Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [to-vb] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cambridge-based group intends to use the cash it receives to increase group shareholder funds and reduce borrowings , which increased £600,000 to £20.8m due to exchange rate movements . |
| 2 | It needs to make access top information simple , right down to desktop level . |
| 3 | Ultimately , it wants to use ARM technology in the mobile computing arena . |
| 4 | She said : ‘ The Government says it wants to reduce tobacco consumption by 40 per cent by the year 2000 , but it has refused to ban tobacco advertising and is not making the most of its other weapon . ’ |
| 5 | She said : ‘ The Government says it wants to reduce tobacco consumption by 40 per cent by the year 2000 , but it has refused to ban tobacco advertising and is not making the most of its other weapon . ’ |
| 6 | Iwerks Entertainment Inc , a Burbank , California company that includes Sun Microsystems Inc among its backers , says it plans to open movie park entertainment centres that will combine large-screen formats , simulation and virtual reality technologies to create a futuristic cinematic city : it plans to open the first Cinetropolis in August at the Foxwoods Casino in Ledyard , Connecticut , and has also signed an agreement with the Japanese trading firm Itochu Corp to launch a network of Cinetropolises throughout the Far East and Asia ; Cinetropolis will be a virtual city of cinemas featuring five separate sites : an Iwerks Video 360 circular theatre an Iwerks 870 giant screen theatre , an Iwerks Virtual Reality simulation theatre , and a live performance theatre , all built around a street scene featuring bars , restaurants , retail stores and promotional marketing space . |
| 7 | It says it plans to start US production within two years . |
| 8 | New Haven , Connnecticut-based Southern New England Telecommunications Corp says it plans to try video-on demand services in 500 homes later this year : the phone company says that it intends to charge up to $6 per month to connect to the network , but will it during the trial . |
| 9 | It plans to provide work module material to primary schools to help teachers put the quality message across to children ; and is supporting a Scotvec approved quality module for fifth and sixth year secondary school pupils . |
| 10 | The government of the Republic of Hungary will become the first East European administration to adopt an open system strategy across the board , saying it intends to use X/Open Group Co Ltd 's XPG brand in procurement and is to join X/Open 's user council : a government action plan on information technology has been put togther with the assistance of the European Commission and individual national governments within the EEC . |
| 11 | Cleveland County Council has announced that it intends to close Church Bank on Church Lane in Elwick , near Hartlepool , for about three weeks from March 1 for work to be carried out to prevent a verge from subsiding . |
| 12 | Like ironing , it tends to have assembly line aspects , though these are not so pronounced . |
| 13 | That light travels at the speed of five times around the earth in the time it takes to say rice pudding is indeed an amazing matter . |
| 14 | Secondly , it seems to reduce glucose absorption in the small intestine ( Blackburn et al , 1984 ) . |
| 15 | It aims to improve adoption procedure and provides for more say from the child , as well as from the adults in a disputed case . |
| 16 | It aims to improve teacher effectiveness and emphasises the development of language skills and awareness through the co-operative exploration of teaching/learning problems . |
| 17 | It aims to promote community broadcasting and to press for legislation . |
| 18 | IT PAYS TO CHECK SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ANNOUNCEMENTS |
| 19 | Microsoft did n't fail to make the point that it expects to take market share away from Novell because NT includes networking while at the same time trouncing Unix . |
| 20 | It expects to get venture funding of $2m–$4m over the summer when it will start shipping . |
| 21 | It expects to get venture funding of $2m to $4m over the summer when it will start shipping . |
| 22 | In this context it seeks to inform public opinion of the importance of protecting the traditional character of the Welsh rural environment , and to persuade decision-makers at every level to have due regard for this objective in carrying out their responsibilities . |
| 23 | It proposes to use data collection software to take a periodic snapshot of a client 's system . |
| 24 | In essence it proposes to replace block grant by a new needs grant ( based on a simplified GREA ) and a standard grant ( consisting of a fixed sum per adult ) . |
| 25 | However , Excess loses the plot when it attempts to trace club culture back to its black and gay roots in half-a-dozen rhyming couplets or explain the appeal of Ibiza as club nirvana through two camp characters who , one assumes , symbolise ‘ hedonism ’ . |
| 26 | When the brain starts signalling production of stress hormones it begins to inhibit sex hormone secretions . ’ |
| 27 | When it comes to total processing power , however , the AS/400 will always be limited by the commitment to remain air- , rather than water-cooled — despite the fact that IBM 's rivals in the mainframe world seem to be able to deliver performance matching that of IBM with air-cooled machines , even if the air does have to be gale-force . |