Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The counterparty to this forward contract , let us say it is a bank , may for its part be willing to transact because it has a wider , more diversified portfolio than the hedger , within which it can to some extent offset the risky prospect . |
| 2 | Some say that it helps them to study , but do n't accept that . |
| 3 | Some hold that it follows from this that the priest must be male : |
| 4 | This shows that it contains all the genes , not just some of them . |
| 5 | The ways of doing this vary and it depends on your personal skills . |
| 6 | As expected formation of the low mobility complex was inhibited by the addition of antibody to Oct-1 confirming that it contains Oct-1 whereas the antibody had no effect on the formation of the high mobility complex indicating that it is formed by binding of a cervical protein distinct from Oct-1 ( Figure 3 ) . |
| 7 | The hon. Member for Lancaster will be interested to hear that it says that the national curriculum will not be delivered because of the difficulty — |
| 8 | The Commission is careful to stress that it has no intention of developing a grand ‘ European Cultural Policy ’ . |
| 9 | There are a number of reasons for thinking that such information transmission may be easier to manage if it occurs within firms than if it is subject to market transactions , and this means that there is a case for thinking that R&D activities ( particularly the D ) may have to be part of a vertically related structure that extends back into important input markets , and forward into downstream consumer markets ( see Teece , 1986 , Geroski , 1992 , and Jorde and Teece , 1990 , who apply these arguments to the antitrust treatment of co-operative R&D ventures ) . |
| 10 | ‘ It would be foolish to forget that it 's happened before . |
| 11 | The Bank of England is , of course , free to respond as it chooses to any such bids or offers but , as well as being concerned to finance the government 's borrowing needs on the best possible terms , the Bank has a publicly-expressed interest in the liquidity of the gilt-edged market . |
| 12 | Some argue that it does . |
| 13 | ( This means that it takes up more hospital space than any other single illness . ) |
| 14 | This means that it takes an average of 12 years and $231 million to develop a new drug . |
| 15 | This means that it depends on the host 's cells ' own energy-producing system to provide for its own growth and reproduction . |
| 16 | This means that it becomes difficult , some would say impossible , to specify the ceteris paribus conditions of a theory . |
| 17 | This means that it behaves in a similar way to the three directions that correspond to moving in space . |
| 18 | This means that it accounts for perhaps a third of the sales of ICI Chemicals & Polymers — about the same proportion as does the latter in the whole of ICI . |
| 19 | Consequently , it is wrong to say that it has a grammatical function . |
| 20 | But other schemes are less contentious : partly because the extra money gained from child benefits and other payments which favour lone parents is less than the extra money lone parents gain when the whole household is living on supplementary benefit ; and partly because the public tolerates laxer or more generous administration in other schemes than it is prepared to tolerate when it comes to means-tested benefits for the poor . |
| 21 | Of course , if one has the belief one would indeed be prepared to say that it does not adequately account for the evolution of animal life , but that is not what one is saying here and now . |
| 22 | As Kahl has said , education ‘ reinforces the existing status system and provides for movement within it ’ ( Kahl 1970 : 137 ) , but this suggests that it does not change the system . |
| 23 | Based on a simple thick white sauce , this meal is much easier to make than it looks |
| 24 | A pretty napkin fold is easier to make than it looks . |
| 25 | While advances in information technology have so far done little to change the telephone itself — give or take a few microchips and memories — it 's easy to see that IT has had a dramatic affect on the underlying telecoms infrastructure , and the way we use it . |
| 26 | For the person who appreciates the beauty of poetry , the path through ecstasy and the peak experience is easy to see and it leads directly to the highest mysticism , ending in release and beyond . |
| 27 | I found the metal of the cutter easy to work as it seems quite soft in comparison to the tool steel of my gouges . |
| 28 | The word MACRO is easy to remember since it means being exceptionally prominent , which is surely the aim of every ambitious young person reading this book . |
| 29 | Hair removal can be a messy business , but Inverness now do a clever Roll-On Depilatory which is easy to apply and it does n't drip . |
| 30 | It 's chip resistant , it 's easy to apply and it comes in a choice of twelve brilliant shades . |