Example sentences of "[noun pl] it [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only does the promotion system mean that people who rise to the top are likely to have just those personal characteristics it takes to commit corporate crime , but these are also reinforced by the psychological consequences of success itself , for these too free a person from the moral bind of conventional values . |
| 2 | In large organizations it has become common practice for audit committees , consisting of representatives of senior management , the internal audit department and external auditors , to meet . |
| 3 | From the post-war years until the mid-1960s it had experienced steady decline . |
| 4 | To understand the classicists it helps to have some understanding of what they were reacting against . |
| 5 | In recent years it has paid particular attention to M0 , M4 and M5 . |
| 6 | The government announced on Nov. 26 that over a period of three years it intended to cut 122,000 government jobs — approximately one fifth of state employees — at an estimated saving to the state of the equivalent of US$1,500 million . |
| 7 | In practical terms it means taking that course of action which most reliably will avoid the possibility of criticism by their superiors . |
| 8 | You see them much more as people , you know their interests much more than if they are just there listening to the lesson and so in a way this open access to the teacher , I think , although at times it does give extra pressure in the long run I think it 's tremendously beneficial . |
| 9 | In the 1970 's and early ‘ 80 's the Club saw more changes than in the whole of its earlier history , so much so that in 1976 former President Tom Luker said of the course shortly before his death ( 1977 ) , ‘ It has been modified so many times it has gone full circle ’ . |
| 10 | To cater for demand at peak times it has to build extra power stations , which are then idle during times of day when demand is lower . |
| 11 | Turning to coal instead , the higher temperatures it achieved enabled English glass makers to develop an intrinsically stronger product . |