Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb -s] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of a common stack has one disadvantage ( if it is a disadvantage ) in that it forces stricter adherence to proper program structure . |
| 2 | The chief advantage is that it offers greater protection against predators . |
| 3 | In her foreword , Ruth Richardson , the Minister of Finance ( and not the most popular Kiwi politician ) , expresses it thus : ‘ The special advantages of accrual accounting are that it distinguishes between capital and current spending , and that it takes better account of the cost of current policies for future generations … |
| 4 | The most interesting result is that it gives quicker search times for a long word list over the 26-way methods . |
| 5 | If Hamer have sought to redesign this feature so that it looks better overall then I 'd suggest that they have made a mistake . |
| 6 | Poor land means less reward for more work , more risk of disappointment and failure , and it requires greater skill . |
| 7 | Such an experience may encourage the doctor in question to attend a course in homoeopathy to see if it deserves further study . |
| 8 | Modularising is good if it allows greater choice for students , and allows them to specialise in certain parts of a rather falsely unified subject . |
| 9 | When you act for a buyer , always go through the answers you receive to your preliminary enquiries , search and additional enquiries made of the local authority , marking each of these with a tick if it is satisfactory , or with a cross if it is not , or if it requires further elucidation . |
| 10 | There were 2 attacks early on , but it takes stronger stuff than this to beat Grimsby . |
| 11 | Because the sandwich is only a few angstroms thick it transmits visible light — but it reflects longer wavelength heat radiation . |
| 12 | It is also a particularly useful structure because it allows further information to be stored at the nodes . |
| 13 | We have adopted it because it gives greater strength and dignity and fullness to the design . |
| 14 | I prefer white bread myself , because it makes better toast , but I always get a brown sliced for the cat which likes a little bit of butter with it . |
| 15 | ‘ I do not like the law change because it puts greater pressure on referees , who now have more power than ever . |
| 16 | That is the quantity of extra resources that a competitive industry would use because it has higher average and marginal costs . |
| 17 | She says as I say I 'll have to wait and see what she says , because she said , you know when weather gets better , oh I says you 're better off waiting while it gets better weather |
| 18 | If one had reason to contribute only a little to the scheme this might show that the scheme is unjustifiable since it requires greater sacrifice than can be justified . |
| 19 | A notice is preferable as it imposes greater protection than a caution ( which can be warned off ) but requires the consent of the landlord as the land certificate will need to be placed on deposit for the purpose of registration . |
| 20 | On the clean sound , reverb really does make a difference , adding as it does greater depth to any guitar 's tone . |
| 21 | These other changes ( in levels of funding , the growing role of the Training Agency , and the enterprise culture as it affects higher education , for example ) will be incorporated into the discussion . |
| 22 | Other more exotic applications for the device will appear as it undergoes further improvement . |