Example sentences of "it [to-vb] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interactive Network Inc , pioneering interactive television services from its Mountain View base , pulled its offering of 2.5m shares due to market conditions , and has turned to four of its shareholders , National Broadcasting Co Inc ; Gannett Co Inc ; Rainbow Programming Holdings Inc and Paul Kagan , which together provided a short-term loan to enable it to continue its current operations . |
| 2 | He grasped her chin in one hand and tilted it to meet her angry eyes . |
| 3 | This unit can become bound to others only by his own free choice , and his choice is rational only in so far as he can safely expect it to serve his own interests . |
| 4 | Section 1(7) of the Companies Securities ( Insider Dealing ) Act 1985 prohibits the directors of a company from procuring it to purchase its own shares through the market with a view to the making of a profit or the avoidance of a loss ( whether for the directors or any other person ) at a time when the directors are in possession of unpublished price-sensitive information . |
| 5 | All records were to be available to Cardiff city council to allow it to discharge its statutory responsibilities . |
| 6 | ( In contrast , the Coloured population of Cape Province regard Afrikaans as their language and have used it to express their radical sentiments . ) |
| 7 | He hauled a pillow out from under the bedspread and arranged it to ease his throbbing temples . |
| 8 | The way it is at present , we can not , we can not get more loot to put into the new project but the bank manager , i.e. the Chancellor of the Exchequer , reminded us a few months ago that the other way of funding our projects he encouraged us to look at our current assets and if possible liquidate some of that asset and fund it , or or use it to fund our new schemes and this Mr Mayor is what we should be doing . |
| 9 | It is unlikely that corporate management has the information available to it to determine what social goals are supported by a broad consensus or what their order of priority might be . |
| 10 | I 'd say you 'd be hard put to it to pay your expensive dues on that flat you live in . ’ |
| 11 | Parties to CITES must give the secretariat the finances with which to do its job and not oblige it to raise its own funds in ways which lead to question and criticism . ’ |
| 12 | Select the one that suits your fitness level , and , if necessary , modify it to suit your individual needs . |
| 13 | Caroline felt a stir of anger deep within her breast , not at this artless , naïve girl but at Nicolo , Nicolo with his phony morality , his counterfeit Old World manners — his way of finding a woman 's heart and using it to suit his own needs , whether she was eighteen or twenty-four or seventy … |
| 14 | Even Canada , a leader in environmental matters , must have interest in a situation which could extend its growing season and allow it to push its arable lands further north . |
| 15 | The exercise of skills in the workforce as a mature returner has been a rewarding experience in so many ways but I never expected it to test my personal standards or challenge my courage to stand up against what I believe is wrong . |