Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb -s] [adj -er] [noun] " 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 NI has always been concerned to point out what is wrong with the Green Revolution : that it favours richer farmers who can afford its high-yield seeds and extra fertiliser ; that its ecological impact is worrying . |
| 5 | The case for loans has been most strongly argued by a group at the London School of Economics whose main criticism of an entirely grant-based approach is that it favours better-off families , and as it is currently operated it leaves many students in poverty . |
| 6 | The most interesting result is that it gives quicker search times for a long word list over the 26-way methods . |
| 7 | If Hamer have sought to redesign this feature so that it looks better overall then I 'd suggest that they have made a mistake . |
| 8 | Poor land means less reward for more work , more risk of disappointment and failure , and it requires greater skill . |
| 9 | ‘ It is tiny , only about two inches , and very narrow , and it parasitises larger fish by entering through their gill openings , or through their cloacas . |
| 10 | Such an experience may encourage the doctor in question to attend a course in homoeopathy to see if it deserves further study . |
| 11 | Modularising is good if it allows greater choice for students , and allows them to specialise in certain parts of a rather falsely unified subject . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | There were 2 attacks early on , but it takes stronger stuff than this to beat Grimsby . |
| 14 | Because the sandwich is only a few angstroms thick it transmits visible light — but it reflects longer wavelength heat radiation . |
| 15 | It is also a particularly useful structure because it allows further information to be stored at the nodes . |
| 16 | We have adopted it because it gives greater strength and dignity and fullness to the design . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I do not like the law change because it puts greater pressure on referees , who now have more power than ever . |
| 19 | That is the quantity of extra resources that a competitive industry would use because it has higher average and marginal costs . |
| 20 | The government of the day will often let it be known to one of its aspiring party members that it would greatly welcome his ballot victory to promote a particular piece of legislation which it , the Government , does not wish to devote its own time to , either because of its controversial nature or simply because it has better things to do . |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Its distribution is certainly more restricted than the Moorhen 's , since it requires larger areas of water for breeding . |
| 24 | The algorithm examines every shallow state , which can be constructed by a short path from start , before it examines deeper states . |
| 25 | Time itself is finite — a government will not devote it to passing less desirable and more controversial laws when it has better things to do with its time . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | By reducing the probability that a firm will fail and by reducing creditors ' potential losses in the event of difficulty , this helps to reduce the costs a firm takes on as it takes bigger risks and nears bankruptcy . |
| 28 | On the clean sound , reverb really does make a difference , adding as it does greater depth to any guitar 's tone . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Other more exotic applications for the device will appear as it undergoes further improvement . |