Example sentences of "it [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It applied its new cash limits to approvals of local capital spending and to local grants . |
| 2 | The court ruling comes at a sensitive time for the Japanese government , which is claiming a lead role in environmental affairs , and has strenuously denied that it encourages its hazardous industries to relocate to third world countries . |
| 3 | BORLAND International said yesterday it expected its second-quarter results to beat analysts ' expectations after buoyant sales of Paradox , the US software company 's database product . |
| 4 | He says we 've actually made it clear on our planning application that we 're prepared to look very carefully at the mix and size and type of housing to ensure it fits what local people need in the area . |
| 5 | It made her golden shoulders quiver . |
| 6 | The absurd rent lured her , it made her hundred pounds look less pathetic than it had when she checked into Mrs Archer 's hotel . |
| 7 | On Dec. 18 Bush instructed the department to reverse its decision on the grounds that it contradicted his stated intention to increase educational opportunities for minorities . |
| 8 | Before it had a chance to reach Emily 's neat pairing , however , it caught his own second bowl a solid crack , sending both to join the first , out of play . |
| 9 | As attractive as the 900 T16S is , it owes its seductive lines to function rather than fashion . |
| 10 | In a recent television programme on the subject of war photography ( presented somewhat predictably by William Shawcross — the Vietnam industry may cast its net wide but it has its favourite media starts and Shawcross is one of them ) . |
| 11 | The centre has already placed 50 or 60 people here or abroad but it has its own problems to overcome : there are few , if any overseas versions of NISW as most of the work tends to be located in the ministries of health or welfare . |
| 12 | Mayotte , part of the Comoro archipelago , is administered by France and has been a collectivité territoriale since December 1976 [ see also above ] ; it has its own 17-member elected General Council , sends one deputy to the National Assembly in Paris and one member to the senate . |
| 13 | The other week it cost me fifty quid to go to the , to get it tuned you know ? |
| 14 | You had to enter them as foals , and then when you entered them it cost you fifty pounds to enter them , and it cost you fifty pounds for every quarter of that lifetime of that foal . |
| 15 | We spent a short time discussing how Sylvia now felt about that long-ago event and whether it caused her any distress to think about it . |
| 16 | It tool him several minutes to make a hole only two to three feet deep . |
| 17 | so I said but I 'm not disappointed but she said just listen to what I 've got to say , she said , erm , because anybody else that 's failed we 've just said I 'm sorry we ca n't have you , but she said with you , we all feel that you 've got so much to offer she said I 'm gon na offer you a relief post which means that you can go into other people 's ho er other homes , all around , all different hospitals if somebody 's short , they can call on you and I said could it be a full time job , will it give me enough money to say that I 'm working ? |
| 18 | The fact that we are doctors , priests , social workers will not necessarily be of any advantage to us , nor does it give us any right to expect intimate revelations . |
| 19 | The ORIGINAL DRAWING section is similar in principle to a charting device in that it allows you total freedom to create a diagram of any shape that you want and to knit that shape using the yarn , stitch pattern and tension of your choice . |
| 20 | It seemed her true love had sent her a present from a partridge in a pear tree . |
| 21 | Like tourists who visit for the first time , it seemed our resident rabbits sensed the tranquil harmony that is the essence of this tiny unspoilt paradise in the Mediterranean . |
| 22 | It seemed my aerial escapade had been worthwhile . |
| 23 | The decision caused consternation on both sides of the House , because it confirmed what many people feared : that Britain was slipping too far behind the superpowers ; and was , indeed , losing a measure of her sovereignty . |
| 24 | So powerful did the Association feel itself to be that it declined to amalgamate into a nationally representative Shipping Federation which came into being in September 1890 , though it allowed its individual members to join if they wished and developed a working arrangement with it.Indeed the separatism of the Mersey shipowners lasted until 1967 when they eventually merged into a British Shipping Federation , though not under the title " Employers ' Labour Association " . |
| 25 | Japan 's stance over what it calls its Northern Territories has been that there can be no peace treaty between the two countries until all four of the islands ( Etorofu , Kunashiri , Shikotan and Habomai ) are returned . |
| 26 | ‘ It takes me two hours to write a song . |
| 27 | It takes me many minutes to sort it out , as each released dog shows marked enthusiasm for getting tangled up again . |
| 28 | She 's engaging brain it takes her some time to come out to the phone instruct the whole thing . |
| 29 | I can deliver to you next day , but it takes him ten days to get it here , what service does he need ? |
| 30 | I , when , when we go down to playschool I walk but because it takes what fifteen minutes to walk into town I put him in the pushchair |