Example sentences of "it [verb] [vb pp] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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1 | For a given outlay of local currency it has ensured a higher value of imports than would have been available under a market valuation of the currency . |
2 | Television may have made inroads on the number of live spectators but , if anything , it has encouraged a greater degree of participation in a far wider range of activities . |
3 | Thus in many cases where a buyer seeks to reject goods supplied under a sale contract , it does so because the transaction has proved uneconomical , for instance because the market has fallen , or because it has found a cheaper source of supply ; it may then sieze on any trivial breach , or any ambiguity in the contract , in order to justify rejection of the goods . |
4 | It has taken a closer look at what it pays and what it gets out of its Brussels El Dorado , and it is not happy . |
5 | Reebok believes that it has taken a further innovative step by eliminating much of the superfluous components so that now , the tennis shoe will consist of an estimated 12 separate components . |
6 | Never though can it have housed a greater galaxy of scientific and industrial leaders than on that Thursday last month . |
7 | The PLO felt able to play what had been for fifteen years its ‘ last card ’ — recognition of Israel — because it had gained a stronger one through the Uprising . |
8 | Since the heady days of Henson it had become a duller and more local object . |
9 | It would make the association feel that it had had a better hearing if it saw the Minister face to face rather than pursuing the matter in correspondence . |
10 | There are n't many new ideas , or the money to back them , so if there is a good script that has an Asian angle , the chances are it 's got a better probability of getting made . |
11 | because it 's got gold wheels right it 's got a better suspension . |
12 | Well it 's got a higher voltage . |
13 | And it 's got a bigger shed as well . |
14 | No actually it does n't have a curve , it is a triangle but it 's got a longer base has n't it ? |
15 | It 's got a deeper natural body resonance than the D-32 , but at the same time there 's a much brighter , more immediate treble with a lot more bounce and sparkle overall . |
16 | And then I poured some water on it , and it 's lasted a further two weeks . |