Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [verb] [adj] [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A nice piece of work ; but bear in mind that a much more ambitious measurement , which would have taken the biggest chunk of the Hubble 's observing time , is completely beyond the telescope 's present capacity , because it involves seeing faint variable stars in far-off galaxies . |
| 2 | It gives local government in Wales the money it needs to provide high quality services and to get on with the job . |
| 3 | It can prove that it has secured additional revenue sources , while protecting our screens from unwelcome foreign imports . |
| 4 | It has developed new reactor designs , instigated research into everything from waste disposal to the potential for nuclear fusion , was responsible for fuel fabrication and reprocessing ( until this devolved to BNF in 1971 ) , and has put a major part of its effort into developing a commercially viable fast breeder reactor . |
| 5 | The Pacific — and the oceans generally — became the main theatre of the movement 's direct actions , although it has challenged French airfield builders in Antarctica and climbed towering chimney-stacks to plant banners condemning acid rain . |
| 6 | Nynex Corp 's New York Telephone says it has rerouted 2,000 telephone lines from the World Trade Center to tenants ' temporary offices scattered through Manhattan since Friday 's explosion ; it says it has also installed 1,000 new lines and 100 T1 high speed dedicated lines since the emergency . |
| 7 | It has stoked catastrophic business failures and contributed to increased unemployment . |
| 8 | It has won 63 Pulitzer prizes , more than any other newspaper , but only one of them for local reporting . |
| 9 | Ultimate Corp , East Hanover , New Jersey Pick-popper , says it has negotiated new credit facilities with availability of up to $7.5m with Los Angeles based Foothill Capital . |
| 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 | It has proliferated nuclear weapon technologies and heavy weaponry to Algeria , Syria , Iraq , Pakistan and now to Iran . |
| 12 | Firstly , over the past few years , it has acquired various software businesses with related but incompatible products . |
| 13 | This faith is now facing its toughest test , for Banc One has moved into Texas , where it has acquired some bust thrifts . |
| 14 | Next , I 'd pick the Exeter High Income , a very high income fund … because it has got good recovery prospects . |
| 15 | Birmingham University in the UK West Midlands has started Phase Three of its computer network expansion : it has ordered 20 ECS Hubs , 300 adaptor boards and a Network Integration Centre from 3Com Corp , together worth £115,000 ; by the end of Phase Three , it will have around 2,500 connection points to the FDDI network installed for staff and post-graduate students . |
| 16 | Since its foundation it has held nine biennial congresses and one special general meeting in various parts of the United Kingdom , at which papers on various subjects relating to the deaf and dumb have been read and discussed , and resolutions passed . |
| 17 | Software Developer 's Co Inc , Hingham , Massachusetts is cutting its workforce a swingeing 20% or 71 employees and will take a one-time charge of about $450,000 : as part of the reorganisation , the company accepted the resignation of Peter Brumme , executive vice-president and chief operating officer and Robert Brennan , vice-president of worldwide sales , and neither will immediately be replaced ; it says it plans to enter technically-oriented software markets for engineers , scientists and mathematicians . |
| 18 | Norway has announced that it intends to catch 382 minke whales over the next three years . |
| 19 | The EPA has received considerable criticism concerning the length of time it takes to set such emission standards . |
| 20 | It aims to provide 40,000 training weeks by next April under its innovative and highly successful Training in Employment scheme . |
| 21 | It is so tiny that it can live inside an empty clam shell whence it emerges to seize minute soldier crabs . |
| 22 | To get the message across that it is committed to ‘ downsizing ’ Data General Corp has launched a worldwide advertising campaign to spread the word : it hopes to zap European business travellers with the ads through CNN International . |
| 23 | As children get older , it helps to hold short family meetings to discuss matters like holidays , which concern the whole family , and talk over anything which is important to the child — her pocket money or when to return home from a party . |
| 24 | In the discount market the Bank of England takes advantage of day-to-day flows of funds between the public and private sectors to indicate the way in which it wishes to see short-term interest rates move . |
| 25 | It pays to examine all gutter brackets and clips to ensure no water will drip on to walls . |
| 26 | It expects to invite 50–75 user groups worldwide to participate , get 35–50 of them actually involved and circulate 10,000 multiple-choice questionnaires in six languages : English , French , German , Spanish , Chinese and Japanese . |
| 27 | It does give high work rates , but is probably better suited to larger farmers and contractors . |
| 28 | Although Voipreux seems to have jumped from nowhere to a 95% premier cru , it does possess some choice sites nestled between Vertus and Villeneuve-Renneville on the lower east-facing slopes of the Côte des Blancs . |
| 29 | The CD is entitled ‘ A Gershwin Concert ’ ; and , indeed , it does contain two Gershwin items . |
| 30 | An extra 10 hp a side may not be a mind-blowing power increase but it does represent 330,000 foot lbs per minute and , at its increased maximum weight of 3800 lbs , the new model would , with one engine out , climb at 180 ft/min , or almost 300 ft/min at lighter weights . |