Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thames Valley Police Force says it needs 800 more officers to cope with rising crime , starting with 200 this year . |
| 2 | Crumbling masonry means it needs millions of pounds of building work to make sure it is safe . |
| 3 | At what wind speed does it become unsafe for novice paraglider pilots to fly ? |
| 4 | L M Ericsson Telefon AB 's Ericsson Corp says it sees cellular telephone unit sales growing 30% to 40% this year from the current 20m in use worldwide , half in the US . |
| 5 | Commenting on its figures ( page seven ) , National Semiconductor Corp says it expects fourth quarter gross margins to improve over third quarter margins and that third quarter worldwide orders set a new record , up 40% over last year , and that it entered the fourth quarter with an improved backlog — record OEM orders more than offset seasonal weaknesses in distribution to give record orders for the Americas ; European orders were up while Japanese markets weakened slightly . |
| 6 | The board says it needs such a store in any case in the 1990s because there may be a shortage of reprocessing capacity at British Nuclear Fuels ' Sellafield plant ( New Scientist , 3 February , p 289 ) . |
| 7 | Praxis says it took less time to install the ANDF version of the program than the 15 minutes it takes to compile the C sources of Wingz . |
| 8 | One delegation from Oxford City Council says it needs more cash to serve an extra thirteen thousand people whose homes now fall within the the city boundaries . |
| 9 | Independence allows it to try new parts that others may not be able to play . |
| 10 | Its hard wood helps it resist cold winters , and its thick-skinned grapes are almost impervious to rain , disease and insects . |
| 11 | As work continues it becomes more and more obvious how difficult and complex a task this is . |
| 12 | And as the drama unfolds it reveals complex layers of corruption and influence-peddling . |
| 13 | As the meeting progresses it becomes clear that the railway link will be very expensive , involving tunnelling through the hills and viaducts across the marsh . |
| 14 | And I mean they say with skin grafts it takes two years before they 're completely settled and accepted . |
| 15 | Only since the general adoption of the policy of specialisation engendered by the Industrial Revolution has it become common to demolish and rebuild rather than to adapt and extend . |
| 16 | Overlooking both , as it overlooked the whole valley of Cuzco , were the awesome ramparts of Sacsayhuaman , the teeth of the puma which legend has it cost thirty thousand lives to build . |
| 17 | Its welcome sign says it has 90,000 inhabitants . |
| 18 | From our first experiments with binary tree structures it became apparent that there were other structures available which would give much faster search times . |
| 19 | As it flies along , the enhanced shimmer of water helps it to find new pools . |
| 20 | Of course the response which is likely to be made to such objections is that God works with human beings , so that only when human society has reached a certain stage of development does it become appropriate to ordain women . |
| 21 | Viking is way behind schedule : it had been intended for this quarter , but StorageTek said that based on the present status of the product and schedule estimates it expects IBM-compatible products based on Viking architecture to be available in the second half of 1994 . |
| 22 | Mdf 's smooth surface enables it to accept all types of finishes , from veneers and laminates , to paints and varnishes . |
| 23 | Equipped with 70 cast rings it has two outer wings which fold hydraulically . |
| 24 | He is trying to gauge the interest from developers , and also which set of Windows application programming interfaces it makes most sense for the translator to support : the old Win16 standard , or the intermediate Win32s version . |
| 25 | He is trying to gauge the interest from developers , and also which set of Windows application programming interfaces it makes most sense for the translator to support : the old Win16 standard , or the intermediate Win32s version . |
| 26 | With hooves like horn paper cups it seems unlikely that it could harm anyone . |
| 27 | The dog decides it had better police this family itself , and , next thing you know , it is fastening its jaws on disobedient members of the family , its family . |
| 28 | The puzzle is , where along this chain does it get fixed that on this occasion the answer comes out " here " ? |
| 29 | After a frantic day of arm twisting by Government whips it became clear that potential rebels were prepared to back away from a rebellion in the hope of wringing more concessions from the Government before the Finance Bill , which gives legislative authority to the Budget , comes back to the Commons toward the end of next month . |
| 30 | Ancor says it has extensive expertise in the research and design of components that meet the Fibre Channel Standard specification , and the initial activities will involve use of high-speed switching chips and software technologies from Ancor and related technologies from IBM . |