Example sentences of "[that] it [verb] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it really so important that it had to take priority over something as necessary as post , which often contains faxes and other mail urgently required . |
| 2 | How would it know that it had to lose weight ? |
| 3 | We know that it plans to spend £35 billion . |
| 4 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Santa Cruz , California has now filed for its initial public offering , saying that it plans to sell 4.3m shares , and will use the proceeds for working capital . |
| 5 | Intertel Communications Inc , currently legally a Canadian company , says from its Teleport Denver Inc base in Colorado that it plans to swear allegiance to the flag and become a naturalised American : it will reincorporate in the US to meet a condition set by the Federal Communications Commission , which gave plenty of ammunition to the Europeans that say that the US market is not as open as Uncle Sam likes to think , by insisting that only American companies could hold earth satellite station common carrier licences — there is no comparable restriction on US companies applying for licences in the UK . |
| 6 | In its citation , the Nobel Committee ( of the Norwegian parliament , which awarded the Peace Prize ) said that it wished to honour Gorbachev for his " many and decisive contributions " to East-West relations and " for the greater openness he has brought about in Soviet society " . |
| 7 | The state government , dominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) , had on Oct. 11 acquired 1.12 hectares of land around the shrine , saying that it wished to provide services for tourists and pilgrims . |
| 8 | The Council also voted unanimously to request the UK government to declare a continental shelf around the Islands , and announced that it hoped to pass legislation " before Christmas " enabling it to sell exploration licences for oil and other minerals . |
| 9 | British Aerospace enjoyed an early 10-point run up to 310p on news that it hopes to raise £400m from plant and site disposals . |
| 10 | Will he take steps to ensure that buses have greater priority over other road users and to eliminate one of the major causes of road congestion in London — the long time that it takes to get passengers loaded on to one-man operated buses because drivers have to give change to passengers ? |
| 11 | There was nothing distinctive about the black London taxi except that it swooped to pick Rain up when she had not hailed it . |
| 12 | One principal advantage of an integrated approach is that it helps to spread employment throughout the year rather than to be concentrated in peak periods . |
| 13 | Another important feature is that it helps to overcome distractability so that people can focus attentively in prayer or meditation . |
| 14 | The PDVSA had announced in early December 1990 that it planned to invest $25,000 million between 1991 and 1996 in what would be its biggest development programme in order to raise oil production from just over 2,000,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) to 3,500,000 bpd by 1995 . |
| 15 | Later in October the government confirmed a change in cocoa marketing strategy , saying that it planned to sell cocoa in relatively small quantities through the London market , with the aim of stimulating competition and securing an increase in prices , rather than seeking to obtain large-scale contracts with overseas buyers [ for January 1989 cocoa deal with French trading house see p. 36413 ] . |
| 16 | The other interesting news was Norsk Hydro 's announcement that it planned to buy DnC 's 9 per cent stake in Saga Petroleum . |
| 17 | The LTE objected to the direction on the ground that it failed to have regard to the LTE 's financial duty under section 7(3) to break even so far as is practicable . |
| 18 | Given SAAB 's very positive experience with line-out , it is surprising that BL did not consider emulating it in that it appeared to offer benefits both to management and workers . |
| 19 | You could buy yourself a small luxury each week as a symbolic message to your subconscious , so that it begins to attract money into your life . |
| 20 | ‘ We were pleased with the way our campaign went , and we are sure that it helped to improve sales at a difficult time . ’ |
| 21 | Before the year was over a number of significant changes had occurred : a new director ( Dr B. B. Lloyd ) arrived ; London gave notice that it intended to stop bulk entry to the external system ; and D. R. A. Mobbs was appointed a principal lecturer in biology . |
| 22 | At a recent meeting between IBOA and Management of Bank of Ireland , the Bank categorically denied that it intended to introduce Performance Related Pay for these members at this time . |
| 23 | The dispute had begun in April 1989 when Pittston announced that it intended to cut costs by withdrawing from the Association of Coalmine Operators , the body responsible for negotiating labour contracts with the UMW on an industry-wide basis and for providing health and pension benefits . |
| 24 | In one of the bloodiest weeks in its history , the BBC announced that it intended to cut jobs by more than 1,000 . |
| 25 | Lothian Regional Council advised the Scottish Office Inquiry Reporters that it intended to challenge Stewart 's appeal on application 179/92 ( SOIR Ref P/PPA/LD/246 ) . |
| 26 | It is important that the ferrets should not become upset or bewildered and , just as I condition my loose ferrets to muzzles before working them while wearing one , I find that it pays to give line ferrets the opportunity to become accustomed to both collar and line . |
| 27 | The firm may be market-seeking , in the sense that it wishes to gain access to more customers and consumers . |
| 28 | Alternatively , it may be resource-seeking , in the sense that it wishes to gain access to raw materials that are not readily available without investment . |
| 29 | Cleveland County Council has announced that it intends to close Church Bank on Church Lane in Elwick , near Hartlepool , for about three weeks from March 1 for work to be carried out to prevent a verge from subsiding . |
| 30 | The local and wide area networking company says that it intends to merge Adaptive with its Network Applications Division , which is to focus on the development and manufacturing of local area network , internetworking and broadband products . |