Example sentences of "it [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , however , in May 1988 it signed a new agreement with the IMF , under which , in return for a supply of new foreign loans , it agreed to relax foreign exchange controls and open an effective foreign exchange market . |
| 2 | THE Scottish Office was accused of ‘ landlordism of the sea ’ yesterday when it agreed to end common fishing rights in part of Loch Crinan . |
| 3 | In 1972 it failed to reach reserve price when it came under the hammer at auction . |
| 4 | In every respect Britain 's foreign policy was a failure : it failed to do anything which would strengthen the declining influence of the League of Nations ; it failed to prevent the alliance of Italy and Germany : it failed to stop German expansion , and in the last resort , it failed to prevent the agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union which neutralized the Eastern Front for nearly two years . |
| 5 | Considering that NFS version 3 , which was a major re-do , is sitting on a shelf somewhere collecting dust because it failed to garner popular support , there will probably be some reluctance to call this puppy by the same name . |
| 6 | In a statement issued after the meeting the resolution was described as " totally unacceptable " on the grounds that it failed to condemn Palestinian violence and questioned Israel 's sovereignty over Jerusalem . |
| 7 | One of the key main objections to the Accord was that it failed to offer sufficient protection to Quebec 's English-speaking minority . |
| 8 | Known as the Crossman scheme , it failed to gain parliamentary approval before the 1970 election . |
| 9 | Last August , it said it planned to incorporate scalable font technology from Adobe Systems Inc and support for shared MS-DOS extenders through an agreement with Rational Systems Inc . |
| 10 | It planned to reduce foreign aid by Can . |
| 11 | It gives local government in Wales the money it needs to provide high quality services and to get on with the job . |
| 12 | The river needs to be deep enough for the otters to swim and catch fish , the dog otter eating two or three pounds of fish every day , it needs to have thick covering of vegetation along the banks and above all , the water must be clean , fresh and not polluted in any way . |
| 13 | To cater for demand at peak times it has to build extra power stations , which are then idle during times of day when demand is lower . |
| 14 | It has to contain organic matter , which is at once the moisture-retentive component and the source of plant nutrient as it decomposes to its simple chemical components . |
| 15 | Building reusable code can take more time initially , so it has to make good business sense to invest the extra time on a particular object . |
| 16 | In short , revisionist economic historians have played down the significance of the reforms introduced after 1905 , and controverted the liberal belief that it promised to bring social stability to the countryside . |
| 17 | This was welcomed by American businessmen , although it helped to disrupt international trade as other countries retaliated by raising their duties . |
| 18 | But if nothing else , the McKenna decider served one purpose — it helped to put additional fire in Derry 's bellies . |
| 19 | Encouraged by the long minority of the new Stadtholder it helped to influence Dutch policy in a pro-French and anti-British direction during the Seven Years War ( the Orange family , now closely associated by marriage with that of Hanover , was generally pro-British in outlook ) . |
| 20 | Should the British Gas Corporation be attempting to boost its share of the UK energy market when it plans to import high cost foreign gas in order to achieve it ? |
| 21 | Lincoln , Nebraska-based Lincoln Telecommunications Co said network improvement investments in 1993 will increase to $32m from $27m last year : it plans to upgrade switching equipment in Lincoln and surrounding areas , install 129 additional miles of fibre optic cable and add 13 cellular telephone sites to the Lincoln and Omaha areas . |
| 22 | Software Developer 's Co Inc , Hingham , Massachusetts is cutting its workforce a swingeing 20% or 71 employees and will take a one-time charge of about $450,000 : as part of the reorganisation , the company accepted the resignation of Peter Brumme , executive vice-president and chief operating officer and Robert Brennan , vice-president of worldwide sales , and neither will immediately be replaced ; it says it plans to enter technically-oriented software markets for engineers , scientists and mathematicians . |
| 23 | NCR Corp says it plans to establish retail computer service centres in more than 50 US metropolitan areas as an alternative to on-site maintenance : the service centres will offer carry-in and mail-in hardware maintenance on a wide variety of desktop personal computers and peripherals , from NCR and third parties ; the centres will also market products including power line conditioners , upgrades and consumables , and NCR personal computers . |
| 24 | It plans to boost public investment again , but this is unlikely to make much difference : public investment accounts for only 7% of GNP . |
| 25 | In addition secondary-aged pupils find it relaxing to use enlarged print for leisure-time reading at home . |
| 26 | However , it intends to continue general funding for its seven in the short term only . |
| 27 | It claimed to have wide support from parents for its provisions concerning homosexuality , the coverage of political issues in the classroom , and the ‘ moral ’ dimension to sex education . |
| 28 | The pluralist perspective makes no attempt to criticise British politics , and it chooses to bend democratic theory in a conservative direction so that it justifies and defends the established order . |
| 29 | Either it must achieve the reductions it agreed to by using technological means to remove the sulphur from domestic coal , or , if it chooses to see low-sulphur coal being imported , or gas burned in power stations , it must endure reductions in emissions closer to those agreed by West Germany , the Netherlands , France , Belgium and Denmark . ’ |
| 30 | To some types of mind work at the Chancery Bar appears dull and repellent , because it tends to lack human interest . |