Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb infin] its [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eastman Kodak put Interactive on the block at least six months ago because it did not fit its core business interests . |
| 2 | Iraq , which is thought to have capacity to produce at least twice as much oil as Kuwait , did not send its oil minister to the OPEC talks — an indication that the authorities in Baghdad do not expect an early resumption of export trading . |
| 3 | In mentioning the directive er can I er pause very briefly er Mr Deputy Speaker to apologise to the house that this document was not made available at the draft stage er an unfortunate combination of human error and several failures of communications meant that the select committee was deprived of the opportunity to consider the directive at its draft stage , er I 've noticed the select committee 's report which has been put in the vote office in the usual way and acknowledge the government did not meet its scrutiny obligations with regard to this document in the normal means . |
| 4 | Britain ratified the Convention in 1951 but did not accept its enforcement machinery until 1966 , and its impact on English law was not apparent until the next decade , when the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg began to hand down decisions holding the United Kingdom in breach of the Convention for failures to guarantee certain basic rights to its citizens . |
| 5 | The Bank does not announce its rediscount rate , but instead invites the discount houses to offer it bills . |
| 6 | Ursprung is hoping that the Federal Treasury does not copy its UK counterpart and withdraw an equivalent sum from existing science to pay the bill . |
| 7 | AENS does not restrict its news coverage to religious news , but also carries articles and features on matters of fundamental human concern in Asia . |
| 8 | However , when fighting against another rattlesnake it does not use its poison fangs . |
| 9 | Although the school does not receive its budget share in actual cash , it is still free to decide exactly how the money is to be spent . |
| 10 | Psychology does not see its age bias as a problem . |
| 11 | Quantum Corp , Milpitas does not believe its disk drives infringe Rodime Plc patents and it is counter-suing the Scottish company , asking the US Court for the District of Minnesota to declare the patent not infringed and anyway unenforceable . |
| 12 | IBM 's System/36 division does n't want its AIX colleagues to cut this deal . |