the mother . |
| 4 | Labov 's interpretation of this irregularity is that it shows the Lower-middle class to be instrumental in diffusing a change throughout the speech community by adopting and emulating what is in fact an innovatory pattern introduced by a higher-status group ( Labov 1972a : 122 ) . |
| 5 | Commentators noted that it echoed the earlier document in its advocacy of social justice linked with the free operation of the market . |
| 6 | The emphasis on God 's revelation and on the faith that apprehends it raised the further question of what theology itself can speak about directly — the revelation , or merely faith 's apprehension of it ? |
| 7 | It forms the greater part of the brain and innervates the compound eyes and ocelli . |
| 8 | The Spanish empire was still pre-eminent , it covered the larger part of the New World , and extended to the Philippines in the Pacific . |
| 9 | ‘ It took the better part of an hour to get to brass tacks , but we managed it in the end , sir . ’ |
| 10 | Because of the more objective terminology in which this is couched , it invites the readier use of the powers of judicial review . |
| 11 | Polybius ' constant presupposition that the Romans are both transparent in their motives and fundamentally reasonable in their actions involves three assumptions : ( i ) that the Roman upper class is not divided by internal conflicts of interests and convictions ; ( 2 ) that it controls the lower classes of Rome , the Latins and the other allies without much difficulty ; ( 3 ) that its aim of world domination is eminently rational and does not pose many problems . |