Example sentences of "it have [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 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 Separately , a number of BCCI depositors issued a writ against the central bank , alleging that it had failed to exercise proper supervision .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 ] .
21 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 .
22 It 's got to involve two cars at some time
23 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
24 And I think it 's got to have one year of really high exposure .
25 Cos this happens to be a camera but it could just as well be er an electric toaster , or any , any inanimate object taken er , in this fashion , and the thing you 've got to do if you take a photograph of an inanimate object er , like this , is to light it correctly , er it 's got to show all the erm , detail finely , and it 's got to have good quality in the printing .
26 Not so high because of the glass but because it 's got to have double folding shutters .
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