Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , it agreed to form a club and to do so in accordance with a ‘ sub-committee ’ report on the rules governing bondholders . |
| 2 | ‘ The plaintiff admits for the purposes of this action , that on 2 March 1988 it agreed to accept a surrender of the lease from the first defendant and that by its agents G. Moore , certified bailiffs , and as advised by the third party it recorded this surrender in a memorandum of 2 March 1988 . |
| 3 | The committee reported that all teams had completed the tasks successfully and it agreed to initial a protocol of the joint inspection at the third session to be held in Beijing in November . |
| 4 | The committee was divided over whether or not to proceed with the march but it agreed to send a delegation to Derry to consult the local people ; this meeting began on the evening of Friday 4 October and went on until 1 a.m. on Saturday . |
| 5 | The Security Council vote on Croatia , a unanimous 15-0 , came after a lengthy debate in which Russia called for sanctions against the former Yugoslav republic if it failed to honour a peace agreement signed a year ago . |
| 6 | But the club was still under threat and hit a low point last year when it failed to field a team for the 1991 season . |
| 7 | It failed to find a publisher either in Macmillan or elsewhere , but Hardy was given a great deal of largely conflicting and unsettling advice at a time when he was ‘ feeling his way to a method ’ . |
| 8 | On 19 May this year Edmund Peel , Madrid , offered a major portrait of the court embroiderer Juan López de Robredo with an estimate of Pta200,000 million ( £1.11 million ; $1.93 million ) , but it failed to find a buyer . |
| 9 | Midland also admitted failing to supervise the fund managers to prevent them concentrating their stock holdings too narrowly and that it failed to maintain a register of the holders of six of the trusts or the amount of their holdings . |
| 10 | It asked the Stock Exchange to freeze dealings in its shares at 47.5p , valuing the company which is based at Romford , Essex , at £439 million , after it failed to pay a preference share dividend . |
| 11 | Receivers called in to keep the shipbuilding company afloat after it failed to win a Ministry of Defence helicopter carrier order were meeting union officials this morning . |
| 12 | For instance , there is a shared student common room , shared toilet facilities for all students ( there is one adapted toilet/bathroom ) , and equal access to facilities such as the juke box ( donated by the Students ' Union , but removed when it failed to show a profit ! ) and the vending machines . |
| 13 | all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this |
| 14 | Although Lee stated that he did not intend to stand as a candidate in the presidential elections , the new party announced that it would contest the election and that it planned to choose a candidate by the end of October . |
| 15 | It involves wearing a suit covered with velcro hooks , which then sticks fast to a velcro covered target . |
| 16 | Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) . |
| 17 | Of course , this involves a departure from the general subjective principle of criminal liability , since it involves imposing a duty on the defendant to ask about the victim 's consent before continuing with his conduct . |
| 18 | ‘ And do n't want to , ’ she said coldly , ‘ if it involves playing a bit-part in your tortured and tangled love-life . ’ |
| 19 | But this is a plot development — the plot development — and , if it involves turning a couple of Aled Jones types into Oliver Reeds , why let logic get in the way ? |
| 20 | This is typical of what it involves to speak a language fluently : you can do something consistently and in agreement with other speakers without being able to explain why . |
| 21 | It sought to create a business , perhaps a rentier , culture . |
| 22 | The third initiative was somewhat different from all the proceedings one , in that it involved joining a Community Club sponsored by the Alvey Programme . |
| 23 | It cracked to snatch a candle from between a girl 's teeth . |
| 24 | It looks as though it stopped work a decade ago . |
| 25 | This is great as far as it goes , but it needs to go a lot farther ! |
| 26 | Smith and Efford will both have to win if Labour is to secure the 326 seats it needs to form a Government with an overall majority . |
| 27 | My Lord in making my main submissions to your Lordship , erm , I submitted and this is position that there is no distinction between public and private acts , in the British Rail Board both the act and the central fund byelaw should be taken as valid in the interim if your Lordship is minded to make a reference , unless strong evidence of invalidity is , so your Lordship if you make a reference it needs to form a view as to the strength of the |
| 28 | My Lord making my main submissions to your Lordship , erm I submitted and it is position that there is no distinction between public and private acts , the thicken in the board , both the act and the central fund by the law should be taken as valid in the interim if your Lordship is minded to make a reference unless strong evidence of invalidity is produced , so your Lordship if you make a reference it needs to form a view as to the strength of the |
| 29 | ‘ Now that C4 has to look harder minute-by-minute at audience size and profile , it needs to strike a balance between more people watching without losing good market rates . ’ |
| 30 | This may seem a paradox and different from the usual pattern of learning , therefore it needs to become a habit . |