Example sentences of "[verb] it [be] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But what really fixed it was visiting my family in the States . |
| 2 | British Coal says it 's re-opening its pit review programme . |
| 3 | Apart from the switch from Cambridge light to Oxford dark blue — the first change to the logo for a quarter of a century — the Co-Op says it 's widened its product launch — and the aisles , to make things easier for those with prams or wheelchairs . |
| 4 | It says it is cutting its workforce ‘ in anticipation of a continuing intensely competitive market environment . ’ |
| 5 | British Telecommunications Plc says it is to complete its cable television network in the Westminster district of London by 1995 under undertakings given to the government as part of a review of its licence for the area : some 120,000 homes in Westminster , the only area in the UK where the company is licensed to offer television service over its phone network , will have access to the service on completion , Reuter notes ; the company hopes to be allowed to run TV throughout its network from 1997 . |
| 6 | But at a rally in Baku on Sunday , the Azerbaijani Popular Front , prime mover in the blockade , indicated it was continuing its campaign , which is aimed at forcing Armenia to drop its demand for reunification with Nagorny Karabakh . |
| 7 | Well yes , but I mean , it 's before this erm , this lot came out , and er , that used to work alright and that did n't er , the do-gooders decided it was affecting our meat , |
| 8 | Nothing more could be done on the case that evening and they had cause to hope it was nearing its end . |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose it 's become my life — my number one priority . ’ |
| 10 | I ca n't hold it 's killing my back you 'll have to take him ! |
| 11 | The honourable member has been on to say that his mother was upset about her appearance here , not least because she felt it was invading her privacy . |
| 12 | THE town of Bolton has just announced it is to make its football idol Nat Lofthouse a freeman of the borough . |
| 13 | The British Hotels , Restaurants and Caterers Association announced it was to change its name to British Hospitality Association ( BHA ) . |
| 14 | WEDNESDAY : U.S.-owned Anglo Great Lakes announced it was closing its graphite manufacturing plant at Newburn , on Tyneside , with the loss of 230 jobs . |
| 15 | THOUSANDS of rail freight jobs came under threat yesterday when the English electricity generator , PowerGen , announced it was cancelling its coal haulage contract with British Rail . |
| 16 | THOUSANDS of rail freight jobs came under threat yesterday when the English electricity generator , Power-Gen , announced it was cancelling its coal haulage contract with British Rail . |
| 17 | Recently Berghaus on Tyneside revealed it was reducing its workforce by 60 jobs as part of a cost-cutting exercise prompted by the recession . |
| 18 | And I think it 's irritating my hip again you know ? |
| 19 | I think it 's to do my riding exams but , I ca as I said , cos Brenda whose horse I ride up at Bridley I was telling her and I said , why would the spirit world get in such a state |
| 20 | Re remote control yes , well my son has one of those he has an electric garage door on his house , and a copper frisked him before he went in last season cos he , he 's a younger bloke and er he said what 's this and he pulled it out of his pocket , he said it 's to open my garage door with he said what do you think it is a death ray or something yeah . |
| 21 | Irvine , California-based AST Research Inc warns that it expects third quarter after-tax margins to be in the range of 3% to 4% as it follows pricing strategies intended to lead to increased unit sales while it reduces operating expenses as a percentage of sales — its strategy for pricing and market share expansion is expected to hurt its near-term earnings it said , noting that the new Premmia line , launched in the UK yesterday , is priced 10% to 20% below rival models ; it also said it was evaluating its pricing , especially in Europe . |
| 22 | Dun and Bradstreet said it was porting its Millenium financial and human resources package , which would be ready by year-end , and in the meantime has a gateway product allowing data access between IBM mainframes and HP systems . |
| 23 | Wheway said it was considering its position and advised shareholders not to sell . |
| 24 | Reporting a loss of $12.8m late yesterday , Cap Gemini Sogeti SA said it was omitting its dividend . |
| 25 | The Stalinist leadership said it was scrapping its membership of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) , which limits the spread of military nuclear technology . |
| 26 | On May 20th the firm said it was cutting its workforce by a tenth . |
| 27 | The UK claims it is making its contribution to reducing emissions by imposing value added tax ( VAT ) on domestic fuel ; the government says the VAT measures make it less likely that a carbon tax will be needed to meet the target of stabilising CO2 emissions at 1990 levels by 2000 . |