Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the sense of their access to political power it was not so much a case that women were ‘ returned ’ to the family since they had never really left it to go out to get power — rather they had traditionally exercised power , if at all , by virtue of their familial positions and as the public and private spheres were separated , women were left behind . |
| 2 | Or if the horse has been jabbed in the mouth when it is being mounted , it goes on expecting pain in the mouth whenever it is mounted . |
| 3 | Recovery by Mrs Fields : Shares in Mrs Fields , the troubled US bakery and cookie retailer , rose more than 20 per cent from their 12-month low of 19p to 23p after it announced much reduced trading losses . |
| 4 | SHARES in Mrs Fields , the troubled US bakery and cookie retailer , rose more than 20 per cent from their 12-month low of 19p to 23p yesterday after it announced much reduced trading losses . |
| 5 | It is called ‘ safer ’ rather than ‘ safe ’ as it involves greatly reducing risk , rather than completely eliminating it . |
| 6 | Instead of banning corporal punishment outright , however , it sought merely to give effect to the Court 's ruling . |
| 7 | First , during the 1920s it became easier to transfer freehold land , as long-standing solicitor resistance to changes in property law broke down ; a series of Property Acts from 1910 to 1925 facilitated the free and rapid transfer of small plots and single dwellings . |
| 8 | It has regularly attracted research studentships of various kinds , and provides a stimulating research environment . |
| 9 | Few other authorities have supported Jennings ' assertion and it has not found acceptance by most practitioners of government . |
| 10 | Yet it has not democratized fashion . |
| 11 | Hope it has n't gone bust |
| 12 | Okay so we are , w w we 're now in a position of , certainly by nineteen forty nine we 're , we 're on the verge of power , we want l we , land reform is not taking place any more , there are still some areas in the north it has n't taken place out in the far north west it has n't taken place , so we , we , we are going to need a new land reform document based on all the experience we 've got which will carry us through and , and it 's really that land reform document , document that we are going to implement for the whole of China , and it 's going to be that document which really is going to abolish feudalism and create some sort of equality . |
| 13 | Okay so we are , w w we 're now in a position of , certainly by nineteen forty nine we 're , we 're on the verge of power , we want l we , land reform is not taking place any more , there are still some areas in the north it has n't taken place out in the far north west it has n't taken place , so we , we , we are going to need a new land reform document based on all the experience we 've got which will carry us through and , and it 's really that land reform document , document that we are going to implement for the whole of China , and it 's going to be that document which really is going to abolish feudalism and create some sort of equality . |
| 14 | It has n't endeared Rottweiler owners to me , nor I to them . |
| 15 | The Council rejected a mainframe bid from IBM Corp , even though it has previously supplied equipment to the organisation . |
| 16 | Since 1978 , it has also tested equipment used in the ‘ cold chain' — the succession of insulated containers which ensures that vaccines and other sensitive materials reach their destinations , often isolated villages without electricity , in good condition , on which WHO 's immunisation campaign depends . |
| 17 | The trade union legislation introduced in Britain in the past decade has enabled the expression of a variety of worker attitudes to unionization , because it has ensured that workers can not be coerced into a union and it has also increased union democracy . |
| 18 | It has also increased land under option from 5,000 to 6,500 plots . |
| 19 | It has also increased marketing activities into the growing Far Eastern markets of China , Singapore and Taiwan , and has set up a new subsidiary in Hong Kong . |
| 20 | The story is true but it has also become part of the myth . |
| 21 | It has also cut manufacturing lead times from 17 weeks to two and trebled output per operator . |
| 22 | It has also produced satisfaction for his manager , Gerry Francis , who rescued Mehew from Bath City 's reserves two years ago . |
| 23 | It has also prompted laboratory managers to volunteer to carry out unfamiliar analyses , where the techniques involved are not well established . |
| 24 | ‘ It was built as the first main processing plant to support the basic nuclear industry of the country and , of course , it has also processed fuel from Japan and Italy . |
| 25 | It has also intensified interest in the role of mental hospitals and increased the overall commitment to the general policy aims of community care and informality of treatment . |
| 26 | It has also abandoned unilateralism and refuses to promise that a Labour government will rid Britain of nuclear weapons in the lifetime of the government . |
| 27 | It has also won engine maintenance contracts from the Nato central procurement office , from the US Air Force in Europe and from the UK Ministry of Defence — for the GE-engined Phantom — among others . |
| 28 | With its reputation for thriftiness on poor soils , its good bones and its red colour , it has also found favour in Africa and Australia , and has been exported to both North and South America as well . |
| 29 | It has also focused attention on the law governing pupil discipline at a time when interest in analysing the extent to which the autonomy interests of children are upheld by the law is high . |
| 30 | It has also encouraged computer manufacturers which use the Intel family of processors to proclaim that in advertising . |