Example sentences of "[noun] it [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In these days of restrictions on capital investment it makes good sense to adapt to current and probable future needs when incurring capital expenditure .
2 Finally , as prices range from £15,190 to £26,910 it represents superb value for such a high specification .
3 It is clear that ethanol has a duel action on the secretory function of the gastric parietal cell ; at low concentrations it stimulates gastric secretion and at high concentrations it has no effect or an inhibitory one .
4 In the New Testament it means total allegiance .
5 As a rule it contains varying proportions of base or less precious metals .
6 In the short term it proposes increased monitoring to ensure that the highest standards of pesticide use are maintained .
7 For the short term it sees patchy signs of improvement and no speedy recovery .
8 In civil operations this affects revenue earning potential and therefore profitability and in military environments it affects operational readiness .
9 If it gets into the predator 's nose it can injure the tissues there and if it enters the mouth it causes violent vomiting .
10 On the plus side it tolerates high temperatures .
11 create the illusion that the ‘ dangerous ’ class is primarily located at the bottom of various hierarchies by which we ‘ measure ’ each other , such as occupational prestige , income level , housing market location , educational achievement , racial attributes — in this illusion it fuses relative poverty and criminal propensities and sees them both as effects of moral inferiority , thus rendering the ‘ dangerous ’ class deserving of both poverty and punishment ;
12 As with the acquisition of any skill it requires conscious effort as each skill is practised to the point where it becomes effortless ( see Skilful behaviour on page 155 ) .
13 On the other hand , like any moulded surface of this type it has fat needles , rather than the brush-type filaments of a normal plastic slope .
14 In common with these base emotions it receives general condemnation as an anti-social force which , by its very nature , is inherently immoral and despicable .
15 For the language teacher it provides powerful clues concerning the causes of the sensation of floundering in conversation to which we referred earlier .
16 From the outside it looks uninhabited facing on to the icy , wind-ravaged sidewalks as anonymously as any of the disused warehouse and industrial buildings that litter the once-thriving district .
17 In town it requires vast amounts of arm-flailing lock but is never what you could call light .
18 AS Lyles customer base grows to include an ever increasing number of independent retailers it places increasing marketing emphasis on their point of sale material .
19 Nonetheless , the significance of Lukacs 's theory is that even in a post-Stalinist epoch it presents socialist realism as rich in possibilities .
20 After two years it has strategic alliances with DEC , HP , IBM , NCR , SGI and Sun , 100 customers , 500 development seats , 10,000 run-times out and 10,000 deployed applications .
21 Every day it carries secretarial appointments .
22 Every day it serves identical food to 19 million people and swallows $1.3 million profits .
23 Cos if you see on top it says regional accent .
24 From the top it provides magnificent views of the city 's famous skyline .
25 Simply ideal for families it has direct access on to the beach and offers a wide range of holiday activities for children .
26 And at £85 it offers great value for money .
27 Amid talk of rebuilding and reorganising resources it appears suitable material is in short supply .
28 Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution it boasts award-winning museums , heritage sites and first-class accommodation in beautiful Shropshire countryside .
29 I welcome the Bill , even though on the surface it hands considerable powers from Parliament to Ministers .
30 If , for whatever reason , a husband initially commands higher rates of pay than his wife it makes economic sense for him to ‘ specialize ’ in paid work and let her shoulder the brunt of the partnership 's unpaid chores ( Becker , 1981 , 1985 ; for a critique see Owen , 1987 ) .
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