Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [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 | Lying as it does near the putative centre of the town , the building may have had some public function . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It does show the darker side of the band , I suppose . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The harsh musical style will not set you humming but it does illustrate the original medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with force . |
| 13 | The frontal view also misses the octagonal tower , one of the church 's better elements , although it does catch the tall , slender campanile . |
| 14 | The growing do-it-yourself spirit does not make the fashion designer obsolete , but it does reject the instant ‘ good taste ’ acquired by the designer label . |
| 15 | However , it does have the least number of extras supplied with it , so it is basic in that sense . |
| 16 | While the Kamco only has four free slots ( one 8-bit and three 16-bit ) it does have the real McCoy local bus , VL-bus . |
| 17 | This is of little use when displaying real numbers because the accuracy of the last digit is suspect , but it does allow the full range of integers to be displayed . |
| 18 | As Dr. Mann has argued , it does allow the English courts to provide assistance , in practice under the Hague Convention , in certain fiscal and administrative contexts which would be judged by some other countries to fall outside its scope ; Dr. Mann 's unease at this needs to be balanced against the enormous and considered growth , recounted elsewhere in this book , in international co-operation in such fields . |
| 19 | Chairman , can I say briefly that the merger and I 'm quite pleased that we 've finally er there is a death knell to this this awful word , it 's been bandied on for far too long , it 's been perhaps the single most controversial issue that has been debated by this authority along with some other mediocre issues and no one here would not admit er to the fact that it has been opposed on such massive scale and even today we 've had a further petition of three hundred and ninety five people opposing er this this this dreadful merger decision that was hanging over the er the the two centres and I 'm pleased that er this this er amendment , this er er erm this petition was brought forward today because it does indicate the continuing support and opposition to er the the kind of things that we should be doing and and those that we should n't . |
| 20 | The word ‘ maintainable ’ is not ideal , but it does indicate the underlying principle involved , that the company has a capacity to produce wealth over time , and the idea of the earnings number is to reflect that capacity in the year in question . |
| 21 | ‘ I know you were against it , and right to be probably , but it does seem the only practical way out of the difficulty — she does adore Tom , you know , and she 's dreadfully lonely … . ’ |
| 22 | For quite a long time the prevailing view among economists had been that money does not affect the relative prices of commodities , but that it does determine the overall price level . |