Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] it [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE New York Times announced it is buying the Boston Globe for a record one billion dollars , making the Times the biggest newspaper company in the US north east . |
| 2 | MORE plans have been submitted for a new town centre shopping complex in Ipswich — just days after a major retailer announced it was pulling out of the town . |
| 3 | December 1991 : The Academy of Culinary Arts announced it was facing liquidation . |
| 4 | WEDNESDAY : U.S.-owned Anglo Great Lakes announced it was closing its graphite manufacturing plant at Newburn , on Tyneside , with the loss of 230 jobs . |
| 5 | But , early yesterday , the Belfast Brigade confirmed it was breaking up a move welcomed by the Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams . |
| 6 | In 1989 , industry claimed it was spending $34 billion a year to comply with pollution control legislation . |
| 7 | Ken thought it was going to a good home . |
| 8 | So right enough Richard was pleased for Richard thought it was gon na be ten pound a week |
| 9 | It was yeah , Jamie 's mummy said it was going to rain this afternoon did n't she ? |
| 10 | Reporting a loss of $12.8m late yesterday , Cap Gemini Sogeti SA said it was omitting its dividend . |
| 11 | Labour said it was stepping up the pressure for an urgent Commons statement from the Chancellor to clarify which areas of spending were ruled in or out from the Treasury review . |
| 12 | The Prison Officers Association said it was astounding that it was so easy to escape from a building which was supposed to be secure . |
| 13 | Most important is that , within hours of the election results being announced , the British Medical Association said it was looking forward to ‘ constructive talks ’ with the Health Secretary . |
| 14 | McKinsey said it was dealing directly with Information Consulting on the transaction but the latter would have to be relieved of an option owned by Saatchi before any definitive pact . |
| 15 | Meanwhile the United States said it was studying the possibility of parachuting relief supplies to civilians in Bosnia , though it emphasised that such an operation might not be successful in the rugged country . |
| 16 | The United Nations said it was planning to build on its success and was hoping to get another aid convoy through to the embattled town tomorrow . |
| 17 | Paramount said it was changing the name to reflect ‘ the growth and diversity ’ of its publishing activities beyond trade publishing . |
| 18 | Last week the Nationwide Anglia announced it was closing 170 branches with 400 job losses and warned of more estate agency closures to come . |
| 19 | Earlier this month , Habitat announced it was pulling out of the Buttermarket because of poor trading history and the secondary location of the store . |
| 20 | Last week Thomson announced it was adding an additional 80,000 discounted holidays to its Price Breakers programme . |
| 21 | Recently Berghaus on Tyneside revealed it was reducing its workforce by 60 jobs as part of a cost-cutting exercise prompted by the recession . |
| 22 | LAST WEEK 'S Parliamentary debate on the funding of science took place on the day the Science and Engineering Research Council announced it was cutting next year 's budget by £28 million . |
| 23 | The Stock Exchange confirmed it was investigating the rumours and the share price movement . |
| 24 | The company formed to explore the sunken liner said it was carrying out the search with the French Institute for the Research and Exploitation of the Sea . |
| 25 | BBA said it was making the acquisitions to strengthen its Trench operation , in Canada , the air-cored reactor business acquired with Guthrie Corporation in 1988 . |
| 26 | Sun said it was bringing action over the alleged theft to keep the playing field level , claiming Axil 's illegal head start cut potential investment in the Sparc architecture . |
| 27 | Sun said it was bringing action over the alleged theft to keep the playing field level , claiming Axil 's illegal headstart decreased potential investment in the Sparc architecture . |
| 28 | well drove out and turned , her bumper caught Mick 's wing and right up against the wheel so imagine to pull it out to drive it and the driver said oh wo n't claim on the insurance she said , erm , I 'll pay it , get three estimates and let me have them and Mick said it 's gon na be about three hundred quid , well if it had gone through the insurance he could then have put in for a hire car |
| 29 | Dun and Bradstreet said it was porting its Millenium financial and human resources package , which would be ready by year-end , and in the meantime has a gateway product allowing data access between IBM mainframes and HP systems . |
| 30 | Frequent nights on the tiles , punch-ups and eager girlfriends were clearly taking their toll on him and Manuel said it was taking Sombro longer to get over his binges when he came home . |