Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The round-up took two weeks and the army found it had to move 232 elephants . |
| 2 | One person in three would like blasphemy scrapped as an offence — but an equal proportion want it extended to cover all religions , not just Christianity , according to a survey published yesterday . |
| 3 | Canon Inc says it plans to resurrect NeXT Computer Inc 's Redwood City , California workstation business . |
| 4 | Canon Inc says it plans to resurrect NeXT Computer Inc 's Redwood City , California workstation business . |
| 5 | It says it plans to issue depositary shares representing $750m of perpetual preferred stock , adding that full details of the offering will be announced when pricing is completed . |
| 6 | NCR Corp says it plans to establish retail computer service centres in more than 50 US metropolitan areas as an alternative to on-site maintenance : the service centres will offer carry-in and mail-in hardware maintenance on a wide variety of desktop personal computers and peripherals , from NCR and third parties ; the centres will also market products including power line conditioners , upgrades and consumables , and NCR personal computers . |
| 7 | Software Developer 's Co Inc , Hingham , Massachusetts is cutting its workforce a swingeing 20% or 71 employees and will take a one-time charge of about $450,000 : as part of the reorganisation , the company accepted the resignation of Peter Brumme , executive vice-president and chief operating officer and Robert Brennan , vice-president of worldwide sales , and neither will immediately be replaced ; it says it plans to enter technically-oriented software markets for engineers , scientists and mathematicians . |
| 8 | Corel Corp , Ottawa cut the price on CorelDraw 3 to $200 from $400 in preparation for the launch of CorelDraw 4 : it says it plans to market both versions simultaneously . |
| 9 | The R4000SMP iteration will feature new memory and bus modifications and integrated cache — the company says it had to alter previous MIPS ' R series parts to accommodate the cache . |
| 10 | Norsk Data A/S , yesterday asked for its listing on the Oslo bourse to be temporarily cancelled — for up to two months , although it says it hopes to reach final agreement with its major creditors this month . |
| 11 | The BBC says it wants to encourage sponsored events which it can cover . |
| 12 | Milpitas-based Adaptec Inc is making hay with its disk controllers from the boom in personal computer sales generated by the price war , and says it expects to report net profit of about $50m , 1.90 per share for its fiscal year to March 31 1993 , on sales more than double last year 's $150.3m . |
| 13 | Fujitsu says it expects to sell 100,000 units per month . |
| 14 | Transport costs cut into that favourable balance ; the Company reckoned it had to sell Indian cotton textiles at 2½ to 3 times their Indian price to cover costs , and dividends were not normally above 7 or 8 per cent a year . |
| 15 | Saying it helped to quell that flicker of excitement . |
| 16 | The independence of the pro-nuclear experts having been challenged , the DUC decided it needed to mobilize outside expertise to back up its position . |
| 17 | In addition secondary-aged pupils find it relaxing to use enlarged print for leisure-time reading at home . |
| 18 | There may be some who find it relaxing to make some test-tubes or cut out some filter-papers ; and apparatus to investigate previously unsuspected effects must be made from scratch , or assembled opportunistically from things designed for old purposes ; but ready availability of apparatus is an enormous bonus to the scientist , and the growth of science led to a flourishing trade . |
| 19 | Old reflexes and outsider instincts , along with its army 's need for cash ( see page 76 ) , make it want to duck great-power responsibilities and go on quietly selling dangerous nuclear technologies to the Irans of the world , and missiles and other advanced equipment to rogue regimes anywhere . |
| 20 | THE Princess of Wales 's favourite touring ballet company , The London City Ballet of which she is patron , is to close in July claiming it failed to receive promised Arts Council grants . |
| 21 | Nor did it seem to make any difference to ability to perform everyday activities ( such as selecting the correct coins for shopping ) which were poor for many in both samples . |
| 22 | But I think it tends to save any type of … any misunderstandings that may later take place as a result of it being a one-on-one deal . |
| 23 | I said it had to come one day , did n't I ? ’ |
| 24 | Last August , it said it planned to incorporate scalable font technology from Adobe Systems Inc and support for shared MS-DOS extenders through an agreement with Rational Systems Inc . |
| 25 | Separately , Advanced Micro Devices Inc said it expects to sell some 8m to 10m Am386 chips in 1993 , on par with the 9.5m sold last year . |
| 26 | What does it do to help these people find common cause with each other ? |
| 27 | What good does it do to knock foreign governments and aid agencies who are at least trying to help ( Keynote and The new missionaries ) ? |
| 28 | What , after all , does it mean to understand any culture , including one 's own , whatever that might be in ethnic , class , or any other terms ? |
| 29 | Does it have to take another oil disaster like the Braer tanker , before Britain acts ? |
| 30 | She felt the light , warm caress of his breath on her cheek as he bent his head and murmured tauntingly , ‘ Just how much heat does it take to melt broken glass ? ’ |