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 ) . |