Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years it has begun to experience high levels of adult and youth unemployment . |
| 2 | And to top it all , it has pledged to maintain high employment and an annual economic growth rate of 1.9 per cent . |
| 3 | The MTFS has remained a controversial strategy throughout the 1980s as it has sought to establish simple rules for the links between monetary aggregates ( such as M3 and M0 ) , interest rates and inflation . |
| 4 | I have no idea why it has come to bear that name . |
| 5 | Harvard has a reputation as the premier medical school in North America , and the fact that it has chosen to introduce sweeping changes in its course is likely to make other schools take stock of what it is doing . |
| 6 | Vertical markets comprise professional accounting — although the small accountancy practices to which the group sells have been hard-hit by recession , it has managed to maintain stable revenues by selling upgrades of existing accountancy software ranges ; retail — while Radius started selling to this sector only about two years ago , it ‘ performed above expectations ’ , having won a new £500,000 contract from Dixons Group Plc , a £400,000 contract from Southern Electric Plc and a £25,000 contract from Ing C Olivetti SpA ; the public sector — the company has built on its traditional strength in local government to move into health and central government ; fuel distribution — another new area of activity which Bland said is ‘ growing ’ , although he could provide no figures ; and finally , the printing industry — while Radius has in the past concentrated on big customers such as Bowater and Smurfitt , it has now released a ‘ stripped-down ’ version of its management software to attract smaller users . |
| 7 | All that says is that this particular product line is not following a smooth transition from youth to middle age and then old age , but that it has managed to find some rejuvenation late in life . |
| 8 | Cable television operator Viacom International Inc , New York says it has agreed to acquire privately-held software development company Icom Simulations Inc of Chicago , which develops and publishes software for a variety of systems , including CD-ROM and cartridge-based video games ; terms were not given . |
| 9 | Lucas lost 4p to 159p in response to the announcement that it has agreed to buy Dowty Fuel Systems for £18.9m from TI Group . |
| 10 | AT&T Co reports from its base in Morristown , New Jersey that it has agreed to supply long distance carrier Teleway Japan Corp with intelligent network software and equipment , in a deal worth over $20m . |
| 11 | In addition , the corporation organized the 1984 International Garden Festival on a 125-acre reclaimed site , and it has helped to boost new enterprises through managed workshops . |
| 12 | The Warmfield company has claimed that all procedures for dumping — which it claims will consist mainly of meat and fish and industrial waste — are safe , although it has refused to disclose full details . |
| 13 | Other people who have contributed money all their lives to the NHS since it began have to wait 51 weeks for a hip replacement . |
| 14 | It seems fitting to close this story — which to some degree has been the tale of redeeming the bonds , and a modest emancipation of the Ladies — with Robert Naish 's final , official words at the end of 1983 — the most auspicious year in all 80 of the Club 's history — ‘ the future is bright : let us go forward with good will and good fellowship , and enjoy it . ’ |
| 15 | Cummins now says it expects to return to profit this year despite no foreseeable upturn in its markets . |
| 16 | A more radical change may be on the way : a report by the UK Institute of Health Services Management concludes that ‘ General taxation must be reconsidered as the major funding of the National Health Service if it continues to fail to deliver adequate levels of resources ’ . |
| 17 | Finland on May 6 announced that it had decided to purchase 64 US F/A-18 Hornet interceptor aircraft in preference to ex-Soviet , French or Swedish models to modernize its air force by the end of the century . |
| 18 | It had come to represent important sections of socialized nations , mass societies , and in this responsible role social democrats were required to do their patriotic duty when war threatened ‘ their ’ ruling order . |
| 19 | In eastern Europe organised ostentation of this kind remained important on occasion until late in the eighteenth century , well after it had ceased to have much significance in the west . |
| 20 | Although the NDP had committed considerable resources to Quebec during the 1988 federal elections , it had failed to win any seats east of Ontario [ see pp. 36425 ] and had remained dogged by its image as a party of the more rural western provinces . |
| 21 | Separately , a number of BCCI depositors issued a writ against the central bank , alleging that it had failed to exercise proper supervision . |
| 22 | In a rare statement on intelligence details , the CIA on Oct. 7 admitted that it had failed to provide accurate information to the Justice Department and the federal prosecutors . |
| 23 | Even in the twenty minutes it had taken to get some nourishment , the light had faded and the dull day was darkening into a cold night ; the beginnings of a frost crackled under their feet as they walked briskly along the embankment . |
| 24 | China reacted angrily to the US announcement on Sept. 2 that it had agreed to sell 150 F-16 fighter planes to Taiwan [ see this page ] . |
| 25 | On Oct. 6 , 1989 , the government confirmed that it had agreed to buy another squadron of MiG-29 fighter aircraft from the Soviet Union , bringing its complement up to three squadrons . |
| 26 | However , it does pay to provide some care and attention when growing herbs in the mass , to ensure their greater decorativeness and well-being , or even simply to curtail the activity of the lustier wild plants . |
| 27 | So it does seem to work this method , and it wor this is the method we have to use for all the numbers including the As and Bs and Xs and Ys where we do n't know what the number is . |
| 28 | It 's got to involve two cars at some time |
| 29 | We canna have everybody putting eights , nines and tens and nobody putting ones , twos , and threes because then it it becomes meaningless er , in relation to the section it 's got to bear some relation to what sort of standard you expect from a child at at such |
| 30 | And I think it 's got to have one year of really high exposure . |