Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It involves using strict criteria for admission , such as failure in a nursing home or extreme restlessness and aggression . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It involves taking 13 juices every hour . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | it wants washing that pan anyway |
| 8 | Digital Equipment Corp says it intends delivering Open Software Foundation Distributed Computing Environment on its OpenVMS AXP platform later this year . |
| 9 | It keeps using this word , LOVE . |
| 10 | A further clinical examination is time consuming since it entails preparing another feed and watching or palpating the abdomen throughout a feed . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It follows restructuring last year which created business units to run departments . |
| 13 | Now we see that it means planting new churches — this is an exciting project for the future . ’ |
| 14 | It means getting factual details , but more importantly , understanding the client 's aims and aspirations . |
| 15 | It means taking practical decisions about the use of time . |
| 16 | In practical terms it means taking that course of action which most reliably will avoid the possibility of criticism by their superiors . |
| 17 | 1993 is a time to put everything you 've got into your career and ambitions , even if it means sacrificing some fun . |
| 18 | I suppose it means meeting fewer people and in that way is a loss to you , but if you get on well with your lady that could be even better , and it is good that you have weekends free . |
| 19 | ‘ Ageism ’ is objectionable , not because it means admitting these connections , but because it means treating old people — or children — badly . |
| 20 | Thus Verkehrsberuhigung was described as ‘ an unfortunate word ’ , because it means more than making the traffic quiet , it means making surrounding areas better . |
| 21 | It means offering existing customers the new model two weeks before they seek a replacement from your competitors . |
| 22 | ‘ Ageism ’ is objectionable , not because it means admitting these connections , but because it means treating old people — or children — badly . |
| 23 | Annabelle 's father insists that any furniture order is delivered the same day , even if it means driving fifty miles and doing the driving and shifting himself . |
| 24 | At each mealtime eat enough to satisfy your appetite , even if it means having second helpings of vegetables . |
| 25 | Janice said ‘ Basically it means deferring any dismantling of the irradiated or contaminated plant until 35 years after station closure , so that when the time comes for removal , its level of activity will have diminished further , the dose rate for staff involved in dismantling will be much reduced . |
| 26 | It means asking promoting questions and also repeating what seems to have been said in order to ask for clarification . |
| 27 | We er er erm in this country have a very bitter experience with B C C I , it was n't just the knock it took to the regulatory system but I need hardly remind this house there are thousands of people who lost everything they had and that and there are many people who lost everything they had and feel that this house has not taken their concern seriously and it 's something the minister must show that the government is willing to pursue these matters , even if it means introducing primary legislation . |
| 28 | From a developmental point of view this will mean adding to the local varieties used within the family and peer group those varieties used for wider communication ( in school and higher education , in adult work and society ) ; it means adding written language to spoken language , Standard English to non-Standard English , literary language to non-literary language and , for children who have a different mother tongue , it means adding English to their first language . |
| 29 | If this leaves the gripper too far from the desired point , the robot tries adjusting each joint a little in turn to see which adjustment moves the torch 's image most quickly towards the point I. It selects the most significant joint and keeps moving this one until the torch 's image is as close as it can get to I ; then it tries adjusting another joint , and so on , until the gripper is close enough . |
| 30 | A kitchen-dining room is ideal for a family ; it 's cosy , convenient and economical since it saves heating another room . |