Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It can prove that it has secured additional revenue sources , while protecting our screens from unwelcome foreign imports . |
| 2 | It has built empty factories which it lets out free of rent for up to five years . |
| 3 | The latter has become a form of economic drip-feed of dubious value to the patient , although it has maintained economic activity at a higher level than would otherwise be the case . |
| 4 | One might imagine , for instance , that it has turned equitable estates and rights into legal estates and rights . |
| 5 | It has obliged local authorities to sell off council houses and has reduced the importance given to municipal housing . |
| 6 | In that connection , it has employed independent consultants to assess the NRA 's work , but there has been no independent assessment of this scheme . |
| 7 | Knowledge of the devastating effect which even a limited nuclear attack would have on the environment and the people in it has motivated increasing numbers to campaign vociferously for nuclear disarmament , either multilateral or unilateral . |
| 8 | The practitioner utilizing this block steps up to meet the kick as it is coming in , thus meeting it before it has gained full momentum and power . |
| 9 | It has received good reviews ( not tested by Ski survey ) including a study by Liverpool Poly . |
| 10 | It also says it has received new supplies of needed parts and should meet current demand on most products during this quarter . |
| 11 | The Wall Street Journal has been going through Richardson , Texas-based Cyrix Corp 's prospectus for its proposed initial public offering ( page seven ) and finds that the company has a hitherto undisclosed dispute with Texas Instruments Inc over licensing and manufacturing issues — Cyrix says it has received limited supplies of chips from Texas , and as a result ‘ assumes it will not receive any products from Texas Instruments in the future ’ ; the dispute could give Texas , which has a licence to sell Cyrix-designed chips under its own name , the right to sell all current and some future Cyrix products through the term of the five-year agreement , making it harder for Cyrix to develop its own brand name identity ; the current manufacturing agreement with SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV would be able to meet its needs to the end of the year , after which it would need to buy its own manufacturing facility , expand its contracts with the two firms , or do a deal with another chip maker ; earlier this month , SGS-Thomson signed a new contract agreeing to supply chips to Cyrix to the end of 1994 , and gets the right to sell Cyrix-designed chips under its own name . |
| 12 | It has received international recognition and a long and impressive list of visitors — including the Prime Minister — have lauded its achievements . |
| 13 | My argument here is not on that issue , since the focus of their attention was on Parliament and parliamentary procedure and I want to introduce the other side of reform into the debate — where it has received insufficient attention . |
| 14 | It has received meticulous counsel from one of the nation 's highest courts about what it might wish to say on the subject in the future . |
| 15 | It has received formal approval from the Justice Ministry , which ruled that the Party 's programme is acceptable under the recently-approved Law on Political parties . |
| 16 | Though a statement of Catholic doctrine , it has received widespread acceptance . |
| 17 | Frank Smith 's ( 1971 ) seminal work , Understanding Reading , has been glorified and vilified perhaps more than any other book about reading , but it has spawned real excitement and self-questioning in teachers . |
| 18 | It is a simple point , but it has caused certain distress . |
| 19 | I consider this a monstrous libel and gross slur on my reputation and it has caused grave distress and embarrassment to me and is of course highly defamatory . |
| 20 | As the National Coal Board has continued to cut coal-mining employment there after the end of the strike , it has placed great emphasis upon the role of its job-creating subsidiary , NCB ( Enterprises ) in providing alternative jobs . |
| 21 | It has enabled joint training of staff to deal with the prominent client groups : gay men , drug users , and people who have contracted HIV through contaminated blood . |
| 22 | A two-control version ( the FAA type certificate still describes rudder pedals as an ‘ optional extra ’ ) it has enabled one-time helicopter pilot Dick Nesbitt-Dufort , after a car accident some years ago left him permanently on crutches , to become a well-known and successful handicap air racing competitor and enthusiastic visitor to many foreign fly-ins . |
| 23 | In the 1970 's and early ‘ 80 's the Club saw more changes than in the whole of its earlier history , so much so that in 1976 former President Tom Luker said of the course shortly before his death ( 1977 ) , ‘ It has been modified so many times it has gone full circle ’ . |
| 24 | Sparc International is policing its Sparc trademark privileges : it has sent hierarchical storage start-up Hiarc Inc a cease and desist notice to stop using the name Sparcus on the software that transparently manages Unix files . |
| 25 | This , with the already established Course I , will continue to operate until it has reached due completion for students currently in training . |
| 26 | It has reached definitive agreement to acquire the company outright , paying $17.25m for the other 89% . |
| 27 | It has reached definitive agreement to acquire the company outright , paying $17.25m for the other 89% . |
| 28 | It has reached definitive agreement to purchase Boston Five and its subsidiaries for approximately US $95 million . |
| 29 | To prove its point , it has announced new 1M- , 2M- , 4M- and 8M-bit EPROMs which are to be built using the 0.6 micron process developed in the company 's facility in Agrate , Italy , as part of the Joint European Sub-micron Silicon Initiative programme . |
| 30 | Since 1979 , it has announced special awards to senior women in the visual arts and also mid-career achievement awards for significant contributions to the Women 's Caucus for Art of to the furthering of its goals . |