Example sentences of "it [verb] [vb infin] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thinking of politicians for whom education is only important if it helps boost the national economy , and this is important because it helps people enjoy what they want , and this is important because it encourages consumption and thus industry , either goes round in a vicious circle or takes off on an interminable regress . |
| 2 | Although this can lead to frustration for car drivers — especially in the summer when large queues build up — it helps limit the environmental damage to this very special area . |
| 3 | . California , the richest and largest state in America , here the state lottery is big business , with annual sales of more than one point seven billion dollars , it helps fill the Federal coffers through taxation and provides about one percent of the states education budget . |
| 4 | Although the strike was called off , amid bitter controversy , it did benefit the Labour Party . |
| 5 | Even the original Tele guitar was designed to have some bass-playing ability , and as a consequence was not wired as it is today , although it did possess the customary three-way selector switch . |
| 6 | It did exclude the unplanned , ( and sometimes unintended ! ) learning and reinforcement that takes place ‘ on-the-job ’ . |
| 7 | By the time it did satisfy the relevant purpose test ( by having acquired the business ) it had ceased to be close by virtue of the institutions ' investment . |
| 8 | " My kingdom is not of this world " was not regarded as releasing the pope from an active role in government , though it did express the great moral fervour that fuelled the late eleventh- and early twelfth-century reforms — especially in the attack on clerical marriage and in the drive to rid the Church of unchaste priests and to control the proprietary church system ( secular theocracy ) . |
| 9 | However , it did mark the first major overhaul of the Treaties of Rome , it reformed EC institutions to some extent and it succeeded in keeping the members united . |
| 10 | And it was a great tragedy cos er it did i i it did cause the general strike and er we had a week of the general strike . |
| 11 | The FDA did not ban the drug , but it did find the 0.5 mg dose excessive and had safety concerns about 0.25 mg . |
| 12 | The cabin was surprisingly spacious , even if it did lack the little human touches that made it a home . |
| 13 | It did join the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in 1982 . |
| 14 | Though his subsequent report did not directly criticize Campbell , it did attack the overall structure of the police and judiciary . |
| 15 | The film was a disappointment , although it did win the Golden Gate Award at the 1966 San Francisco Festival , as well as winning Ken Thorne an Oscar for Best Music Adaptation . |
| 16 | On the credit side it did allow the rear axle of the tug to be the full width of the vehicle , giving more stability , as did the final ‘ Wolverton ’ design . |
| 17 | In many respects the Glorious Revolution was a significant landmark : it did alter in certain ways the relationship between the Crown and Parliament , it did guarantee the legislative sovereignty of Parliament , it did establish some limited degree of religious toleration for Protestant Dissenters , and the fact that after 1689 Parliament came to meet on a regular basis each year did significantly alter the context in which politics operated . |
| 18 | there was one in the paper , there was a picture of it in the paper , and it , I 'm sure , it did say the old gate bridge , I 'm sure and it was nearly owt it was going over the bridge |
| 19 | Although this arrangement was short-lived , it did prolong the separate and different practices of the L.C.C . |
| 20 | The monkey was eaten up in the trees , and was half hidden by leaves , but it did provide the key shot for the closing sequence of the ‘ Hunting and Escaping ’ programme in The Trials of Life . |
| 21 | Of course , this strategy had a distinct disadvantage in that each time I moved towards the light to serve the gentlemen , my advancing footsteps would echo long and loud before I reached the table , drawing attention to my impending arrival in the most ostentatious manner ; but it did have the great merit of making my person only partially visible while I remained stationary . |
| 22 | The price war of autumn 1985 then was little more than an advertising exercise , though it did reduce the general price of holidays for 1986 . |
| 23 | Lying as it does near the putative centre of the town , the building may have had some public function . |
| 24 | All the best rocking horses have heads which look to the left or right , and this angling is well worth the small extra trouble since it does give the finished horse a little more ‘ life ’ . |
| 25 | Drama school is n't going to teach anybody to act but it does give the vital techniques with which to act and gives you a chance to make mistakes , experiment and find out about yourself . |
| 26 | It does show the darker side of the band , I suppose . |
| 27 | Why this should be so will be discussed in a moment but it does enable the other observations to be accounted for by a single theory . |
| 28 | However , knowing that the box was a personal gift by one of the Gilberts to the other , it does emphasise the private character of this otherwise magnificent collection . |
| 29 | Having examined Christianity , he recognizes that if it is true ( as it claims to be and as the third level promises to show how it can be seen to be ) , it does provide the necessary answer . |
| 30 | It is not clear why this happened , but it does illustrate the inherent instability in individual practices ' annual referral rates and the consequent difficulties involved in estimating budgets on the basis of past referral patterns . |