Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The issue of planning is complex since it involves far more than merely accepting new structures and new forms of co-operation — for in effect it involves recognising a new dimension of financial commitment at a time when money is short . |
| 2 | It involves making a small incision in the cornea and ‘ threading ’ a clear plastic ring through the deeper tissue layers . |
| 3 | It involves making a small incision in the cornea and ‘ threading ’ a clear plastic ring through the deeper tissue layers . |
| 4 | In the early stages , however , Commodore believes that it needs to ensure a broad range of titles are available both to support the positioning of CDTV as a family leisure platform and to generate the initial installed base which will itself encourage the third party publishing on which the future of CDTV depends . |
| 5 | The first one was community and I know , erm that Catherine was n't very happy about the community side of things and I 've looked at the the pamphlet things and it needs updating a little bit so I took the fact that the Royal Quay 's were down at our doorstep and contacted Linda who was extremely helpful and she 's put together erm , a package of things along with me , I went down last week and the first week the ninth is going to be explaining to the classes what we 're going to be doing , each form teacher will be able to do that and the sixteen and the twenty third there are visits down to the Royal Quay 's Education Centre erm for which |
| 6 | It gives scope for the hobby-electronics enthusiast to try out his own ideas , and for those who do n't the design as it stands provides a useful power supply unit . |
| 7 | Marcos loyalists now poke fun at the Aquino administration 's boast that it has built a new stability , arguing it is pretty fragile if it wo n't allow a dead man home for burial . |
| 8 | It has maintained a full-time programme continuously for over forty years . |
| 9 | But if a child mutates in a big way , so that it has moved a long distance away from its parent in genetic space , what are the odds of its being better than its parent ? |
| 10 | It has employed a dual strategy to achieve these two objectives . |
| 11 | Although AMARC was formally established as recently as 1988 , it has gained a worldwide reputation for its community radio conferences , which have been taking place since 1983 . |
| 12 | How is the world going to know it has received a boundless freedom at the hands of an obscure young man lying in some back room in a provincial Russian town ? |
| 13 | While it talks about rolling back the state , it has overseen a major increase in central government and police power . |
| 14 | It has confirmed a central precept : European monetary union ( EMU ) , if it comes about , will take place at two ( or several ) speeds . " |
| 15 | Schlumberger Ltd says it has formed a joint venture , Advanced Meter Reading Technologies , with Motorola Inc to develop wireless electronics technology for remote and automated reading of water , gas , heat and electricity meters : starting next second quarter , Motorola will manufacture the products , and Schlumberger will provide , market and sell the products and service them . |
| 16 | It has formed a new division , the Computers & Personal Communication Sales Division , charged with expanding the number of Sony workstation dealers , and at the same time developing products wanted by large users . |
| 17 | Turnbull admitted it has formed a large part of forwards ' practice where the pack try to shift as many as 16 others , which concentrates the mind wonderfully on body positions . |
| 18 | It is difficult to actually say that it has formed a satisfactory basis because in in effect , the amount of land that has come forward in the city has been below the the figure that was allocated in the original structure plan . |
| 19 | Does the Minister agree that the loans scheme has turned out to be an administrative nightmare and that it has caused a great deal of bureaucracy and hardship to students , especially since they have been removed from the safety net of social security ? |
| 20 | THE deregulation of television in Italy has brought viewers more sport , more often than perhaps in any other European country but it has caused a tremendous row among the broadcasters and the political power groups who back their various causes . |
| 21 | NATO says it has completed a huge reduction in its Cold War nuclear arsenal , cutting the number of weapons in Europe by 80pc . |
| 22 | Thereafter it hammers away with great effect until it has excavated a narrow tunnel as much as three feet long . |
| 23 | It has implemented a value-based pricing model so resellers can augment their base discount by making certain commitments . |
| 24 | The establishment has successfully monopolised the major positions within the state and the social institutions allied to the state , and it has exercised a pervasive influence over those outside its own ranks . |
| 25 | Seagate Technology Inc says it has reached a multi-million dollar agreement with Corning Inc which will enable it to produce a hard disk drive that is sturdier and stores more than conventional drives : it will use Corning' glass-ceramic dubbed Memcor and developed over six years of research and development ; shipments of the material , which is thinner , stronger and more rugged than traditional aluminium substrates , and enables the recording head to be placed much closer to the surface of the disk , will begin shortly and output of drives will start in the third quarter . |
| 26 | It has created a cost-conscious business culture , and rooted out many of the more outrageous make-work practices devised by trade unions in the post-war period . |
| 27 | It has created a joint venture from Wellcome 's vaccine business in Spain and Spanish manufacturer Llorente , making Llorente-Evans the leading supplier of vaccines in that country . |
| 28 | Revolutionary violence must actively assist in the formation of new relations of production , after it has created a new form of ‘ concentrated violence ’ , the state of the new class … |
| 29 | And it has created a new job , that of quality assurance manager , to ensure that standards are maintained . |
| 30 | Since then , through links with IBM , it has created a virtual monopoly over the $3 billion-plus annual market for high-end PC microprocessors with its 386 and 486 32-bit chips . |