Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty in transferring contracts arises because the basic rule is that the vendor can not be excused from the burden of its contractual obligations by assigning or otherwise purporting to transfer to the purchaser the obligation to perform the duties it has undertaken under a particular contract . |
| 2 | Crucial as this innovation may have been for co-ordination , it has contributed to an increased sense of ‘ distance ’ between policy makers and implementers in a policy system that operates primarily in a unified , top-down , manner . |
| 3 | I intended this to be a letter , but I see that it has turned into a political commentary . |
| 4 | It has turned into the longest slump since the 1930s because real interest rates have remained punitively high , squeezing millions of home-owners who over-reached themselves in the housing boom . |
| 5 | Whilst the company is well known for its handmade clay plain tiles , this will be the first time it has ventured into the expanding machine-made clay plain tile market . |
| 6 | My mum has a passion fruit plant and it has grown for the first time . |
| 7 | He or she may even know the number of consultants within a particular firm , how it has been performing , what are its key issues , how it has grown over the past year and generally what it is doing and how successfully . |
| 8 | Since then , it has grown into a major production unit in the carpet industry . |
| 9 | From its roots at MANsion House 9000 ( the initial emergency telephone line at St Stephen Walbrook in the City of London ) it has grown into a huge international movement with branches in 20 countries , most of which Varah , an inveterate traveller , has visited . |
| 10 | How does this particular religious tradition shape up at the end of the twentieth century , particularly in the context of those challenges that it has faced over the last hundred and fifty years from movements in secular thought like Darwinism , Marxism and Positivism ? |
| 11 | It has extended for a further 20 years the terms of the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation ( NFFO ) for renewable energy , originally scheduled to end in 1998 . |
| 12 | Although normally only architects qualify for the RIBA 's Gold Medal ( considered the world 's most prestigious award for architecture ) , this year it has gone to an Irish structural engineer , the fifty-six year old Peter Rice . |
| 13 | The effect is accentuated if the c.g. is near the aft limit and , in some cases , it is doubtful whether there is sufficient elevator authority to stop the pitching once it has gone beyond the early stages . |
| 14 | Very quickly in , what , what can I say , I mean it 's an appalling situation where you have a political party that believes that it can solve all the ills of these the country that it has created in the last twelve years , I hope on the explicit though I tend to think renunciations are fairly clear here , but erm I hope you 'll listen . |
| 15 | I am afraid it has met with a cool response from our colleagues , and in view of this , I am sorry to say that we will not be taking up your offer to publish . |
| 16 | In many cases where a request has been made , it has met with a flat refusal . |
| 17 | Much of Rhône-Poulenc 's effort in 199 was focused on integrated the large number of acquisitions it has made over the past five years . |
| 18 | I very much hope that the hospital to which the hon. Gentleman referred will be able to consolidate further the remarkable progress that it has made over the past couple of years — a 56 per cent . |
| 19 | Has my right hon. Friend seen the excellent report of Lancaster health authority , a copy of which I sent him , showing the immense progress that it has made during the past year — all within its budget ? |
| 20 | There has been an enormous and very genuine outcry over the vast sums it has made from a virtual monopoly position . |
| 21 | To maintain the advances that it has made in the last few years , Unix needs not only a ‘ viable ’ desktop environment , argues UI , but an attractively sized market for developers to aim at . |
| 22 | Will the Minister commend Lagan college in my constituency for the progress that it has made in the past 10 years ? |
| 23 | In spite of the many things it has achieved over the last hundred years — and we have all been shaped by that — it has got itself boxed in by one issue . |
| 24 | I have a high regard for Foresterhill and what it has achieved in the last few years under this Government . |
| 25 | It has collected into a huge ball , two or three feet across . |
| 26 | Since then , it has survived on a one-off grant from the Scottish Office and money donated by private trusts , but these too have run out . |
| 27 | It has survived from the early 1930s because of its craggy independence , its non-institutional base , its ability to adapt to new social movements thrown up by the working-class and oppressed groups and , most important , its radical philosophy and perspective . |
| 28 | In 1967 Ron Gorchov dreamed up a uniquely curved and hinged frame to support the canvas on which he paints and in all the years since then he has never wavered from its use , though it has appeared in a wide variety of sizes and variations . |
| 29 | The Institute has played a major part in the development of the Construction Industry Council and the policies it has developed on the key issues affecting the industry . |
| 30 | It initially developed to provide trade financing for the entrepot centre , but since the multinationals started to arrive in the 1970s it has developed into a sophisticated financial centre . |