Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though it captured much of the dynamic of British and American FDI in the pre-oil shock world , it failed to anticipate subsequent developments in corporate strategy or indeed what had motivated investors from other countries . |
| 2 | It offers to show that practice in its best light , to deploy some argument why law on that conception provides an adequate justification for coercion . |
| 3 | ICL says this upward trend is continuing and that it has gained another 1% in 1992 . |
| 4 | In the past two and half years it has risen four times in real terms to pay for the publication of more and more glossy pamphlets such as the parents charter — party political propaganda produced at the taxpayers ' expense . |
| 5 | It has reached that level in half a century , for 50 years ago today the experiment was begun which led to the first recorded observation of this polymer . |
| 6 | This year we decided at the AGM to visit the Llangollen Railway , having learnt from the railway press that it has made rapid progress in the last three years . |
| 7 | It has achieved remarkable success in winning money from the European funding programmes . |
| 8 | It has sought effective compliance in public contracts to national and EC standards , close attention to sub-contracting arrangements and monitoring of cross-frontier activities . |
| 9 | The figure has now been recognised as a late fifteenth-century masterpiece and it has aroused some excitement in the art world , but there is still perplexity as to its author . |
| 10 | Informix Corp does not want to raise its stated goal of a 20% pre-tax gross margin , even though it has exceeded that goal in recent quarters , chairman and chief executive Phillip White told the conference . |
| 11 | However , it has assumed great importance in the case law of the European Court in recent years for an additional reason , namely a struggle for power between the different European institutions both inter se and in relation to the Member States . |
| 12 | It has lost 58.7 points in two days and 93.3 points since the Chancellor , Nigel Lawson , hoisted interest rates to 15 per cent on Thursday . |
| 13 | It has provided excellent service in the past , and wishes to do so in the future . |
| 14 | Obviously it has had serious consequences in this case . |
| 15 | Although childhood socialisation has been important in electoral studies , it has had little application in decision making studies . |
| 16 | This has been surprisingly little used even in the US , and the recent work by the CLE on it has had considerable impact in changing the direction of labour economics around the world . |
| 17 | In referring to L Detachment , he stated that ‘ it has had conspicuous success in the past and its morale is high . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm not sure it has had dynamic effects in the woodworking economy , but it is hard to forget , and I have relished getting to know many of the featured woodworkers . |
| 19 | It has enjoyed high priority in resource allocation since the late 1920s . |
| 20 | It has won greater favour in the US than in Britain where it is generally regarded as conceding too much to a particular , and somewhat incoherent , philosophical system . |
| 21 | Although the NRA has not included indirect costs whether economic or environmental , it has included indirect benefits in its estimate of the total benefits of the scheme . |
| 22 | For Michael Kay , the present chairman of the RSPCA , it has meant 27 years in the field of animal welfare . |
| 23 | Later on in this chapter you will see how it has helped specific people in their lives , but first I would like to show how the technique can help some of the more common ailments that many people suffer today . |
| 24 | Since 1961 , it has happened 17 times in 31 seasons , or over half : a remarkable proportion given the economic imbalance that has developed already within English football during the last 31 years . |
| 25 | This notion has been central to Conservative self-presentation from the emergence of Conservatism in its modern form in the early nineteenth century , and it has found particular favour in the writings of some of the most eloquent spokesmen of twentieth century Conservatism . |
| 26 | It has found particular favour in public libraries in the UK and the US and is also used extensively in school and college libraries . |
| 27 | Its parallel body , the Emerging Issues Task Force , is notable for the way in which it has taken anticipatory action in time to head off expected abuses . |
| 28 | Lawrence added : ‘ We have played five games against First Division sides this season and it has taken extra time in the fifth for us to be defeated . |
| 29 | Marxist feminists are quick to point to the essentialism of much of radical feminism , and argue that while women 's oppression is almost universal , it has taken different forms in different societies . |
| 30 | As such , it has effected significant changes in some of the Bills sent up to it by the Commons . |