Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's taking time to settle . |
| 2 | ‘ At least then the drummer feels he 's done something ; it 's using technology to help him , rather than making him feel he 's being replaced . ’ |
| 3 | Technically it can not , physically it can not , because we have such erm large programmes of development that you need the manpower , you need the muscle , and the majority of them have left now and that 'll be a new dilemma for Kuwait and it 's rebuilding operation to bring back people to help develop with it 's own Kuwaiti |
| 4 | It is for the national court to interpret and apply the legislation adopted for the implementation of the directive in conformity with the requirements of Community law , in so far as it is given discretion to do so under national law . ’ |
| 5 | Information technology sales doubled to £92million as a result of the CASE takeover , though it is taking time to bring profitability up to the levels elsewhere in the group . |
| 6 | Honeywell Inc says it is taking action to counter a shortfall in European markets and that they will enable the company to achieve its business goals , including making earnings of $2.40 a share in 1993 . |
| 7 | This check is carried out when the name is first submitted : to avoid later problems over names clashing , it is recommended practice to reserve module names at the software planning stage . |
| 8 | Beyond this point , it is stretching credibility to make comparisons between Banstead and Exeter . |
| 9 | This is perhaps understandable , but it is stretching credulity to expect us to bless it as the highest human freedom . |
| 10 | It 's like other day , we were talking to this bloke like , and he were on about businesses , says you ca n't underst , oh he said something about finances , how difficult it is to get finance to start a business up and er , he said , I know , he said you ca n't me , he said . |
| 11 | As a first step , it is requesting permission to publish a national magazine which would be distributed by the State . |
| 12 | US intelligence had estimated that North Korea could have nuclear weapons ready by 1993 and that it was taking action to hide the existence of components from possible international inspection . |
| 13 | The Benefits Agency had told him it was taking action to identify the loans concerned and transfer them back into the system . |
| 14 | It was getting early evening now , it was getting time to eat . |
| 15 | It provides , secondly , that long elusive missing link , decision taken on 5 Corps ' signal on 23 May reiterating that it could only carry out its orders to hand over the Cossacks if it was given authorization to use force . |
| 16 | In one concession by the government on Dec. 28 , it was given permission to publish its own newspaper , Rilindja Demokratika . |
| 17 | Recent calculations suggest that a Roman cavalry horse required a space approximately 2.74 by I.82 m ( 9 by 6 ft ) if it was to have room to lie down and rise again and if other horses could pass to its rear . |
| 18 | In the first City Challenge scheme it was promised cash to help revitalise the eastern side of the town ; now the borough council , residents and local companies have drawn up similar plans to improve central and western areas . |