Example sentences of "[vb base] it [verb] [adj -er] " in BNC.

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1 Fishing has been patchy due to the cool temperatures but anglers expect it to get better when the winds turn south westerly .
2 ‘ They say it gets easier , ’ Jill grinned .
3 Britain , France and West Germany have argued for a joint world turnover threshold of £3.5bn , while the majority want it set lower at £1.4bn .
4 I hope it got better . ’
5 I know it sounds quieter
6 The first crag seen as you enter the valley is Buckbarrow Crag — a mere ten minutes from the car ( yes , I know it looks further but trust me ) .
7 At least now we know it makes smaller patterns , which we did not expect to see .
8 Yes , keep it bit shorter and simpler , but , just the right way of going about it to illustrate the point .
9 Dr Alan Watkins , Hawker Siddeley 's chief executive , said the deal with GEC Alsthom would re-inforce its position in the fiercely competitive UK market and enable it to achieve greater exports than the two companies had separately .
10 Lotus is also used for creating quality printed output ; its WYSIWYG capabilities enable it to produce better prints than the current version of Ark , so Carello exports the data to Lotus prior to printing .
11 For example , management may be buying a specific business out of a larger group of companies because they perceive it to have greater value as a single concern than its ( often ) discounted value as part of the vendor 's group .
12 We move every number , promote each number , make it go higher , right then we 've multiplied that number by ten have n't you .
13 make it look simpler than that .
14 all , everything that would be in involved and er but buts a lot of the , what we did was , you know , erm just how you would er ta erm how you would try and start there and and decorate a place and make it look better which again , is part of your environment
15 . Erm she could make plenty of improvements , make it look nicer , more organised better rooms the people are okay , but that 's the only good thing about college is meeting people .
16 Cross it over , round the back , and back up to the front again , do a reef knot here and tuck your ends in straight away of course like so and then this little bit can just be tucked up where you 've crossed the two ends and make it look neater with no ends hanging out , no that , all that does is keep the dressing secure , keep infection out , okay ?
17 ‘ Bring out ’ deep-set eyes with a paler shadow — obviously darker tints will tend to shade the eye and make it look deeper .
18 I make it sound brighter so much brighter than it is .
19 With its low market share it has higher costs than the rival , and so , by pricing to give its rival a zero NPV , it can only earn a negative NPV itself .
20 I think it works better .
21 You see it becomes tougher , you see it becomes tougher , , it becomes tougher the more successful you become .
22 You see it becomes tougher , you see it becomes tougher , , it becomes tougher the more successful you become .
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