Example sentences of "it [verb] [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will enable it to continue using British coal , which has a relatively high sulphur content , while meeting EC standards on sulphur emissions . |
| 2 | It involves using strict criteria for admission , such as failure in a nursing home or extreme restlessness and aggression . |
| 3 | A nice piece of work ; but bear in mind that a much more ambitious measurement , which would have taken the biggest chunk of the Hubble 's observing time , is completely beyond the telescope 's present capacity , because it involves seeing faint variable stars in far-off galaxies . |
| 4 | It involves taking 13 juices every hour . |
| 5 | It involves pushing one crate into an adjacent space , thus producing a new naive state , and also extending the sequence of naive operations by this extra push . |
| 6 | The application of microelectronics to regulate the use of energy is , likewise , being depicted by this country 's government as a manifestation of progress since it involves harnessing advanced technology to promote efficient consumption . |
| 7 | It involved identifying common concerns of teachers and then producing stimulus materials to initiate and focus discussion and trigger groups working on them to devise their own plans of action . |
| 8 | It stopped making low-density polyethylene , a basic petro-chemical characterised by massive international over-capacity , a decade ago . |
| 9 | The man whose car collided with a coach moments before it crashed killing three people and injuring twenty-six others says he ca n't sleep for thinking about the accident . |
| 10 | No but you 've got like , you get loads and loads of phlegm in your mouth , and then it starts going all acid and you go |
| 11 | it wants washing that pan anyway |
| 12 | Digital Equipment Corp says it intends delivering Open Software Foundation Distributed Computing Environment on its OpenVMS AXP platform later this year . |
| 13 | It keeps using this word , LOVE . |
| 14 | True to Bonnie 's prediction it began snowing that night . |
| 15 | Alex Griffiths , Marks & Spencer 's fish executive , was surprised at the idea that the company might have even contemplated using Billingsgate when it began selling fresh fish nationally four years ago . |
| 16 | A further clinical examination is time consuming since it entails preparing another feed and watching or palpating the abdomen throughout a feed . |
| 17 | Of the film 's religious imagery , he says : ‘ We talked about the Fifty-First psalm ( which is sung by one of the kitchen boys ) ; it does n't give you many clues , but I was reading it again this morning and it started making more sense . |
| 18 | It advocates reinforcing this responsibility by law , with a system of licences requiring landowners to reach an agreed cull on their land , in return perhaps for rating benefits . |
| 19 | It meant leaving firm ground for a quivering quantum quagmire . |
| 20 | Until more interesting work was available he felt he had no option but to keep the men in his charge fully occupied and if it meant using eight men to undertake a task which could be accomplished in a fraction of the time by a machine , well — the men were n't going anywhere . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ I have n't got a grandmother but if I had one I would shoot her in the foot if it meant getting three points . ’ |
| 22 | Not that I regretted taking on the responsibilities , but it meant shelving any dreams I 'd had . ’ |
| 23 | He did n't mind responding to a panic call at such a late hour , especially not when it meant transporting three microwave ovens up to the Hall and so getting an advance peek at the preparations . |
| 24 | David Green , Passenger Manager was absolutely thrilled with the response even though it meant adding extra coaches to some trains especially the 18.00 departure on Sunday . |
| 25 | It meant spending two months living in the spare bedroom and the kitchen , the only rooms not used by the crew , while the cast — including Vanessa Redgrave , Emma Thompson , Helena Bonham Carter and , fresh from The Silence of the Lambs , Anthony Hopkins — were filming . |
| 26 | Furthermore the 1951 French elections had brought a considerable number of Gaullists into the National Assembly who opposed EDC , not so much because it meant arming German soldiers , but because it would ‘ surrender ’ the command of the French Army to a supranational institution . |
| 27 | He had to find all the time he could to write the play , even if it meant neglecting other matters , not least because it would be his first composition since the award of the Nobel Prize . |
| 28 | It follows restructuring last year which created business units to run departments . |
| 29 | Now we see that it means planting new churches — this is an exciting project for the future . ’ |
| 30 | It means getting factual details , but more importantly , understanding the client 's aims and aspirations . |