Example sentences of "it [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Other measures would involve more combined heat and power ( CHP ) stations , which , instead of discharging into the atmosphere the 60–70 per cent of the primary energy input which ends up as waste heat , would use it to provide hot water and heating in homes and commercial and industrial buildings ; and , of course , a switch from coal — which produces more carbon dioxide per ton than any other fuel — to nuclear , gas , oil and ‘ renewables ’ such as windfalls and tidal barrages . |
| 32 | IDB Communications Group Inc reports that its IDB Worldcom unit , yesterday announced that it had signed a correspondent operating agreement with British Telecommunications Plc which allows it to provide international services to the UK ; IDB is in process of acquiring TRT , which took over the resale of capacity on the British Post Office 's phone network from National Networks Ltd . |
| 33 | The UN Security Council on Aug. 15 unanimously adopted Resolution 707 condemning Iraq for its failure to disclose full details of its weapons programme and ordering it to provide complete access to UN inspection teams [ see pp. 38307-08 ; 38360-61 ] , including accepting their right to conduct aerial inspections anywhere in the country . |
| 34 | Independence allows it to try new parts that others may not be able to play . |
| 35 | We 're not doing it to compensate Social Services |
| 36 | The cooperation of the Austrian government has allowed it to garner political capital to help promote Austria 's bid to join the EC . |
| 37 | Director of OEM and technology licensing for IBM 's advanced workstations and systems division , Lucian Bifano said ‘ Since the [ PowerPC ] agreement with Motorola and Apple 18 months ago , we speculated on who would be the first to market with a product ; we certainly did not expect it to come four months after our October announcement of the first silicon ’ . |
| 38 | Sources say there were only really four companies behind COSE : Unix System Laboratories Inc , Hewlett-Packard Co , IBM Corp and Sun Microsystems Inc : beyond that , says the source , Santa Cruz Operation Inc had to fight to get in and the Open Software Foundation was not a party to the negotiations ; but the real power behind the throne , although it does n't want it to appear that way , was of course Novell Inc . |
| 39 | The power behind the throne , though it does n't want it to appear that way , was Novell Inc . |
| 40 | North Korea was also believed to be constructing a nuclear reprocessing plant which would enable it to extract unused plutonium and uranium by-products from spent nuclear fuel rods . |
| 41 | The ministry source noted several possible scenarios , from the sale of individual divisions of Bull , which would enable it to eliminate unprofitable activities , to the taking on board of new investors , to the complete dismantling of the French computer maker . |
| 42 | They use it to eliminate those candidates they feel are totally unsuitable . |
| 43 | You can use it to shoot heavy balls of metal from large guns . |
| 44 | Whichever wa it does n't matter if it 's really daft if you can think of some way yourself to remember it to remember that kitten has got a K and cat has got a starts with a C. |
| 45 | However , its task is made much more difficult by the fact that derogations granted to the Welsh water authority allow it to pump raw sewage into both those rivers . |
| 46 | The 1990 election considerably strengthened the position of the NVP , allowing it to resist secessionist demands from St Maarten . |
| 47 | The longer that the muon sticks to the helium , the less time is left for it to catalyse further fusions . |
| 48 | This is a bold manifesto and the APB will expect it to receive careful criticism from all interested parties . |
| 49 | The two approaches , he claims , share the same essential insight but use it to tackle different questions . |
| 50 | Those whose attitudes are negative and who consequently will have a powerful filter , even when they understand a message in the second language , will not allow it to reach that part of the brain responsible for language acquisition . |
| 51 | By a notice of appeal dated 20 May 1992 the health authority appealed on the grounds that ( 1 ) the court had no jurisdiction to grant a mandatory injunction requiring a health authority to cause specified medical treatment to be given , alternatively , no jurisdiction to order it to cause such treatment to be given against the professional judgment of its servants or agents ; ( 2 ) the judge had erred in holding that he was not bound by the decision in In re J. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Medical Treatment ) [ 1991 ] Fam. 33 to hold that there was no such jurisdiction ; ( 3 ) there had been no material before the court to justify the judge granting a mandatory interlocutory injunction since ( a ) there was no evidence that the health authority owed J. any enforceable duty to provide the ordered treatment , or that such treatment would be in his best interests ; ( b ) there was uncontradicted evidence before the court that the treatment ordered would be painful and ineffective to give J. a prospect of long term survival and ( c ) there was no material establishing that there was a reasonable or any prospect of a final order being granted in the terms of the interlocutory order ; ( 4 ) if the court had jurisdiction to make the order the judge erred in the exercise of his discretion in that ( a ) he had failed to give sufficient weight to the uncontradicted medical evidence or to the undesirability of seeking to force a doctor to act against his professional judgment and/or requiring the employer of the doctor to do so , ( b ) he had failed to consider that the order was capable of interfering with the health authority 's duty to care for other patients , and ( c ) by its terms the order was too imprecise to enable the health authority to be able to ascertain how it should be complied with . |
| 52 | Therefore where an otherwise innocent article is concerned it can only become an offensive weapon if the accused intended to use it to cause personal injury . |
| 53 | We do n't expect it to cause any problems , and we will still be meeting him for talks some time over the next couple of days . ’ |
| 54 | Instead of brushing your hair after setting which can cause splitting , gently run your fingers through it to create tousled waves . |
| 55 | The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) announced on Feb. 3 that Libya had agreed to allow it to inspect any sites rumoured to be involved in the development of nuclear weapons . |
| 56 | The Vienna Convention defines a treaty as an agreement ‘ governed by international law ’ and does not require it to allocate legal rights and obligations . |
| 57 | The 1988 Criminal Justice Act extended it to cover all crimes where a few thousand pounds are involved . |
| 58 | In September 1715 , immediately after the death of Louis XIV , the Parlement of Paris had restored to it by the Regent , the Duc d'Orléans , the right of remonstrance which allowed it to impede royal legislation . |
| 59 | For example , desperate politicians tend to fall back on it to appease working class voters in the United States and the United Kingdom . |
| 60 | CAHAG claims it will set a precedent for other authorities , allowing it to challenge other authorities which are failing in their duty . |