Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] it [verb] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The independence of the pro-nuclear experts having been challenged , the DUC decided it needed to mobilize outside expertise to back up its position .
2 What good does it do to knock foreign governments and aid agencies who are at least trying to help ( Keynote and The new missionaries ) ?
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 The round-up took two weeks and the army found it had to move 232 elephants .
6 The South Korean government said that all domestic electronic communications companies will be freed to operate voice mail and wireless data communications services later this half : the communications ministry said it planned to reinforce financial and tax support to foster these sectors , currently dominated by Korea Telecom before it opens the market to foreigners next year .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 The FORON Hausgeraete GmbH company said it planned to build some 270,000 ‘ Clean Cooler ’ fridges this year and 300,000 in 1994 in the eastern town of Niederschmiedeberg .
10 Do the Labour Party want it banned to reduce smoking or to increase it ?
11 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 ? ’
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