Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And although the er , the causal relationship is not completely established , it is a very helpful way of remembering that one of the principle distinguishing features of this organism which separates it from other members of the genus staphylococcus it pr it produces this enzyme to coagulate things on and the effects of this enzyme are illustrated here as against the control preparation , you see a clot form due to the action of this enzyme on clotting practice which has been put into this test tube serum . |
| 2 | Our masters have had to size up the capacity they have at different plants and it made more sense to move production to Leeds |
| 3 | Chamomile makes a good lawn , provided it does not have too much traffic on it , but should be used for small areas , as it needs constant attention to keep weeds at bay , but it will have the advantage of remaining green in dry conditions . |
| 4 | It can be easily executed from either the leading foot or the back foot , but a roundhouse kick delivered from the rear leg is the more powerful , it has more time to gather speed . |
| 5 | Seymour Cray is still hopeful of bringing his crippled Cray Computer Corp safely in to land , and this week told shareholders that the pay-off will come not with the Cray-3 , but with the Cray-4 the company is developing — ‘ People who predict that things ca n't be done — I guess I do n't have time for them , ’ he told shareholders sternly — ‘ That 's the challenge that I 'm willing to accept in trying to do things that ca n't be done ’ ; the Cray-3 was launched last month , a decade after Cray started work on it , but the Cray-4 is expected to offer twice the performance at half the cost , and the company hopes to demonstrate it by year-end ; it says it has enough cash to fund operations into September and says it is working with two investment banking firms on fund-raising strategies . |
| 6 | It uses optical scanning to store information on computer and then networks it to scattered staff who index , abstract and compile the material for an on-line database in Amsterdam . |
| 7 | The fourth department that purchases statistics does so for the preparation of its quantitative economic outlooks ; it uses sufficient statistics to justify use of an online facility as well as of hard copy . |
| 8 | Using the Macintosh 's mouse-driven user interface to the full it allows complete tyros to become publishers almost overnight . |
| 9 | Since the Great War , 1914–18 , it has been practiced by wage-earners , suffering from long periods of unemployment and underemployment , so drastic that it seemed abject folly to produce children who could neither be adequately nourished nor sufficiently educated to secure a satisfactory livelihood . |
| 10 | And the central government 's socialism , it 's restriction of socialist rights to Libyan nationals , set the seal on the discrimination between foreign and national labour because it encouraged Libyan employers to employ foreigners . |
| 11 | One notable feature of the gold standard was that it allowed automatic adjustment to take place via changes in expenditure and output . |
| 12 | We at Select were appalled at the severity of the court judgement against your magazine and believe that it raises serious impediments to press freedom . |
| 13 | Usually it requires external funding to meet costs of staff and data processing . |
| 14 | It takes two sides to make war . |
| 15 | As the Governor observed , it takes more time to change attitudes , but he thought that progress was being made here too and that the new recruitment would accelerate the process . |
| 16 | It takes three pages to demolish Philip . |
| 17 | It employs mechanical means to organise molecules into a monolayer on the surface of a liquid . |
| 18 | The Companies Act 1989 and regulations made under it allow listed companies to issue summary financial statements to those shareholders who do not wish to receive the full annual report and accounts . |
| 19 | It chartered military planes to transport passengers , allowed the airlines to charter foreign aircraft and crews and recruit foreign pilots , allowed some international carriers to carry passengers on domestic routes , and provided financial support to the airlines to keep other employees in work . |
| 20 | So we , the answer is we do n't really know but it seems common sense to apply barrier precautions and to do everything you can to modify the type of surgery so that the chances of having an injury with a sharp instrument are reduced , and people have made some constructive proposals along these lines . |
| 21 | It required local authorities to establish maternity and child welfare committees , to include at least two women , and specified services for which grants would now be made available including home helps , food for expectant and nursing mothers and children under five , creches and day nurseries . |
| 22 | It abandons any attempt to design market or internal controls over managers to ensure that their discretion is only exercised in the interests of shareholders . |
| 23 | It took 13 years to bring Lashley to justice for the murder which he committed during 10 months of liberty while on parole from prison after a string of sex attacks in 1969 . |
| 24 | Lois Brown was critical of the length of time it took many publishers to make deliveries . |
| 25 | It took five hours to reach Tagmout , our overnight spot , first crossing the dusty plain then wiggling up long valleys , over spurs and through gorges — the road simply gouged out of the rock and wickedly rough on the vehicle . |
| 26 | It took ten minutes to reach Honey Cottage , with Yanto trying his best to scare the pants off Mary . |
| 27 | Engaged as consultants , Alec Issigonis and Alex Moulton half solved the problem by changing the rear suspension , but it took another outsider to put BRM on the right track . |
| 28 | It took several months to obtain approval and construction work started only in August 1984 . |
| 29 | It took some time to get entry , there were delays , long sessions of questioning and trouble with certificates but in the end it was sorted out and we got on a plane in April 1974 . |
| 30 | It means welcome permissions to improve capital stock in housing , education and other crucial local government service areas . |