Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It involves wearing a suit covered with velcro hooks , which then sticks fast to a velcro covered target . |
| 2 | Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) . |
| 3 | Of course , this involves a departure from the general subjective principle of criminal liability , since it involves imposing a duty on the defendant to ask about the victim 's consent before continuing with his conduct . |
| 4 | ‘ And do n't want to , ’ she said coldly , ‘ if it involves playing a bit-part in your tortured and tangled love-life . ’ |
| 5 | But this is a plot development — the plot development — and , if it involves turning a couple of Aled Jones types into Oliver Reeds , why let logic get in the way ? |
| 6 | This is typical of what it involves to speak a language fluently : you can do something consistently and in agreement with other speakers without being able to explain why . |
| 7 | We are proposing , along with Cotte , that let evokes much more than merely the speech act of giving permission : it signifies giving an event access to existence , permitting something by not intervening to obstruct its being accomplished . |
| 8 | This is great as far as it goes , but it needs to go a lot farther ! |
| 9 | Smith and Efford will both have to win if Labour is to secure the 326 seats it needs to form a Government with an overall majority . |
| 10 | My Lord in making my main submissions to your Lordship , erm , I submitted and this is position that there is no distinction between public and private acts , in the British Rail Board both the act and the central fund byelaw should be taken as valid in the interim if your Lordship is minded to make a reference , unless strong evidence of invalidity is , so your Lordship if you make a reference it needs to form a view as to the strength of the |
| 11 | My Lord making my main submissions to your Lordship , erm I submitted and it is position that there is no distinction between public and private acts , the thicken in the board , both the act and the central fund by the law should be taken as valid in the interim if your Lordship is minded to make a reference unless strong evidence of invalidity is produced , so your Lordship if you make a reference it needs to form a view as to the strength of the |
| 12 | ‘ Now that C4 has to look harder minute-by-minute at audience size and profile , it needs to strike a balance between more people watching without losing good market rates . ’ |
| 13 | This may seem a paradox and different from the usual pattern of learning , therefore it needs to become a habit . |
| 14 | And it needs to have a path to get there and back . |
| 15 | ‘ It stands to reason a man like that would have a partner . ’ |
| 16 | It covers buying a property , arranging removals , pre-retirement savings , investments , pensions , taxation , social welfare and health . |
| 17 | It covers choosing an enterprise , identifying customers and the sort of holiday they like , finance , publicity , marketing , legal requirements and using fresh farm produce . |
| 18 | Input/output board manufacturer , Specialix Ltd , Byfleet , Surrey , says it has secured an agreement with IBM for its Transputer-based RIO multi-port I/O controller which IBM will use in the RS/6000 . |
| 19 | Although it is hampered by a lack of trained community nurses , it has undertaken a process of community diagnosis to determine local health problems and conducts numerous preventive and health education activities , including cervical cytology programmes , visits to schools , group work with mothers , and the training of health agents . |
| 20 | By its control of entry into the profession , it has maintained a shortage of doctors and so ensured high rewards for medical services . |
| 21 | Up until now it has maintained a purity of vision that sees a workstation not a terminal on every desk . |
| 22 | ‘ The phone 's been out of order all week , and the man who came to mend it has broken a lamp I was very fond of . ’ |
| 23 | It has gained a reputation for controlling pain and in China is extensively used as an alternative to anaesthesia in surgery . |
| 24 | Terms were not disclosed , although the tabloid did say that it has received a capital injection from Duna , which will be used for investment purposes . |
| 25 | Boise , Idaho-based Morris Knudsen Corp says it has received a contract from IBM Corp to assume responsibility for much of the distribution function at the distribution centre in Mechanicsburg , Pennsylvania ; IBM Mechanicsburg is the central distribution centre for all parts that IBM uses in maintenance . |
| 26 | B&C says it has received a stream of offers for Gartmore , the international group which employs about 500 people and has some £6.4billion under management , over the past two to three years . |
| 27 | BHH Group , the property company , sprang to life after announcing it has received a bid approach . |
| 28 | Zenith Electronics Corp , Glenview , Illinois reports that it has received a commitment from two major institutional lenders for a new $90m revolving credit agreement that is good until December 31 next year . |
| 29 | In the past it has expressed an interest in taking on Cypress ' SuperSparc-compatible part ( UX No 408 ) . |
| 30 | Not to say DEC is going whole hog for Microsoft , but it has cut a master license agreement to give Microsoft University courses and sell video products at its 145 training centres around the world . |