Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( g ) the perceived advantages and disadvantages of the takeover ( in a contested bid , the offeror will need to think carefully about what arguments it will put forward in order to persuade the target 's shareholders to accept the offer against their board 's recommendation and , where it needs its own shareholders ' approval , its arguments justifying the proposed bid ) ; and |
| 2 | Then there is the 39-member-strong Royal Society of Portrait Paints which operates from the Mall Galleries where it holds its annual exhibition . |
| 3 | Whilst DCE gets UI 's blessing , it describes OSF 's own Distributed Management Environment as ‘ too large and unwieldy , ’ although it supports its general aims . |
| 4 | The interest of some countries , notably Romania , in a doctrine of ‘ national defence ’ has not impressed Poland 's military commanders any more than it has their Soviet patrons . |
| 5 | If it turns out that this is not the case , if it is discovered that the prohibition denies the would-be rapists more of a chance to pursue the good life than it gives their possible victims , then one may have to adjust other features of the political framework to make sure that this does not result in inequality of ability to pursue one 's conception of the good . |
| 6 | This is illustrated in Fig. 1 where a household , which at first is paid an income of £100 per week , is assumed to spend all of its income in a steady stream until , at the end of each week , it has nothing left until it receives its next £100 . |
| 7 | The Ship slowed its fall and drifted down across the scrublands until it met its own shadow . |
| 8 | From that time on , the photosynthesizing organisms emerged as the predominant life forms , and the atmosphere was altered by the increasing out-pouring of oxygen , until it reached its present state . |
| 9 | Geoffrey watched the red flush creep up James Grierson 's neck and continue until it reached his receding hairline . |
| 10 | If it 's a merger there 's a gradual shifting of the sands until it finds its own level . |
| 11 | If it maintains its present determination to keep little more than a naval force in the region , it will have to convince others ( the Egyptians ? |
| 12 | It is one of the world 's fastest growing industries and if it maintains its present rate of growth it will be the world 's biggest industry by the year 2000 — larger even than the oil industry . |
| 13 | And the world , if it flunks its own test in the Gulf , will have no right to ask it to . |
| 14 | It had been saddled up ready for him and as Li Yuan stood there , it turned its head curiously , its large dark eyes meeting the prince 's as if it knew its new owner . |
| 15 | TVR 's £17,699 2.9-litre S3 is a fine reminder of the big Healey philosophy and the new 3.9-litre Griffith , if it matches its claimed 148mph and 0–60 in 4.9seconds , could be a fine poor-man 's Cobra . |
| 16 | It was one thing for his guardian to tell Harry to forget the circumstances of his birth , but would he do so if it meant his beloved daughter had to share that stigma ? |
| 17 | But you would still not be surprised if it ended its useful life after ten years or so of daily use . |
| 18 | He just managed to close his mind to what he did n't want to know , because it spoiled his beautiful graphs . ’ |
| 19 | She believes that the emancipation of Soviet women after the 1917 Revolution was a catastrophe because it distorted their feminine psyche and behaviour . |
| 20 | The tree was arguably out of place in any equation involving human beings , however disparate , because it lacks their moral personality' . |
| 21 | So so erm , basic idea about crying is this kind of arms race situation , which offspring have been selected to amplify the signal , because it promotes their reproductive success , to get every little bit of extra parental investment we can for themselves . |
| 22 | Group leaders are not ‘ mission-committed ’ to the group 's success , but rather want to maximize membership and the achievement of collective benefits for members because it expands their own patronage , power and prestige . |
| 23 | He loved it because of the colours and because it needed his nimble fingers . |
| 24 | This clearly affects women adversely because it overlooks their discontinuous patterns of employment ( Martin and Roberts , 1984 ) . |
| 25 | These are old party bosses who believe in strong central government , not least because it confirms their own power . |
| 26 | The base is spared the curse of the ‘ brown-outs ’ familiar in Manila because it has its own power plant . |
| 27 | The Pru 's ‘ transparent ’ financial reporting has been dominating the headlines recently since it restated its 1991 life and pensions accounts under the accruals basis . |
| 28 | She could do with a glimpse into the future right now , she decided grimly , particularly since it seemed her irritating companion was intent on being obstructive , despite his apparent change of attitude . |
| 29 | They had hardly ever been in this house belonging to Nicholas , and never since it received its new mistress . |
| 30 | PREVIOUS whisky industry wisdom had it that Whyte & Mackay , largest minority shareholder of Invergordon Distillers since it made its hostile bid , was going to wait for yesterday 's results and , if they were sufficiently poor to drive down the share price , would then pounce for the remaining 8.8 per cent of shares to give it control . |