Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It failed to foster an independent , bourgeois culture . |
| 2 | RTC says the suit was filed against AA when it failed to negotiate an out-of-court settlement . |
| 3 | But the Panel seems to have concluded that it failed to give a true and fair view . |
| 4 | While the ducal lament graphically highlighted some of the problems of the past it failed to chart a new way ahead for the industry . |
| 5 | While the ducal lament graphically highlighted some of the problems of the past it failed to chart a new way ahead for the industry . |
| 6 | It lacked industrial power , but alienated its neighbour and allies alike by attempting to rectify this ; it failed to maintain a democratic government , yet under the circumstances it was highly unlikely that any state could have done so . |
| 7 | On the other hand , the nature of the relationship was always contested , and ultimately it failed to produce a lasting system of part-time day continuation schools . |
| 8 | But here as elsewhere , though the emphasis on cost and utility was helpful in curbing bureaucratic empire-builders , it failed to provide a full definition of the public service which should be provided . |
| 9 | I had expected it to be best for trenching and shaping in the vertical position , but on all but the softest of timbers it failed to supply a substantial cut . |
| 10 | The main opposition group , the National League for Democracy , said it expected to have an absolute majority when the final results are compiled in about three weeks . |
| 11 | The issue of planning is complex since it involves far more than merely accepting new structures and new forms of co-operation — for in effect it involves recognising a new dimension of financial commitment at a time when money is short . |
| 12 | It involves making a small incision in the cornea and ‘ threading ’ a clear plastic ring through the deeper tissue layers . |
| 13 | It involves making a small incision in the cornea and ‘ threading ’ a clear plastic ring through the deeper tissue layers . |
| 14 | A more penetrating comment on the statutory test advanced in that 1959 Report was that it sought to control a mere ‘ tendency ’ . |
| 15 | The crime bill was opposed largely because it sought to enact a five-day waiting period for the purchase of handguns , while the education legislation , which aimed at upgrading the country 's schools , was opposed by Republicans following a congressional decision to remove an administration proposal to provide government vouchers to assist parents in sending their children to private schools . |
| 16 | All right , many of the audience would find it puzzling to have a middle-aged woman playing the juvenile role , but some of the audience would recognize just what they were hearing . |
| 17 | Freshly scrubbed necks turned to follow the pounding locomotive as it fought to lift a heavy freight up the bank some 500 yards over to our left . |
| 18 | The High Court in Edinburgh does not lay down sentencing guidelines , and in a case in 1987 ruled that the practice of giving a discount for a plea of guilty was objectionable , because it involved offering an accused person an inducement to plead guilty early , and disabled the judge from exercising his discretion fully and freely in any particular case . |
| 19 | It involved thrusting a lighted taper into little glass jars and applying them in great haste to Jean-Claude 's back , which would bubble up under them in balloons of skin . |
| 20 | In the early stages , however , Commodore believes that it needs to ensure a broad range of titles are available both to support the positioning of CDTV as a family leisure platform and to generate the initial installed base which will itself encourage the third party publishing on which the future of CDTV depends . |
| 21 | The first one was community and I know , erm that Catherine was n't very happy about the community side of things and I 've looked at the the pamphlet things and it needs updating a little bit so I took the fact that the Royal Quay 's were down at our doorstep and contacted Linda who was extremely helpful and she 's put together erm , a package of things along with me , I went down last week and the first week the ninth is going to be explaining to the classes what we 're going to be doing , each form teacher will be able to do that and the sixteen and the twenty third there are visits down to the Royal Quay 's Education Centre erm for which |
| 22 | It gives scope for the hobby-electronics enthusiast to try out his own ideas , and for those who do n't the design as it stands provides a useful power supply unit . |
| 23 | Marcos loyalists now poke fun at the Aquino administration 's boast that it has built a new stability , arguing it is pretty fragile if it wo n't allow a dead man home for burial . |
| 24 | It has maintained a full-time programme continuously for over forty years . |
| 25 | But if a child mutates in a big way , so that it has moved a long distance away from its parent in genetic space , what are the odds of its being better than its parent ? |
| 26 | It has employed a dual strategy to achieve these two objectives . |
| 27 | Although AMARC was formally established as recently as 1988 , it has gained a worldwide reputation for its community radio conferences , which have been taking place since 1983 . |
| 28 | How is the world going to know it has received a boundless freedom at the hands of an obscure young man lying in some back room in a provincial Russian town ? |
| 29 | While it talks about rolling back the state , it has overseen a major increase in central government and police power . |
| 30 | It has confirmed a central precept : European monetary union ( EMU ) , if it comes about , will take place at two ( or several ) speeds . " |