Example sentences of "it [verb] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance it agreed to abolish the slave trade . |
| 2 | On June 2 , 1990 , the Hungarian Democratic Forum ( HDF or MDF ) held its third national congress when it agreed to expand the forum 's presidium to 19 members . |
| 3 | The purchaser will use its reasonable endeavours to obtain the release of any personal guarantees made by the Directors in respect of ABC and its subsidiary companies ' existing obligations relating to the business of ABC and subsidiaries ( which after investigating such guarantees and terms of release it agrees to obtain the release of ) and pending such release will indemnify the Directors against any claims under such guarantees . |
| 4 | It made much of ‘ flexibility ’ but in a way which implied that only certain versions of flexibility were permitted , and it failed to treat the notion of ‘ good practice ’ as the problematic issue it manifestly is . |
| 5 | was joined as second defendant , but the statement of claim disclosed no cause of action against C.T. , as it failed to plead the covenant contained in the licence of 18 February 1974 . |
| 6 | The report says the management was so weak it failed to control the savagery and racism . |
| 7 | Although arterial infusion of TDCA ( 100 µmol/l ) significantly inhibited motor activity , it failed to stimulate the release of PYY ( 67 ( 10 ) pmol/l v 93 ( 22 ) pmol/l ; p>0.05 , n=5 ) . |
| 8 | The National Assistance Act seemed to turn its back on this doctrines yet it failed to jettison the view entirely and it failed to provide financial resources sufficient to enable the Board to avoid having to distinguish between the claims made by applicants , particularly as regards their more unusual needs . |
| 9 | So it failed to turn the heating element off … and the oil was boiled up to 185 degrees centigrade … turning the liquid into explosive vapour . |
| 10 | It failed to resolve the question of foreign influence in Korea , which a decade later led to war between China and Japan . |
| 11 | Sadly , it failed to smother the flames but travelled on through the window , coming to rest on Mr Singh 's Bentley , causing an estimated £567 worth of damage . |
| 12 | Another Gothic design did win a prize , although it failed to satisfy The Saturday Review that it was a bona fide Gothic scheme . |
| 13 | Even with French designer Marc Bohan at its helm it failed to attract the patronage of the younger , trend-setting royals . |
| 14 | It failed to convince the nation that authoritarian methods were necessary to solve Britain 's economic crisis and prevent further political decline , and it was blamed for fomenting the violence and public disorder which became associated with its activities in the 1930s . |
| 15 | Unlike the Piano making concern at Woodchester near Stroud , it failed to stand the test of time . |
| 16 | His appearance , that first term , failed to impress everyone as it failed to impress the Master of his college . |
| 17 | The idea that drinking nablabs was a seriously smart thing to do ant that hordes or women would subsequently fall at one 's feet probably looked great on a storyboard but it failed to impress the punters . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Today the department of transport said only that it ontinues to support the council 's road safety measures . |
| 21 | The SDPP said that it planned to challenge the vote in the Constitutional Court , which had overturned similar legislation in March 1989 [ see pp. 36528 ; 37592-93 ] . |
| 22 | The West German government on Dec. 6 announced that it planned to reduce the size of its armed forces to 420,000 by 1995 , a reduction of 75,000 , or 15 per cent . |
| 23 | The Panama Canal Commission said in Washington yesterday that it planned to reopen the waterway for daylight transit today . |
| 24 | And power which is generated there goes to heat and light the city of Niagara , and some of it goes to cook the dinners in the city of Toronto , and some of it heats the homes in the city of Buffalo . |
| 25 | It goes to prove the point that you should always check exactly what you are buying . |
| 26 | Nor is it intended to overlook the existence in the councils of state and elsewhere of men to whom any loosening of the reins was wholly repugnant . |
| 27 | Still less is it intended to mirror the expectation of life of the deceased or his dependants . |
| 28 | Was it intended to illustrate the inferiority of the Third World illiterates who featured in his anecdote on corrupt voting practices ? |
| 29 | More typically , it sits to give the final yea or nay to policies generated within the bureaucracy and the network of cabinet committees . |
| 30 | I sent him an amendment to clause 5 of the Bill in December ; it sought to improve the Bill by taking account — the wording was carefully considered — of existing providers of quality further and adult education . |