Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [prep] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although its development from infancy to early adulthood has been much examined , the part it plays in later life has been largely neglected .
2 it contributes to better market forecasting at the concept stage of development ;
3 Repeated use is perceived as necessary in order to survive , yet at the same time it contributes to further decline .
4 It just shows , I think , how vigilant Councillors need to be when you get all these documents , and you do get many of them if you 're a District County Councillor , and how necessary it is for you to read them and study them and to remember because these things are very very important when they 're put in when it goes to higher authority at that time .
5 IF the sophisticated modern diesel engine now makes economic sense for small cars , the savings it offers for bigger cars are more worthwhile .
6 If it passes on lower costs to its customers in the form of lower prices it may be open to the accusation of behaving in a predatory fashion .
7 They pursue reliability just because they know it leads to lower costs and increased market share .
8 This process can be painful and revealing but it leads to greater self-awareness — the first step to unambiguous communication .
9 In the mental health field the voluntary sector is , on the whole , well organized and effective but it suffers from lower levels of charitable donations compared with more immediately appealing charities such as those for children , cancer research or research into heart disease .
10 It is the prostate gland which , when it enlarges in later life , as it often does , may cause difficulty in passing urine .
11 ‘ These data provide a plausible explanation for the French paradox , ’ says the Lancet , but it calls for further studies .
12 Two books are supplied with the disks , one of which can be extremely confusing at times as it applies to earlier versions of the program .
13 ( a ) Once a shareholder has incurred a debt or liability to the company , it has an equitable charge on the shares of that shareholder to secure payment which ranks in priority to later equitable interests and , it seems to earlier ones of which the company had no notice when its lien became effective ; and ( b ) in determining whether the company had notice , section 360 has no application ; if the company knows of the earlier equitable interest ( because , for example , a transfer of the shares has been lodged for registration even if that is refused ) it can not improve its own position to the detriment of the holder of that known equitable interest .
14 At first sight similar in size and shape to the academic article , it emerges on closer inspection as a very different animal to that often unlovely and cumbersome beast .
15 His initial concern was with the transition from work to retirement and he has subsequently been involved in work on health education , notably the role of community care as it relates to older people .
16 In addition though , and we come on to them in a second , it asks for further reductions to be added to that if possible .
17 The coal industry in West Germany is under attack from many quarters because of the costly protection it enjoys from cheaper imports .
18 The crucial factor is whether technology provides new jobs at a higher rate in new activities than it eliminates in older industry .
19 What we do find , however , is that women 's work is not so divorced from the work of men as it becomes in later times .
20 Largely a relatives ' organization , it campaigns for better services , runs relative support groups and is beginning to consider providing more direct care services .
21 It provides for greater control as it gives a framework for monitoring and evaluating .
22 Dating from around 1200 , it hails from Lower Saxony and should sell for £50,000 to 80,000 ( $76,500–122,000 ) .
23 The rationale behind such a comparative analysis is that it brings into sharper focus those very features of language which might elude stylistic analysis of a more traditional kind .
24 And the way that the Government has reduced the provision it makes for higher education erm is that it is has so far erm kept us with the same amount of resources while expecting us to take more students .
25 it prevents the group from becoming bored and frustrated ; 2. it trains you to identify essentials and to avoid waffle ; 3. it gives you practice in handling intellectual exchanges ; 4. it increases your sensitivity to the feelings of others ; 5. it helps you to " think on your feet " and gain self-confidence ; 6. it assists you with later revision and exam techniques ; and 7. it makes for better learning and it 's more fun .
26 However , when it comes to larger scale public energy supply systems , eg large wind turbines , tidal barrages etc , people 's attitudes and behaviour might seem initially to be less significant , at least as far as the operation of the system is concerned .
27 If you do n't stop seeing Mark now we wo n't support you when it comes to further education . ’
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