Example sentences of "it [verb] [vb pp] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marcos loyalists now poke fun at the Aquino administration 's boast that it has built a new stability , arguing it is pretty fragile if it wo n't allow a dead man home for burial . |
| 2 | The company is almost entirely dependent on Royal Navy orders , although it has built the odd merchant ship of a more complex kind . |
| 3 | It has maintained a full-time programme continuously for over forty years . |
| 4 | But if a child mutates in a big way , so that it has moved a long distance away from its parent in genetic space , what are the odds of its being better than its parent ? |
| 5 | It has employed a dual strategy to achieve these two objectives . |
| 6 | WWF-Malaysia is opposed to the tropical timber boycott advocated by most environmental groups , and it has echoed the Malaysian government 's complaints that European environmental groups are using misinformation in their campaigns [ see EDs 57 , 58 ] . |
| 7 | Although AMARC was formally established as recently as 1988 , it has gained a worldwide reputation for its community radio conferences , which have been taking place since 1983 . |
| 8 | How is the world going to know it has received a boundless freedom at the hands of an obscure young man lying in some back room in a provincial Russian town ? |
| 9 | It seems to me there is no foundation for it whatever ; all that a court of justice can look to is the parliamentary roll ; they see that an Act has passed both Houses of Parliament , and that it has received the royal assent , and no court of justice can inquire into the manner in which it was introduced into Parliament , what was done previously to its being introduced , or what passed in Parliament during the various stages of its progress through both Houses of Parliament . |
| 10 | While it talks about rolling back the state , it has overseen a major increase in central government and police power . |
| 11 | It has confirmed a central precept : European monetary union ( EMU ) , if it comes about , will take place at two ( or several ) speeds . " |
| 12 | In the first place , it has confirmed the Soviet charge that the liberals were both unable and unwilling to appeal for mass protest to break the government 's resolution . |
| 13 | That part of the collection 's rotation has worked surprisingly well but it has necessitated the temporary removal to storage , or to its branch in Liverpool , of masterpieces which visitors expect to find on permanent view . |
| 14 | It has planned an exciting programme of activities for its first ever BAYSDAY which it hopes will be attended by young people of secondary school age from all over the country . |
| 15 | Schlumberger Ltd says it has formed a joint venture , Advanced Meter Reading Technologies , with Motorola Inc to develop wireless electronics technology for remote and automated reading of water , gas , heat and electricity meters : starting next second quarter , Motorola will manufacture the products , and Schlumberger will provide , market and sell the products and service them . |
| 16 | It has formed a new division , the Computers & Personal Communication Sales Division , charged with expanding the number of Sony workstation dealers , and at the same time developing products wanted by large users . |
| 17 | Turnbull admitted it has formed a large part of forwards ' practice where the pack try to shift as many as 16 others , which concentrates the mind wonderfully on body positions . |
| 18 | It is difficult to actually say that it has formed a satisfactory basis because in in effect , the amount of land that has come forward in the city has been below the the figure that was allocated in the original structure plan . |
| 19 | Does the Minister agree that the loans scheme has turned out to be an administrative nightmare and that it has caused a great deal of bureaucracy and hardship to students , especially since they have been removed from the safety net of social security ? |
| 20 | THE deregulation of television in Italy has brought viewers more sport , more often than perhaps in any other European country but it has caused a tremendous row among the broadcasters and the political power groups who back their various causes . |
| 21 | NATO says it has completed a huge reduction in its Cold War nuclear arsenal , cutting the number of weapons in Europe by 80pc . |
| 22 | Woodbury , New York-based Cablevision Systems Corp says it has completed the first stage of its electronic superhighway to homes , businesses and institutions in the New York metropolitan area : the $300m project , scheduled for completion in 1995 , involves installation of over 3,000 miles of fibre network . |
| 23 | It then works its way back through all the calls until it has completed the final multiplication , when it returns the answer . |
| 24 | Separately , Praxis revealed that it has completed the initial version of an Architecture Neutral Distribution Format ( ANDF ) installer for IBM Corp 's RS/6000 platform . |
| 25 | Thereafter it hammers away with great effect until it has excavated a narrow tunnel as much as three feet long . |
| 26 | Since the Baath Party came to power in 1968 , it has filled the burgeoning city of Baghdad with new roads , monuments , redevelopment zones and 45 new shopping centres . |
| 27 | The only sense in which the legislature can be properly said to have authorised these things to be done is that it has enabled the Poor Law Board to order , and the managers to do them , if , and when , and where , they can obtain by free bargain and contract the means of doing so . |
| 28 | It has implemented a value-based pricing model so resellers can augment their base discount by making certain commitments . |
| 29 | The establishment has successfully monopolised the major positions within the state and the social institutions allied to the state , and it has exercised a pervasive influence over those outside its own ranks . |
| 30 | It has imposed an economic blockade , requiring permits for supplies and cutting off essentials like construction materials , tools and fertilizer . |