Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The total cost of the part and the percentage of the total cost it represents is entered in the last two columns and the same is done for the function costs in the bottom three rows . |
| 2 | The total cost of the part and the percentage of the total cost it represents is entered in the last two columns and the same is done for the function costs in the bottom three rows . |
| 3 | One is to include corporate dummy variable of the intercept and see whether it 's T ratio or significantly different , is , sorry it 's greater than two right or we can use an F test , right , now that F test that 's given me that formula in the middle of the page is a very important test which was developed by a chap called Chow and as a result it become known as the Chow test and it 's a , it 's a test for parameter constancy , er do we have constant parameters in our model now it tells you how to compute this Chow test , in this particular case we 're only dummying the intercept , the Chow test gives exactly the same results of T tests , right , erm we wo n't bother going through it , if you want to go through this er sheet in your own time calculate that , that Chow test and essentially what it involves is splitting with the s the whole sample now into two sub-samples , right , the first sub-sample , right , is peacetime , the second sub-sample wartime , right , and you just compare the residual sum of the squares on the unaccounted for variation , right , between actual and fitted values , just compare the residual sum of squares between these two sub periods , right and if you use the formula that 's given there that will come out with exactly the same result , well in actual fact you can square , if you square the F statistic you get calculating one formula you will get T value , got from er the computer right , the er , the sheet goes on to say how we can er use dummy variables in slightly more complicated ways , right , we could see actually see whether the income or price elasticities of demand changed . |
| 4 | It does n't know for certain , so it simply doubles whatever free space it thinks is left — after all the software is n't psychic and ca n't know what files are going to wind up on the hard disk . |
| 5 | A layer 2 inches ( 5 cm ) thick suppresses weed growth , reduces moisture evaporation , is easily scratched open to help air penetration , and as it decomposes is pulled down into the soil by worms . |
| 6 | The timber industry has re-started , but most of the wood it produces is needed for military and official purposes . |
| 7 | The word click is onomatopoeic in itself , and the neat , abrupt quality of the sound it signifies is echoed in the final /t/ consonance of discreet and shut , and by the initial /d/ alliteration of discreet and door . |
| 8 | Most government debt as it matures is rolled over , but the maturity of the replacement debt can have a significant influence on the yield curve in the form of humps in the market segment in which the debt is placed ( i.e. , the debt is placed at a relatively low price and a relatively high yield ) . |
| 9 | Not unexpectedly , Ian McGeechan was a bit more circumspect than his Wallaby counterpart , though : ‘ We have a very good game as it is , and the only thing it needs is to simplify the laws to achieve refereeing consistency . |
| 10 | All it needs is to promise a high-powered investigation , such as a Royal Commission , into the practicalities of an alternative voting system ( surely justified by the intense public interest now abounding ) . |
| 11 | Everybody would prefer a low rate of VAT but it has is has been accepted that that is a non-starter politically . |
| 12 | No hierarchical ranking of the paintings and objects it contains is attempted ; each is there to be contemplated on its own terms . |
| 13 | er and all it wants is doing is transferring off . |
| 14 | Dr Mike Barratt of Earth Resources Research , who carried out research on air travel for the World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) , says that the rapid rate of growth of air travel is a particular problem , as is the fact that the pollution it causes is injected directly into the atmosphere . |
| 15 | Russell does not say what form the ‘ complicated arguments ’ about the validity of this argument might take , but the chapter in which it occurs is entitled ‘ Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description ’ , so it is reasonable to suppose that one thing that was bothering Russell was the possibility that a person who meaningfully uses the word ‘ I ’ does so in virtue of knowing something which he calls ‘ I ’ not by acquaintance , but by description . |
| 16 | The move follows the group 's decision to concentrate on its most profitable business , mineral water , which it says is expanding ‘ dramatically ’ throughout the world . |
| 17 | All it achieves is to give them an air of generosity , and so put Abraham at an even greater disadvantage in the rounds to come . |
| 18 | This is another God 's Bridge and the stream it shelters is known both as Dale Beck and Chapel Beck . |
| 19 | Each shape it sees is compared to a set of stylised representations of the alphabet , and the one with the greatest number of matching parts is chosen as its best guess at the letter the shape is supposed to be . |
| 20 | But , as we showed earlier , if a positive aggregate demand shock occurs , and if the unexpectedly high local price to which it leads is attributed by agents wholly to an aggregate demand shock , then that movement in aggregate demand , although it is random , will have no effect on real output ; it will merely induce a change in the expected and actual level of prices . |
| 21 | The extra processing it requires is rewarded by an improvement in the hearer 's encyclopedic entries which ensures a greater understanding of the surrounding discourse or text . |
| 22 | All it takes is learning to speak Horse . |
| 23 | All it takes is to answer to simple questions , and to explain why , in your opinion , the méthode champenoise produces quality wines . |
| 24 | The supermarket firm , Gateway , is taking legal action against a Northampton firm which it alleges is selling fire-damaged Gateway foods . |
| 25 | All we can do it seems is to keep on applying pressure in the hope the Government will have change of heart , ’ he said . |
| 26 | The world it presents is populated by pointers on scales and marks on photographic plates . |
| 27 | The world it presents is populated by entities such as electrons and quarks . |
| 28 | A simple way to appreciate what it means is to visualise the Spectra line being passed down a hollow tube ( the ‘ sleeve ’ ) until it appears at the other end . |
| 29 | But if what it means is to combine a sense of community , a sense of society , a sense of inter-dependent provision and collaboration in doing it and in providing true welfare con , consumerism , the government have chosen the word partnership . |
| 30 | For what finding out the truth means is getting true beliefs for ourselves ; and what telling it means is giving our own true beliefs to other people — often of course ( though as we shall see , by no means always ) by making true statements . |