Example sentences of "it is [verb] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can pretend it is using colour film from 50 to 400 ASA , which will keep most happy snappers occupied , but does n't really lend itself to low-light photography or sports . |
| 2 | For example , he took comfort from the deflationary economic measures of July 1966 , which he opposed , as it gave him the chance ‘ to reassert collective Cabinet authority because I see how disastrous it is to allow Cabinet government to decline into mere Prime Ministerial government … if I achieved anything it was by asserting the right of Cabinet to take part in the making of economic strategy so that Harold conceded we must be given that right ’ . |
| 3 | Over the next two Saturdays it is organising town litter picks along with skip collections at the Gateway car park , Ox Close and the Parish Church car park . |
| 4 | It is in the people , it is causing breast cancer , it is in the milk of cows , and it is in the rivers at 1,000 times background levels . |
| 5 | USL says it is waiving source code fees due from Univel worth up to $7m during the 30-month period after Univel commences operations . |
| 6 | It is called ball clay because it was cut in cubes , about a spade size , and these were called ‘ balls ’ of clay ! |
| 7 | This research demonstrates the need to take all referrals seriously and questions how feasible it is to prioritize child abuse referrals by source in deciding whether to investigate some more urgently than others . |
| 8 | At the base of the idol , a gold-lined vessel known as a Rasakumbha is installed , and in it is placed potassium nitrate , sulphur , copper-sulphate , nine herbs , nine cereals and nine gems . |
| 9 | Probably the best way to locate it is to use Epsilon Crucis , the ‘ intruder ’ into the Southern Cross , and Lambda Centauri as direction-finders ; Theta Carinæ lies at an almost equal distance on the far side of Lambda Centauri . |
| 10 | ENynex Corp has extended its status as the biggest cable television operator in the UK by buying out US Cable Corp and Morgan Cable Ltd to take control of the Bury and Rochdale and Oldham and Tameside cable franchises : the New York and New England phone company now holds 19 franchises surviving a potential 2.7m homes and offices , and says it plans to invest over £1,000m in the next six to seven years to provide cable and telephone services ; at present it is providing cable television services to only 35,000 customers and 20,000 telephone lines . |
| 11 | The evil wind that bombed Manhattan 's World Trade Center nevertheless blew some good to the disaster recovery specialists : SunGard Data Systems Inc says it has been contacted by four subscriber companies seeking disaster recovery services following the blast — two in Four World Trade Center , one in Two World Trade Center and one in One World Trade Center ; and Comdisco Inc said it is providing disaster recovery services to three financial services companies hit by the blast , while IBM Corp 's disaster recovery unit said it had been in touch with ‘ a lot ’ of its customers , but that so far none of its customers had had to declare their workplaces to be disaster areas . |
| 12 | ( 6 ) Reversing matrix — this is the square matrix having units in its secondary diagonal and zeros elsewhere ; it is written J. Postmultiplication of any matrix C by the conformable J matrix reverses the order of the columns of C while premultiplication by J reverses the order of the rows . |
| 13 | It is believed Scotland Yard marksmen were not involved . |
| 14 | It is buying Evans Healthcare , whose management bought the company from Glaxo three years ago . |
| 15 | At the Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA launch last week , see front page , Unix System Labs Inc president Roel Pieper confirmed , as reported ( UX No 370 ) , that it is to adopt Veritas Software Corp 's file management system for its Destiny desktop environment . |
| 16 | You see , you see how easy it is to build trainee analysis a very simple format . |
| 17 | And it is feared Durham County Council may have to find more cash to subsidise bus services as operators could either put up fares or scrap unpopular routes because they can not afford to replace worn out vehicles . |
| 18 | However , I think it is Standing Order No. 62(b) which states that a Committee can amend a Bill and change the long title for that purpose . |