Example sentences of "it [verb] [noun pl] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | Instead , it encourages students to act out confrontations , such as a US Soviet conflict over oil in disputed territory , without resorting to nuclear attack . |
2 | It encourages judges to decide and act on their own views . |
3 | It encourages learners to explore and experiment with language , but at the same time provides security and support through a clearly structured syllabus . |
4 | And here , ICMS goes even further than prevention ; it encourages growers to take positive action to enhance the environment by , for example , establishing wildlife strips to harbour natural predators or creating wildlife ponds to encourage wildlife diversity . |
5 | It encourages individuals to make a personal pledge to change their lives in a way that minimises their impact on the environment — each of the eight pledges shown here will make a real difference . |
6 | It encourages pupils to approach them from angles not considered by other subjects or forms of study in the curriculum . |
7 | All is not lost for the Albion works , as it supplies axles to DAF 's Belgian factory at Westerlo , which will continue in operation . |
8 | In January 1987 , it asked suppliers to increase their productivity by 5% a year , for five years . |
9 | It asked governments to abolish nuclear bombs , and wished for the strengthening of the United Nations . |
10 | More ambitiously , it appointed envoys to present their views directly to the politicians . |
11 | It recommended steps to prevent further growth there and to encourage dispersal of both people and jobs to other parts of the Kingdom . |
12 | It recommended fellow-prisoners to occupy their time to the best advantage , such as attending a talk on ‘ The Poetry of T. S. Eliot ’ , and there was a sketch of a man studiously reading a book with this title . |
13 | It offers criteria to decide who is rightfully a member of the nation , and the duties and rights which attach to membership . |
14 | The Church of Ireland rejoined in 1860 , because it lacked funds to continue its own system . |
15 | The tops of ling heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) , produce yet another shade of yellow dye when boiled in water , and in fact that entire plant is wonderfully versatile : it was commonly used for thatching houses , and even today the few Highland thatchers that remain will swear it is the best thatch in Gaeldom ; it provided beds to sleep on , with the ‘ tops up and roots down ’ arrangement of the mattress assuring a pleasantly aromatic and sound sleep ; it was used in part of the process of tanning leather ; and the fresh , young tops of the heather were ( and at times still are ) brewed into a kind of ale . |
16 | It once owned 1,000 acres in what was then Ceylon , where it created plantations to process palm oil ( at that time the main raw material in candles ) , and it built an entire village , Bromborough Pool on Merseyside , for employees . |
17 | But the bigger point is that pursuing wrong priorities discredits greenery as a whole — just when it needs friends to defend it from hard-pressed businessmen and rabid deregulators . |
18 | The firm says it is doing work for IBM in other areas but declined to be more specific , although that suggests that IBM may have taken on board the message that it needs outsiders to run some of its key business units . |
19 | An Oslo court has decided to begin public debt negotiations for Norsk Data A/S at the request of the company 's board : Norsk Data has found it difficult to reach an out-of-court refinancing settlement with creditors that would enable it to secure funds to provide a 25% cash payout to unsecured creditors . |
20 | A rival cheetah that does n't have such big leg muscles may not run quite so fast , but it has resources to spare for making an extra lot of milk and therefore perhaps rearing another cub . |
21 | The firm has no firm plans to adopt SunSelect 's Windows-on-Unix Wabi system — although it has rights to licence — saying the technology still lacks support for MS-DOS and drivers . |
22 | It has plans to upgrade the entire service during the year . |
23 | Although it has plans to start a new record label in 1993 , its current activities include television services and amusement machines . |
24 | AT&T says it has plans to expand the service to nine European countries in 1994 and plans to invest $350m over five years to deliver the services but may spend less if it can form ventures . |
25 | Sun Microsystems Inc has denied that it has plans to develop a Sparc implementation of Microsoft Corp 's NT operating system , as reported last week in the US paper Open Systems Today : the paper quoted Sun president Scott McNealy as saying ‘ NT needs to be ported to Sparc — if they [ Microsoft ] do n't do it , they are missing the boat ’ ; despite the denials , observers hint darkly that some sort of effort involving Sparc and Microsoft is under way , and will come to the surface over the next few months . |
26 | Sun Microsystems Inc has denied that it has plans to develop a Sparc port of Microsoft Corp 's NT operating system , as reported last week in the US paper Open Systems Today . |
27 | It has instructions to help as much as possible , but the final responsibility is with the farmer . |
28 | It has sunscreens to protect you from the sun 's harmful rays , and a unique bio-collagen complex to nourish and moisturise . |
29 | The Magazine , Paris Match , says it has photographs to suggest that the publisher , Robert Maxwell , was beaten before his death . |
30 | To opt out , it wants companies to prove their need for an ‘ emergency solution ’ and negotiate with the union rather than directly with workers . |