Example sentences of "[vb -s] [that] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An organisation might become so widely diversified in the range of products or services it offers that it becomes difficult , if not impossible , for management to integrate all of the organisation under a common objective and within a single ‘ management philosophy ’ and culture . |
| 2 | Dr Mike Mosson , director personnel at the Royal Bank , says the bank has a policy of ‘ positive assistance ’ and ‘ positive encouragement ’ towards women , although he insists that it falls short of positive discrimination . |
| 3 | It judged the centre , which carries out work on AIDS , infectious disease and transplant research , to be a world-class laboratory and says that it offers unique facilities to researchers in Europe such as a rhesus colony for which the microbiological status is known and typed for major histocompatibility complex , essential for transplantation studies and infectious disease research . |
| 4 | She says that it tastes good . |
| 5 | NCR Corp has been demonstrating an enhanced version of its Co-operation environment at UniForum in San Francisco , and says that it provides enhanced scalable , enterprise-wide support , including broadened server scalability ; enhanced desktop capabilities ; single point , local or remote , system administration ; access to object-based frameworks ; updated versions of all third-party components including Windows 3.1 and Hewlett-Packard Co 's NewWave 4.1 ; access to the Informix database ; and improved diary , mail and information access . |
| 6 | He says that it looks different . |
| 7 | KPMG warrants and undertakes that it has full power and authority under the Financial Services Act 1986 and otherwise to make the Offer on behalf of Client . |
| 8 | Santa Monica , California-based Retix Inc warns that it expects net profit and turnover to be below analysts ' estimates for its first quarter ending April 3 : it expects operating results to be hurt by delays in releasing product enhancements for its RouterXchange 7000 series of routers to volume production , including support for IBM 's Token Ring network environment ; sales may be down up to 15% , and it may only break even or even worse . |
| 9 | Preliminary analysis at a London laboratory shows that it contains fatty globules of lipids and is organic , of animal origin . |
| 10 | In short , it means that it becomes possible to impose almost any character you want on it , which should make the Standard a session player 's dream . |
| 11 | This means that it becomes difficult , some would say impossible , to specify the ceteris paribus conditions of a theory . |
| 12 | That means that means that it prevented high blood pressure as well though . |
| 13 | It was New Year 's Eve and the midnight sky was still bright : Punta Arenas is at 53°S , and although on a similar longitude to Halifax has been shunted , by Professor Dowd 's descendants , into the same time zone as New York — all of which means that it stays light for a great deal longer than in most cities , and we celebrated the coming of the New Year in almost broad daylight . |
| 14 | And , in passing , it is worth noting that French ( I have not tried the Danish imitation ) Port-Salut makes an excellent cooking cheese with a low melting point , which means that it turns creamy but not rubbery . |
| 15 | Made from Scandinavian Redwood which has a distinctive warmth and grain , the Ducal range is made to very high standards which means that it looks good , works well and is designed to last . |
| 16 | Sport as part of ‘ The News ’ means that it has national significance and is part of the cultural heritage of the audience . |
| 17 | He maintains that it violates basic human rights and blocks Cyprus ' drive for membership of the European Community . |
| 18 | In succumbing to ‘ the temptation of subjectivism ’ ( ibid. 23 ) , she recognizes that it becomes impossible to put any distance between oneself and the ‘ native ’ , or more importantly between oneself and oneself in such a situation . |
| 19 | Chris Hook claims that it takes expert knowledge and a great deal of patience to hack into a computer system . |
| 20 | As well as distributing the new version 1.2 of Aspect , due out at the end second quarter , Goldmine claims that it has other distribution deals in the pipeline to be announced over the next few weeks . |
| 21 | It is only when a living organism dies that it becomes subject to the laws of the non-living world , and disintegrates into simpler and simpler molecules or components . |