Example sentences of "it [verb] the [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah I think on the North Sea , it obviously would have erm an effect on parts of our business , some parts more than others erm it 's very early to say exactly what , what effect it obviously in fact to the extent that it encourages the further development of existing fields that clearly benefits parts , parts of our business that are to do with completion equipment and development equipment . |
| 2 | It registered the further damage being done to him . |
| 3 | The important question is whether it fulfils the longer term expectations which the Spanish authorities have invested in it . |
| 4 | Leonora gripped a rail with white-knuckled hands when the boat bucked as it met the wilder waters of the sound . |
| 5 | It exercises the lower back and stretches the hamstrings . |
| 6 | It described the earlier stages of development and nutrition in the womb of the mother . |
| 7 | It has the further advantage that writing is a skill whose usefulness [ pupils ] can appreciate , whereas literary criticism is not . |
| 8 | Miranda had a skewed air , her dark curls sprang up on her head so that the younger girl noticed little black hairs running down the vertebrae of her neck to the nape ; there was a feral shine and speed to her too , something uncontained , and it scared the younger girl . |
| 9 | Labov 's interpretation of this irregularity is that it shows the Lower-middle class to be instrumental in diffusing a change throughout the speech community by adopting and emulating what is in fact an innovatory pattern introduced by a higher-status group ( Labov 1972a : 122 ) . |
| 10 | Therefore V c falls until it reaches the lower logic 0 threshold ( V- ) , upon which the output once more goes high and the cycle repeats . |
| 11 | As firms set prices alternately over consecutive periods , price falls by small steps from the upper limit of the interval until it reaches the lower limit and then jumps back to the upper limit and the cycle begins again . |
| 12 | The trick of combining lower marginal tax rates with a higher average tax take comes from the stepped progression of the tax system : as incomes rise people 's taxable income rises proportionately faster and larger slices of it attract the higher rates . |
| 13 | This stretch is attractive at first , with Christ Church Meadow on one side and a cricket pitch on the other , but as it approaches the larger river the Cherwell divides into two channels separated by a flat overgrown island , deserted except for a row of college boathouses . |
| 14 | Commentators noted that it echoed the earlier document in its advocacy of social justice linked with the free operation of the market . |
| 15 | The emphasis on God 's revelation and on the faith that apprehends it raised the further question of what theology itself can speak about directly — the revelation , or merely faith 's apprehension of it ? |
| 16 | It forms the greater part of the brain and innervates the compound eyes and ocelli . |
| 17 | Up to the late 1950s this inflow of dollars was generally welcome as it relieved the earlier shortages . |
| 18 | The Spanish empire was still pre-eminent , it covered the larger part of the New World , and extended to the Philippines in the Pacific . |
| 19 | With a length of 116 metres , a width of 18 metres and a depth of 6.9 metres over the sill , it enabled the larger steamers now frequenting the port to have repairs and maintenance carried out in modern facilities . |
| 20 | But j just before you go , Tom , the issue on whether or not Peter or or it lets the thinner section deep groove ball bearings , is n't going to rest on . |
| 21 | ‘ It took the better part of an hour to get to brass tacks , but we managed it in the end , sir . ’ |
| 22 | Because of the more objective terminology in which this is couched , it invites the readier use of the powers of judicial review . |
| 23 | One diplomat observed : ‘ The national colloquium and the discussions leading up to it gave the lower ranking researcher better status , and a feeling of more involvement in his work . ’ |
| 24 | Polybius ' constant presupposition that the Romans are both transparent in their motives and fundamentally reasonable in their actions involves three assumptions : ( i ) that the Roman upper class is not divided by internal conflicts of interests and convictions ; ( 2 ) that it controls the lower classes of Rome , the Latins and the other allies without much difficulty ; ( 3 ) that its aim of world domination is eminently rational and does not pose many problems . |
| 25 | It builds in and reinforces their dominance , but it damages the weaker economies . |
| 26 | In ‘ comfort ’ mode , it provides the softer ride associated with luxury cars ; in ‘ sport ’ setting , it adopts a firmer , more dynamic character . |