Example sentences of "it [vb -s] 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 | The important question is whether it fulfils the longer term expectations which the Spanish authorities have invested in it . |
| 3 | It exercises the lower back and stretches the hamstrings . |
| 4 | It has the further advantage that writing is a skill whose usefulness [ pupils ] can appreciate , whereas literary criticism is not . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It forms the greater part of the brain and innervates the compound eyes and ocelli . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Because of the more objective terminology in which this is couched , it invites the readier use of the powers of judicial review . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It builds in and reinforces their dominance , but it damages the weaker economies . |
| 14 | In ‘ comfort ’ mode , it provides the softer ride associated with luxury cars ; in ‘ sport ’ setting , it adopts a firmer , more dynamic character . |