Example sentences of "it [verb] [vb pp] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The success of the concept of franchising is self-evident as it has grown to encompass more and more business sectors . |
| 2 | More important , it has begun to restore some of the credibility of traffic management systems eroded by the failure of the ageing CITRAC system used by police in Glasgow to control traffic on the M8 and its complex network of junctions in the city . |
| 3 | In recent years it has begun to experience high levels of adult and youth unemployment . |
| 4 | And to top it all , it has pledged to maintain high employment and an annual economic growth rate of 1.9 per cent . |
| 5 | It has sought to do this by fostering popular capitalism in the hope of reintroducing the entrepreneurial streak into the British economy and revitalising British industry , through the introduction of incentives to both management and workforce . |
| 6 | The MTFS has remained a controversial strategy throughout the 1980s as it has sought to establish simple rules for the links between monetary aggregates ( such as M3 and M0 ) , interest rates and inflation . |
| 7 | But with the glorification of competition by capitalism it has come to seem natural to think of ourselves as fundamentally egoistic . |
| 8 | This modern view has come about not as a result of any further substantial constitutional developments — perhaps strangely , or perhaps significantly , the issue has never been seriously tested — rather , it has come to enjoy widespread , although not universal acquiescence largely because Dicey ( following Stephen and an equivocating Blackstone ) posited it as a central feature of the English constitution and because it has a deceptively simple logical appeal . |
| 9 | The Russian occupation of Berlin in 1945 did not ‘ mean ’ the start of the cold war at the time , although , with hindsight , it has come to mean this . |
| 10 | I have no idea why it has come to bear that name . |
| 11 | It has legislated to change fundamental constitutional principles . |
| 12 | Harvard has a reputation as the premier medical school in North America , and the fact that it has chosen to introduce sweeping changes in its course is likely to make other schools take stock of what it is doing . |
| 13 | Vertical markets comprise professional accounting — although the small accountancy practices to which the group sells have been hard-hit by recession , it has managed to maintain stable revenues by selling upgrades of existing accountancy software ranges ; retail — while Radius started selling to this sector only about two years ago , it ‘ performed above expectations ’ , having won a new £500,000 contract from Dixons Group Plc , a £400,000 contract from Southern Electric Plc and a £25,000 contract from Ing C Olivetti SpA ; the public sector — the company has built on its traditional strength in local government to move into health and central government ; fuel distribution — another new area of activity which Bland said is ‘ growing ’ , although he could provide no figures ; and finally , the printing industry — while Radius has in the past concentrated on big customers such as Bowater and Smurfitt , it has now released a ‘ stripped-down ’ version of its management software to attract smaller users . |
| 14 | Earthscan should be congratulated for its initiative , especially as it has managed to produce readable technical material . |
| 15 | All that says is that this particular product line is not following a smooth transition from youth to middle age and then old age , but that it has managed to find some rejuvenation late in life . |
| 16 | Cable television operator Viacom International Inc , New York says it has agreed to acquire privately-held software development company Icom Simulations Inc of Chicago , which develops and publishes software for a variety of systems , including CD-ROM and cartridge-based video games ; terms were not given . |
| 17 | Lucas lost 4p to 159p in response to the announcement that it has agreed to buy Dowty Fuel Systems for £18.9m from TI Group . |
| 18 | AT&T Co reports from its base in Morristown , New Jersey that it has agreed to supply long distance carrier Teleway Japan Corp with intelligent network software and equipment , in a deal worth over $20m . |
| 19 | Education has not been immune from this process , and some would argue that it has helped to create new social divisions . |
| 20 | In addition , the corporation organized the 1984 International Garden Festival on a 125-acre reclaimed site , and it has helped to boost new enterprises through managed workshops . |
| 21 | It has never been a strong language because it has produced little or no literature , so that it has seemed to have more of folklore about it than utility . |
| 22 | But the latest results from an experiment designed to detect neutrino oscillations show that it has failed to find any such effects , as the group leader Felix Boehm announced at the Spring Meeting of the American Physical Society last week in Baltimore . |
| 23 | It has failed to establish clear-cut causal variables that differentiate offenders from non-offenders , and failed to specify effective individualised treatment programmes . |
| 24 | The responses I heard to that question were most unsatisfactory , the County Council 's response was , ah , well we 'll have to get together again with the group of authorities , now if you look back over how long it has taken to produce this particular strategy that 's exceedingly worrying , that means they 'll have to get together again , even if it takes half the time or a third of the time , they 'll have to get together again towards nineteen ninety seven ninety eight to be considering the strategy post two thousand and six . |
| 25 | The Warmfield company has claimed that all procedures for dumping — which it claims will consist mainly of meat and fish and industrial waste — are safe , although it has refused to disclose full details . |
| 26 | What sense would it have made to have some white boy impose his interpretation on my experience ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ What sense would it have made to have some white boy impose his interpretations on my experience ? ’ |
| 28 | It had planned to shed 1,200 this year , but to avoid further ‘ bit by bit ’ cutbacks the company decided to bring forward further redundancy programmes and two weeks ago , 1,400 staff left on a single day and the company will be down to 12,000 by mid-year . |
| 29 | IBM UK Ltd expects to have shed a further 2,000 jobs by July after accelerating its cost-cutting programme : it had planned to shed 1,200 this year , but to avoid further ‘ bit by bit ’ cutbacks the company decided to bring forward further redundancy programmes and two weeks ago , 1,400 staff left on a single day and the company will be down to 12,000 by mid-year . |
| 30 | Finland on May 6 announced that it had decided to purchase 64 US F/A-18 Hornet interceptor aircraft in preference to ex-Soviet , French or Swedish models to modernize its air force by the end of the century . |