Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It agreed to draw on creative Marxism and other traditions and transform itself into an empowering organisation in order to contribute to opening up the new political formulations that will be needed across Europe in the post cold-war era . |
| 2 | Therefore in considering the degree to which any er area can assimilate a new settlement , the size which it must reach subsequent to two thousand and six , should be considered in addition to the size it expected to reach by that date . |
| 3 | However , our descriptive task will be more difficult , as it involves dealing with greater complexity of variation than would be the case in more focused communities , and it has to be carried out at a very fine-grained level . |
| 4 | In places , it defies understanding to this day . |
| 5 | ‘ Precatory ’ had become central ; but not in the useful way in which it became defined in English law , to denote words where the testator 's intention was a matter for dispute . |
| 6 | The black cat spread all over Europe until , in medieval times , it became associated with black magic and sorcery . |
| 7 | Except that it if it involved waiting in this corridor for much longer , one of the security cameras might start to register her despite all diversionary moves , and she should therefore now take a break of at least six hours before coming back here . |
| 8 | Holding your breath builds up tension and shallow breathing denies your body the oxygen it needs to function at maximum efficiency . |
| 9 | But IBM immediately realized it faced a possible unexpected success , redesigned what was basically Univac 's machine for such mundane applications as payroll , and within five years became the leader in the computer industry , a position it has maintained to this day . |
| 10 | Although the executives of the rugby club were in favour of the earlier offer , the cricket club committee was firmly against it a stand it has maintained to this day . |
| 11 | Any movement of the mouse will change the pattern that the chip detects and it can instantly calculate how far it has moved in any direction . |
| 12 | It is n't important ; pop is thus marginalized , and whatever it has to say of greater import is ignored . |
| 13 | It has gone to German manufacturer ASI GmbH , and ASI will now supply products to the Tandon sales and marketing subsidiaries in Europe . |
| 14 | take proceedings at its own expense and for its own benefit , but in your name , or in the name of anyone else insured by this policy , to recover any payment it has made under this policy |
| 15 | take proceedings at its own expense and for its own benefit , but in your name , or in the name of anyone else insured by this policy , to recover any payment it has made under this policy |
| 16 | But apparently smut has never been far away , and in recent years when some crops have been grown from home saved seed which has had no treatment , after two or three years it has appeared with devastating effect . |
| 17 | It can be done before it appears on the air , either in a private room or in a theatre , to a large or small audience ; it can be done after it has appeared by personal interview or ( as frequently in the USA ) by telephone . |
| 18 | Angling for the deal that it has sought for some time now , UK firm IXI Ltd , Cambridge , is starting to cast groundbait all over the water in an attempt to land its catch . |
| 19 | It has to do with short-term planning and public accounting systems , which mean that , although money can in theory be voted for projects over a number of years , in practice , it usually arrives in annual dribs and drabs . |
| 20 | In short , what this has to do with modern poetry is very clear ; what it has to do with modern criticism is not clear at all , since that criticism has , as we have seen , no vocabulary for dealing with it , and moves further and further from finding such a vocabulary , the more it takes its lead from linguisticians like Saussure and Jakobson . |
| 21 | The Department of Theology and Religious Studies offers two aspects of theology : doctrine as it has emerged in Christian tradition , and the relation of theology to influences from philosophy , other contemporary studies , and atheistic alternatives . |
| 22 | Because of the uncertainty of the outcome of future attempts to develop and test a research programme , it can never be said of any programme that it has degenerated beyond all hope . |
| 23 | It dates to about 1780 and looks as if it has landed by magic carpet . |
| 24 | Methods of contraception and details of the menstrual cycle — whether it has altered in any way , how regular it is — will be asked , and also details of the symptoms , if any , that prompted attendance . |
| 25 | If an outline idea has been discussed over the lunch table ring up to carry it further , and if you have floated an idea by post and have heard nothing phone up to see if it has fallen on stony ground . |
| 26 | With new mid-range models , NWS5000TF and the NEWS5000TG in its News workstation line , based on the R4000 RISC chip , Sony Corp is mounting a new offensive in the Japanese workstation market , where it has fallen to fourth place from third , deposed by NEC Corp as the number three player behind Sun Microsystems Inc and Hewlett-Packard Co . |
| 27 | This study compares the methods used to diagnose pyloric stenosis at Camperdown children 's hospital during two periods , 1974–7 and 1988–91 , to determine whether imaging is being used more frequently and whether it has led to earlier diagnosis and better management of pyloric stenosis . |
| 28 | It has remained of particular interest because its canon seven was the first to declare the marriage of clerics not only unlawful but invalid . |
| 29 | The ratio of girls to boys going to university fluctuated from 70 per cent in 1925 ; 50 per cent in 1937 ; 47 per cent in 1950 ; 50 per cent in 1960 ; 66 per cent in 1973 ; and it has remained at that level since . |
| 30 | But still the habit of flying north for the summer persisted among the birds and it has remained to this day , even though the journey is no longer a few miles , but several hundred . |