Example sentences of "it have [vb pp] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So clueless and incompetent , so capable of mismanagement that it has turned it into an art form . ’ |
| 2 | The government has bombarded savers with opportunities to buy shares — generally on the cheap — in recognisable and profitable enterprises , it has tempted them with a succession of tax breaks designed to promote share ownership , and it has presided over the most sustained equity bull market of modern times . |
| 3 | That play has as an epigraph a Christian equivalent of the escape through ‘ Shantih ’ from the cycles of creation : ‘ Hence the soul can not be possessed of the divine union , until it has divested itself of the love of created beings . ’ |
| 4 | It is corrupt ; it has betrayed the ideals you worked for , and it has robbed you of any position . ’ |
| 5 | For a long time it has been content with this unchanging splendour but more recently it has treated itself to a quartier in the most modern style , complete with a magnificent new concert hall , the Corum ( which unfortunately appears to have been built on ground that it is less than stable ) . |
| 6 | It has made him into a bitter man and I quite understand that bitterness . |
| 7 | Remember , the protectiveness of your subconscious is unlikely to allow you to go straight to a period or an event so traumatic that it has affected you for such a long time afterwards . |
| 8 | It has reinforced them by building them into practice budgets . |
| 9 | It has stood her in good stead , for she has had to deal with very serious health problems and has never allowed these to depress or hinder her . |
| 10 | Can anyone tell me where ‘ balmpot ’ did originate as it has puzzled me for some 60 years ? |
| 11 | Secondly , environmentalists are now extremely nimble at arguing the whole notion of self-interest as the strongest justification for environmental protection ; indeed it has become something of an art form to demonstrate that measures to protect the environment are essentially of value to human beings and that this is the best reason for their implementation that there could possibly be . |
| 12 | His mother , Mrs Noelyne Parry , said yesterday : ‘ The show flopped in London but it has become something of a cult in America and was a rave success on Broadway . |
| 13 | It has led him from the brooding atmosphere of his early novels to the limpid clarity of his last . |
| 14 | In the litter tray they do the same thing , but if it has been used several times without being properly cleaned out this becomes impossible and the cat will then prefer to defecate elsewhere , even if it has to go through the motions of covering its dung with imaginary earth after it has deposited it on a wooden floor or a carpet . |
| 15 | The skills needed are mostly those which our schooling found useless and it has atrophied them without irreparably damaging them . |
| 16 | No yes Mr Singe is dedicated to the fewcher of Athletes Whaddon and to proove it has prezented me with a BLANK czech for £53–24p only , which is at my dispozal for strainthning the squid . |
| 17 | It finds that it has lost itself upon |
| 18 | It has lost none of its imaginative power or ability to communicate ideas . |
| 19 | ‘ It has provided them with a stronger sense of purpose and mission , ’ he says . |
| 20 | The Synod meets at Westminster , just over the road from the Palace of Westminster , and although a relatively modern institution ( 1970 ) , it has modelled itself on its parliamentary cousins . |
| 21 | ‘ It has committed itself to this new dental hospital and we are looking to it to deliver . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 've seen him myself , or else hearing about it has put me in a special state of mind , and all the other factors have come up right , atmospheric conditions , combinations of light and dark , what you like , and made me create what I believed I was seeing . |
| 23 | Neighbour Dave Ward added : ‘ I hate the programme , even though I suppose it has put us on the map . ’ |
| 24 | It has put us in the position of villains , whereas the Secretary of State is the villain because he will not pay . |
| 25 | Helping an elderly parent through her sorrow can be a long , hard haul , but very rewarding in the end — not only in terms of her recovery , but also because , if you find yourself in the same position in later years , you will look back on this experience you shared with her and find that it has left you with a far deeper understanding of grief , and a greater confidence in the healing power of time to see you through your own period of adjustment to loss . |
| 26 | This makes sense when taken together with IBM Europe 's statement that it has excess manufacturing capacity : rather than close the plants straight away , it has thrown them to the market — they will get business from IBM but only as long as they can provide products at the going market rate . |
| 27 | These states also complained that Germany was dumping waste in other EC states because of its own inability to deal with the high targets it has set itself under its own laws . |
| 28 | YTS has been a major provider of new opportunities and through its funding mechanism , its special assessment and age exclusions , and its provision of special equipment and services , it has shown itself to be responsive to the needs of very many young people with disabilities and learning difficulties . |
| 29 | Although the Challenge is only a year old it has established itself as the biggest single charity fund raising event in the region . |
| 30 | ‘ It has devastated everyone in the organisation . |