Example sentences of "it [verb] [to-vb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sought to achieve some form of policy coordination in other , more economic sectors : transport in 1953 , civil aviation in 1954 , and agriculture in 1955 ( though the latter was essentially organised within the context of OEEC since Switzerland and Portugal , not then Council members , were also participants ) . |
| 2 | Is it designed to avoid some activity or person ? |
| 3 | ‘ It needs to acquire some teeth from somewhere , ’ he said . |
| 4 | In other words , for an action to be deviant it has to cause some form of critical reaction and disapproval from others in the particular society . |
| 5 | ‘ The National Grid does not own the land on which the pylons are to be built and it has to negotiate some form of agreement with the landowner , ’ he said . |
| 6 | No action is deviant in itself : it has to excite some reaction from others . |
| 7 | ‘ It has to end some time , Ace . |
| 8 | However , many wo n't learn just any song they happen to hear — it has to have some resemblance to the typical species song . |
| 9 | She wanted to do things for him — it seemed to give some purpose to her life to have somebody depending even a little on her . |
| 10 | There may be some who find it relaxing to make some test-tubes or cut out some filter-papers ; and apparatus to investigate previously unsuspected effects must be made from scratch , or assembled opportunistically from things designed for old purposes ; but ready availability of apparatus is an enormous bonus to the scientist , and the growth of science led to a flourishing trade . |
| 11 | It seems to need some attention . ’ |
| 12 | It seems to offer some promise of being both well-founded and contentful . |
| 13 | The European Commission has decided that the state aid offered to Digital Equipment Corp at its Scottish plant in Ayr conforms with Community rules , the Irish Department of Enterprise & Employment has had to admit : in a letter to the department , Brussels said ‘ The Commission , with regard to information provided by the UK authorities , considers the regional aid granted to the Ayr plant is in conformity with Community rules and the aid received is within the limits approved by the Commission for this region ’ ; the Irish government had asked for a review of state aid to DEC after it decided to transfer some operations from Galway to Ayr . |
| 14 | To understand the classicists it helps to have some understanding of what they were reacting against . |
| 15 | As usual , after playing through it try to develop some ideas of your own . |
| 16 | Oh I was in repudiation of my contract well I du n no what what it means to repude some things , you know I jumped to get a dictionary and found out , but I really do n't know what my contract was because I do n't think we ever had any . |
| 17 | The federal government tries to get involved , it tries to see some consistency but it ca n't actually impose that , the states still retain er the right to do things their way and they do . |
| 18 | It serves to give some meaning and shape to one 's social existence . |
| 19 | Separately , Advanced Micro Devices Inc said it expects to sell some 8m to 10m Am386 chips in 1993 , on par with the 9.5m sold last year . |
| 20 | It had to happen some time . |
| 21 | ‘ Look , it had to come some time , you know . |
| 22 | It attempts to give some meaning to notions of relative autonomy at local level and encourages the consideration of actual political processes in determining what is possible . |
| 23 | She had the feeling that it wanted to reach some sort of understanding with her , to tell her something in its rough , mute animal way . |