Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elonex Plc is to contract manufacturing of its personal computers to Cordata Ltd , described as a new company and not related to the Cor-data Technologies owned by Daewoo Electronics Co : this Cordata is building a £5.5m contract manufacturing plant in Cumbernauld , Scotland , where it expects to create 175 new jobs and make 100,000 personal computers a year , and Elonex will turn its North London plant over to final assembly and testing . |
| 2 | Once it was accepted that this kind of question could be raised , the way was open to the conclusion that the Bible should simply be treated as a collection of ancient religious literature with no special claims to be heard or accepted except where it happened to express some general religious ‘ principle ’ that could be recognised as universally valid — the kernel within the husk . |
| 3 | The designation warrior family ( shizoku ) was no more than an indication of family origins although it continued to have social prestige . |
| 4 | This was welcomed by American businessmen , although it helped to disrupt international trade as other countries retaliated by raising their duties . |
| 5 | Thus , you drag the second line indent marker to the right , drop it , and the change happens — all much quicker than it takes to read this sentence . |
| 6 | One steel factory in Silesia found that it could no longer afford to make the heavily subsidised , high-quality steel it used to produce before the new budgetary regime , so it began to make smaller quantities of low-quality steel , which it found could be exported to Germany at a profit . |
| 7 | As the lifting kite is going to be large enough to carry the weight of line , carrier and passenger(s) , there will be quite a pull , so it pays to use good quality braided Dacron of adequate breaking strain . |
| 8 | The boilie is then rotated round the bend so it comes to rest half way along the shank . |
| 9 | Building reusable code can take more time initially , so it has to make good business sense to invest the extra time on a particular object . |
| 10 | Beat the egg white so it begins to get frothy . |
| 11 | Just as the sea , on its own , can be uncomfortably tedious , or just uncomfortable , so it tends to fashion strong , often amusing , character in those who spend their working lives upon it . |
| 12 | However , once it starts to turn brown , separate away from the pond walls and fall to the bottom , it must be removed . |
| 13 | I pottered on out there until it began to get dark . |
| 14 | As a vanguard , in spite of one or two sensational assassinations , it was not going to get very far unless and until it managed to co-ordinate widespread resistance to the French . |
| 15 | The prison did little to lighten their mood : grey frowning walls with a few sombre buildings peeping above them , and a black gateway with an arch which yawned as if it wished to devour any unfortunate who approached it . |
| 16 | The Treasury accepted that a five-year programme of public investment should be planned , and that if it failed to prove adequate to secure full employment , then changes in taxes to encourage private investment and consumption should be made , but the question of budget deficits remained a bone of contention and was fudged in the report . |
| 17 | The security aspect was obviously serious : how could the Comrade 's convoy of cars approach the planned government buildings at its usual high speed , if it had to turn sharp corners ? |
| 18 | I think that it would place great strain not only on the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff but on the budget of the Public Accounts Commission itself if it had to authorise such expenditure . |
| 19 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton MP , Scottish Office environment minister , said it would be ‘ additional ’ to the public road building programme and could start by 1992 or 1993 — against a delay until the next century if it had to await public funding . |
| 20 | of its income from the tax , even if it manages to achieve 100 per cent . |
| 21 | If it manages to make that charge stick , it will have got itself a powerful vote-winner . |
| 22 | However , given the importance of the mortality record of the children of what we believe to be economically inactive , one parent families , any analysis of health inequalities will be seriously flawed if it fails to include this group . |
| 23 | If it fails to do this , multimedia will be an irrelevance . |
| 24 | Where an exclusion clause controlled by the UCTA is specific to a particular liability the effect of the UCTA is either to render the clause unenforceable ( if the UCTA imposes a total ban ) , or ( if the UCTA imposes the requirement of reasonableness ) to render the clause unenforceable if it fails to satisfy that requirement . |
| 25 | TIM WEBB believes such concern is misplaced if it fails to address cultural as well as environmental issues . |
| 26 | The merchant bank or broker will charge a commission for procuring the subscribers and may agree to subscribe itself for the balance if it fails to procure sufficient interest from its clients . |
| 27 | Either it must achieve the reductions it agreed to by using technological means to remove the sulphur from domestic coal , or , if it chooses to see low-sulphur coal being imported , or gas burned in power stations , it must endure reductions in emissions closer to those agreed by West Germany , the Netherlands , France , Belgium and Denmark . ’ |
| 28 | Aerate the lawn if it tends to become waterlogged or growth is very poor . |
| 29 | But if it starts to go wrong again , I 'm walking out , ’ she warned him . |
| 30 | Sex education in schools may therefore have most impact if it aims to discourage helpless attitudes , by emphasising to young people that they are in control of their own lives , encouraging them to see themselves as active rather than passive , and in discussing what they might do in the event of an unwanted pregnancy . |