Example sentences of "it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who does it affect and how does it affect them ? |
| 2 | First , it agreed that negotiations with Henry VIII for the marriage of Mary and Edward should begin . |
| 3 | Consider the dispute over fox hunting and suppose it agreed that the pleasure of men , hounds and perhaps horses , outweigh the pain of the fox . |
| 4 | C 224 , p. 3 ) , it agreed that it was lawful to require undertakings operating fishing vessels to maintain a representation on shore in the flag state . |
| 5 | It is necessary the body should move that way whither the greater force carries it which is the consent of the majority or else it is impossible it should act or continue one body , one community which the consent of every individual that united into it agreed that it should and so everyone is bound by that consent to be concluded by the majority . |
| 6 | Sun says Addamax — a vendor to Sun — asked for a loan guarantee , and it agreed because the suit raised serious issues . |
| 7 | It agrees that companies should be publicly accountable in return for the privilege of limited liability , it says , but that accountability lies in filing the accounts , rather than their audit . |
| 8 | It agrees that compulsory treatment in the community is unacceptable , but accepts that the ‘ revolving door ’ patient who regularly defaults from treatment presents a genuine problem of management . |
| 9 | Employing one full-time and two trainee staff , it fabricates and supplies brass fittings for fireplaces and produces architectural brass fittings to order . |
| 10 | To break down such barriers , Bow Valley last year decided to re-engineer the way in which it processed and distributed information . |
| 11 | Never once have I dipped a finger into that money-bag , however fat it bulged and however heavy it weighed ; it was always brought straight home to you … every farthing that crossed my palm . ’ |
| 12 | It failed because the frequency and intensity of the odour , which constituted the nuisance , was over and above the ‘ general background of oily smells ’ , and had not unlike these general smells , continued for anything approaching 20 years . |
| 13 | Although the Schlieffen Plan , if faultlessly executed , might just have brought about the fall of France , in the event it failed because Moltke depleted , rather than strengthened , his right flank , and because , at the crucial moment , he lost his nerve . |
| 14 | It failed because it precipitated a managerial revolution in Courtaulds , which in turn led to the defeat of the bid and the rapid recovery of the company . |
| 15 | It failed because in 1219 the Bishop of Salisbury founded New Salisbury , eight miles to the north on a better site . |
| 16 | It would be extremely unattractive to any group of workers or management to enter a serious bid if they had been told by the Scottish Office that the bid was so contemptible that it would not even qualify for assistance if it failed because another bid from within the same management or work force had been judged as superior . |
| 17 | First , it failed because it did not benefit the poor as much as it did the middle classes . |
| 18 | Second , it failed because of its bureaucratic and institutional nature . |
| 19 | It failed because the French and the British were unhappy about supporting such a move and indeed the United Nations looked very likely er er to be more erm willing to condemn the United States than it was to condemn North Vietnam but the view of most countries in the world at that time was that North Viet that North and South Vietnam were part of the same country , that the Geneva accords in nineteen fifty four which called for unification should be upheld , and that the United States was interfering in , in a south east Asian country for no good reason . |
| 20 | It failed because the French and the British were unhappy about supporting such a move and indeed the United Nations looked very likely er er to be more erm willing to condemn the United States than it was to condemn North Vietnam but the view of most countries in the world at that time was that North Viet that North and South Vietnam were part of the same country , that the Geneva accords in nineteen fifty four which called for unification should be upheld , and that the United States was interfering in , in a south east Asian country for no good reason . |
| 21 | In his final years he tried to revive his career in an American television series about martial arts called The Master ( 1986 ) but it failed and another series never got beyond the pilot stage . |
| 22 | We are not sorry that it failed and that , accordingly , Chapter 9 breaks into dialogue . |
| 23 | When asked to clarify his intended future playing policy , he said : ‘ Have a look and see what the team does in Spain , see how it plays and then we 'll talk about it . ’ |
| 24 | Its part is written a perfect fifth higher than it plays and as long as its notes are on the stave it sounds well . |
| 25 | Of course , in theory , the mirror image rule makes printed forms matter since it encourages or even forces parties receiving documents to read them carefully . |
| 26 | As the Gypsey Race meanders through the estate it encourages and supports much wildlife and some quite rare birds . |
| 27 | There was no fundamental weakness in the PWR design and British safety standards would ensure that it operated as well as the best . |
| 28 | How it operated provided an intriguing study to which much detailed work was devoted . |
| 29 | It is not that racism vanishes — in fact it intensifies and violence increases , but most children start to face up to it at this point , and their ‘ inferiority ’ usually clears away . |
| 30 | When this can expand no further , it splits and is rolled off , like a nylon stocking from a leg . |