Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [verb] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are proposing , along with Cotte , that let evokes much more than merely the speech act of giving permission : it signifies giving an event access to existence , permitting something by not intervening to obstruct its being accomplished . |
| 2 | It covers choosing an enterprise , identifying customers and the sort of holiday they like , finance , publicity , marketing , legal requirements and using fresh farm produce . |
| 3 | Input/output board manufacturer , Specialix Ltd , Byfleet , Surrey , says it has secured an agreement with IBM for its Transputer-based RIO multi-port I/O controller which IBM will use in the RS/6000 . |
| 4 | In the past it has expressed an interest in taking on Cypress ' SuperSparc-compatible part ( UX No 408 ) . |
| 5 | It has conducted an assessment of the various statistical packages for the manipulation and analysis of large-scale hierarchical data sets and has applied some of this work to the dissemination of very large , government-generated data sets ( see below ) . |
| 6 | Although it has announced an intention to provide DCE-conformance with the Windows Remote Procedure Call ( RPC ) , it is not implementing all of DCE 's functionality , only the RPC . |
| 7 | I too will treat this group of writers as ‘ structuralists ’ and look at some aspects of their work to show how it has created an object for analysis that is relevant to the empirical tasks of the sociology of knowledge . |
| 8 | A third party may claim that treaty rights have been assigned to it , or a party may claim that it has made an assignment and is thus discharged from that particular responsibility under the agreement . |
| 9 | It has made an environment assessment , and its proposals are designed to enhance the environmental interest of the area . |
| 10 | The company says all previous Unix systems have been based on a clock granularity of 100Hz and that it has developed an extension that allows an operator to select the clock or alarm granularity that optimises the equipment . |
| 11 | It has become an indicator of status , the number of television screens you own a factor in your popularity . |
| 12 | Instead of just being part of the context within which politics occurred and was constrained , it has become an issue in politics on which interests and parties were keenly divided . |
| 13 | It has become an art to both beat the target projections and the cuts without offending important political constituencies . |
| 14 | It has become an assumption of liberal political and constitutional theory that public officials perform an instrumental role . |
| 15 | The spread of the Apple Macintosh within publishing to the point where it has become an industry standard . |
| 16 | It has emphasized an aspect of psychology that is particularly important for the discipline 's status and influence . |
| 17 | Object Design also announced that it has done an implementation of its ObjectStore object-oriented database for the NCR Corp System 3000 , making it the first object database on NCR kit under Unix System V.4 . |
| 18 | It has demonstrated an interaction between types of software and types of classroom context . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , Univel Inc , the Unix System Labs/Novell Inc joint venture , will start unwrapping its distribution channels this week when it announces that it has signed an initial sixteen distributors in the US and seven overseas . |
| 20 | Nokia Oy 's Nokia Telecommunications says it has signed an agreement with Ukrainian Mobile Communications for the supply of switching and base station equipment for the Ukrainian NMT 450 cellular mobile telephone network : the network is to be launched commercially in Kiev in the next few weeks and will become available in two other major cities by the end of this year ; Ukrainian Mobile Communications is jointly owned by Ukrainian local operators , Deutsche Bundespost Telekom , Koninklijke PTT Telecom Nederland NV and Telecom Denmark Ltd . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , Sligos SA , France 's second largest software and systems integration house , announced it has signed an agreement with Unix System Laboratories to distribute the Tuxedo transaction processing monitor for IBM Corp RS/6000 and Intel Corp iAPX-86-based machines . |
| 22 | For centuries , it has provided an excuse for people to kiss each other , even encouraging shy folks to kiss their hearts ' desire . |
| 23 | It has provided an opportunity to develop many aspects . |
| 24 | It has provided an advice service to staff and students , conducted research and published information , but perhaps most of all has provided through its regional and local groups , and national conferences , an opportunity for teaching staff and others to meet together on a regular basis to share ideas and experience . |
| 25 | It has had an operation you know . |
| 26 | Woodland Hills , California-based American Mobile Systems Inc reports that it has had an offer from LIN Broadcasting Corp 's Transit Communications unit to buy not less than 8.75m newly issued American Mobile shares for $8.50 each ; Fleet Call Inc has currently bought 714,286 shares of its common for $5m as part of a previously announced agreement for Fleet call to buy no less than a majority of American Mobile 's shares at $7 each ; the new offer assumes that the Fleet Call deal will be completed as planned . |
| 27 | It has had an effect on us , but it 's relatively limited . |
| 28 | The government has paid for the restructuring of the Villahermosa Palace to house the collection ; it is guaranteeing any short-fall in the running costs after entrance fees are collected ; it is paying $6 million rent a year , index-linked , for the collection ; it has introduced an indemnity scheme to cover the works of art , and has given the Baron and Baroness the last word on how the collection is to be administered during the ten years of the loan , at the end of which the collection is handed back , with exemption from Spain 's otherwise very restrictive art export laws . |
| 29 | The Washington-based Commodity Futures Trading Commission yesterday announced it has won an injunction against London Metal Exchange ( USA ) and its two owners . |
| 30 | It has negotiated an agreement with the Transport & General Workers ' Union which places Driver Hire on the union 's fair agency list . |