Example sentences of "[coord] it [verb] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Assertion of the principle served to do away with the monarch 's previously claimed powers to suspend or dispense with acts of Parliament and it served to deny judges the power to strike down measures . |
| 2 | In the years between 300 and 550 there was much work of codification and it began to take shape under Theodosius the Great in the Western Empire in 438 . |
| 3 | ‘ To an extent , but the song always aroused a lot of interest and it seemed to capture people 's imaginations . |
| 4 | The Bank of England has , for many years , sought to make this a continuous operation and it seeks to buy stock approaching maturity rather than waiting for legal redemption dates . |
| 5 | At Comdex in November , SyQuest plans to unveil a version of its flagship 3.5 ’ drive with removable cartridges storing 256Mb , and it plans to add 200Mb and 300Mb capacities for its 5.25 ’ drives . |
| 6 | A bout of exercise of any kind is a wonderful outlet for the frustrations that build up during the day and it helps to release tension and enable us to relax . |
| 7 | It fluctuated , through the manoeuvres of the press groups , and it tended to attract publicity . |
| 8 | The fire had died down to a dull glow and Patrick was just beginning to doze off when there was a soft knock on the door , and it opened to admit Jane , the younger of the two maids , carrying a large tea tray . |
| 9 | Robinson was still giving him the low-down on life in Whitely when the key rattled in the door again and it opened to admit Rod Porter . |
| 10 | But before the other woman could respond , there was a confident rap at the door and it opened to admit Tom himself , looking harried and slightly out of breath . |
| 11 | It is being used in the acute phase of a tendon injury and it seems to reduce inflammation and reduce the detrimental effects of swelling after an injury . |
| 12 | Whatever it is we are doing , we are already doing it , and it seems to make sense . |
| 13 | It has a small head , its arms are upraised and it appears to wear trunks supported by a thick twisted cable round the waist . |
| 14 | She 's obviously examined the animal excreta very closely because she says it 's black and it appears to contain berries . |
| 15 | ICL , now 80% owned by Fujitsu Ltd , says margins on its hardware sales have shrunk as much in the last 18 months as in all the five years preceding , and it aims to drive revenues from its services business even higher as it focuses more on that market , through organic growth , joint ventures , marketing agreements and by acquisition . |
| 16 | Speaking after delivering an emotional tribute to his party workers , he said : ‘ There 's a great deal of serious reflection that has to go on in the opposition parties , but I 've no doubt that most of the reflection has to take place within Labour and it has to take place on the subject of PR . |
| 17 | Speaking after delivering an emotional tribute to his party workers , he said : ‘ There 's a great deal of serious reflection that has to go on in the opposition parties , but I 've no doubt that most of the reflection has to take place within Labour and it has to take place on the subject of PR . |
| 18 | It is staffed by three fulltime teachers , and its aims are similar to the Arbour Project in that it provides continuing education , it takes girls through their pregnancies physically , educationally , emotionally and socially to produce healthy babies and mothers , and it tries to help girls achieve a level of maturity for taking on responsible parenthood . |
| 19 | But Cadbury Schweppes , which last month completed the £141m purchase of Crush International from Procter & Gamble , says the brand values being acquired justified the price and it expects to find synergy benefits with its own extensive bottling operations in Spain and Portugal . |
| 20 | Deciding this was a success , last autumn Marlow announced a £37m investment to expand annual production six-fold at its Stokesley plant in Cleveland from 1,200 to 7,000 tonnes , and it decided to make Quorn au naturel available nationwide . |
| 21 | But it seemed to worry Julia and she cried out : |
| 22 | Where Ritualist influence was strong , this campaign achieved some success ; but it failed to eliminate monuments reflecting the mundane interests of the dead . |
| 23 | Our report on this matter was sent to the presbyteries under the act , but it failed to win acceptance . |
| 24 | It may take longer but it helps to avoid damage . |
| 25 | But it continues to lose popularity — for all the wrong reasons . |
| 26 | It is a natural barrier , not unlike the man-made Iron Curtain or the Berlin Wall ; but it seems to divide men as fiercely . |
| 27 | Subscribers may have noticed the scepticism with which we have tended to greet analysts ' forecasts for IBM Corp 's earnings , and invariably their forecasts have proved too optimistic — but it seems to take time for the true awfulness of the situation to sink in with them . |
| 28 | This agreement offered management some discretion in relating wages to individual ability but it aimed to guarantee labour a basic income that would rise with age and family subsistence needs . |
| 29 | The unit to be covered by a scheme does not have to be a company , which in itself is an advantage , but it has to have Companies Act-style accounts and have them audited , which could be expensive . |
| 30 | Franco 's project stopped short of a royal palace or royal tombs , but it attempted to emulate El Escorial in virtually everything else , including its monastery , its panoramic vista towards Madrid , across the plain at the foot of the Sierra de Guadarrama , the bellic nature of its origin24 and the massive scale of its construction . |