Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The CT2 standard is used in some 20 countries , but AT&T says it has no immediate plans to market the telephones in the US , because the Federal Communications Commission has not approved CT2 phones for use in the US . |
| 32 | Milpitas , California-based Adaptec Inc says it has no immediate response to reports that competitor Distributed Processing Technology Inc , Maitland , Florida has slashed prices on its AT amd EISA disk controller boards : fear of a price war put Adaptec 's share price under pressure last week ; the company told Reuter ‘ Competitive pressure has always been there and we 'll respond as we always have ’ to it ; Adaptec 's manufacturing organisation could cut costs and pass the benefits onto its customers ; Distributed Processing is discounting its AT adaptors to $285 from $655 . |
| 33 | Northern Telecom Ltd — itself a large Microsoft user — says it has a prior claim to the initials and has told Microsoft it ca n't use the term . |
| 34 | Northern Telecom — itself a large Microsoft user — says it has a prior claim to the initials and has told Microsoft it cant use the moniker . |
| 35 | Northern Telecom Ltd has reached agreement to manufacture and sell packet switches in China : it says it has a three-year deal with China National Post & Telecommunications Appliance Corp and Nanjing Telecommunications Equipment Factory , and that the manufacturing operation , in Nanjing , will be its third site in China — ‘ With this local manufacturing capability , we can expect to become the leading force in the development of China 's data communications infrastructure , ’ it said . |
| 36 | While efforts continue to save the Jensen sports car company from liquidation , a small workshop says it has a full order book for the cars . |
| 37 | Taiwanese company DTK Computer Inc says it has a Tsunami-based Sun Microsystems Inc workstation compatible with three times the graphics performance of the Sun Microsystems Inc Classic . |
| 38 | DTK Computer Inc says it has a Tsunami-based Sun Microsystems Inc workstation compatible with three times the graphics performance of the Sun Classic . |
| 39 | Sainsbury 's says it has a strict listeria code of practice and is confident that standards of hygiene are effective . |
| 40 | Los Angeles-based IDOC says it has a platform-independent translation management package called XL8 that facilitates simultaneous software releases in multiple languages . |
| 41 | DISNEY says it has a minor dispute with a few of the hundreds of contractors it has dealt with on the project . |
| 42 | Oh yes it 's ver I mean the priest , it says it has the British Embassy , he has , he is an American serviceman and he actually has |
| 43 | Dun says it weighed a dozen query tools before deciding on Microsoft Access , which proved more user friendly than any of the others , and does n't need SQL programming skills . |
| 44 | Zenith says it believes the new agreement should provide the financial flexibility it needs to carry out its business plan ; it replaces Zenith 's existing $60m bank agreement , which was to have run out in June 1994 , but is subject to negotiation and signing of a definitive loan agreement . |
| 45 | James Matthews , our reporter in Jordan says it appears the pro-Iranian group thought to be holding most of the hostages , Hezbalar is ready to end its demands for a prisoner exchange . |
| 46 | Conservative MP Warren Hawksley says it gives the wrong message to young people . |
| 47 | The same rule applies to every lollipop patrol in the country , John Wray says it leaves a bitter taste in his mouth … |
| 48 | South Korean electronics companies have revised upwards their export targets for this year , encouraged by a surge in their shipments during the first quarter of this year : Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it had raised its export target to $6,200m from its original target of $5,800m , and from $4,700m last year ; Goldstar Co Ltd said it would be able to export $3,400m this year , up from its previous target of $3,200m and the $2,570m last year ; Daewoo Electronics Co Ltd says it sees a smaller increase . |
| 49 | American and Australian warships joined with British forces in a combined operation to intercept the Iraqis , and Defence Secretary , Tom King says it shows the multi-national force is working well as a unit . |
| 50 | It says it wants a fairer system of awarding contracts and also seeks to ensure that the taxpayer , via the Treasury , gets a proper return for the use of a scarce resource . |
| 51 | The Shankill-based Justice For All group says it wants an independent inquiry into the cases following claims by prisoners of ‘ cover-ups ’ by RUC officers . |
| 52 | Xerox Corp , figures , page five , says it expects the European economy to remain weak for the rest of the year , but Xerox forecasts ‘ some encouraging signs of recovery ’ in Japan for the remainder of 1993 ; the plan to leave the financial services business remains on track but it might take several years . |
| 53 | She says it means a great deal . |
| 54 | The commission says it intends no such thing . |
| 55 | Like an archaeologist who digs up a tiny shard in the desert and from it extrapolates a whole civilisation , so Simon Charsley lifts an inconsequential marzipan confection and uses it to illuminate the shifting sands of Western civilisation . |
| 56 | Many anglers are hailing it as the most significant advance in fishing tackle during the past 20 years and Dave Chilton , the man who has popularised its use , believes that the line , made from the world 's strongest man-made fibre ( Lancia uses it to strengthen the internal bodywork of its cars ) , may revolutionise all branches of the sport . |
| 57 | Amalgamemnon takes the pejorative term ‘ redundancy ’ and uses it to fight the very exclusion it designates . |
| 58 | In one sense ( typically , when it occurs before a countable noun , meaning ‘ an unknown individual ’ ) it has the strong form : ‘ I think some animal broke it ’ It is also used before uncountable nouns ( meaning ‘ an unspecified amount of ’ ) and before other nouns in the plural ( meaning ‘ an unspecified number of ’ ) , in such uses it has the weak form . |
| 59 | The volley gun 's move rate assumes it has a full crew — if crew are slain then its movement is reduced proportionally . |
| 60 | The idea is that when an instruction that is meant for a coprocessor is encountered , the coprocessor handles it leaving the main processor to carry on with other jobs . |