Example sentences of "[vb pp] it [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company had expected it to show a quantifiable benefit by reducing absenteeism and labour turnover , and by easing the production control difficulties caused by the inflexibilities of the line system . |
| 2 | SPORT 'S role as a major employer and contributor to government coffers has helped it to discover a latent power and a voice of its own , discarding its traditionally apolitical posture in the process . |
| 3 | The surname , from her first husband , had been Polish , but she had adapted it to fit the modern age . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , we have attempted to derive a better index of fetal adiposity than simple birth weight and have found it to have a significant bearing on results of regression analysis , suggesting that maternal glycaemia does have an impact on fetal size independent of maternal weight . |
| 5 | Now the European Institute of Technology — an industrial organisation founded by IBM Europe , AT&T , Enichem , Montedison and Philips — has asked it to handle the intellectual property rights for the scientific projects it supports in European institutions . |
| 6 | Network SouthEast will be the only European commuter rail operation not supported by public money , and Mr Parkinson has ordered it to earn a commercial rate of return by 1995/96 , a move which implies further fare increases . |