Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] [verb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Irvine , California-based AST Research Inc warns that it expects third quarter after-tax margins to be in the range of 3% to 4% as it follows pricing strategies intended to lead to increased unit sales while it reduces operating expenses as a percentage of sales — its strategy for pricing and market share expansion is expected to hurt its near-term earnings it said , noting that the new Premmia line , launched in the UK yesterday , is priced 10% to 20% below rival models ; it also said it was evaluating its pricing , especially in Europe . |
| 2 | The judge , asked to decide as a preliminary point when the cause of action accrued for the purposes of section 9(1) of the Limitation Act 1980 held that it arose on completion of the works required by the notices . |
| 3 | On El Salvador and Guatemala , Amnesty International said that it had " overwhelming evidence " that the Army and police were responsible for most of the kidnappings and political murders attributed to death squads . |
| 4 | In a press release issued on Feb. 21 the human rights organization Amnesty International said that it had continued to receive reports of the use of torture and of the death penalty in Saudi Arabia since the start of the Gulf war . |
| 5 | ( In fact it is Grade II starred because it has been inhabited for more than 1,000 years . ) |
| 6 | Newspapers and television implore us to slit all the candy open to ensure that it contains no foreign body . |
| 7 | ‘ I found the wide head difficult to use as it did n't fit the contours of my skin . |
| 8 | Santa Monica , California-based Retix Inc warns that it expects net profit and turnover to be below analysts ' estimates for its first quarter ending April 3 : it expects operating results to be hurt by delays in releasing product enhancements for its RouterXchange 7000 series of routers to volume production , including support for IBM 's Token Ring network environment ; sales may be down up to 15% , and it may only break even or even worse . |
| 9 | Doddie Weir still has a lot to learn about No 8 play when it comes to back-row moves , witness the occasion against England when he picked up against the wheel and still tried to complete the move . |
| 10 | Radius Inc warns that it expects to report a second quarter operating loss larger than its first quarter operating loss , and that second quarter revenues to March 31 will be below the $36.9m reported for the first quarter , when it lost $0.05 per share or $713,000 ; it has seen slowing demand for its Macintosh enhancement products in Europe and to a lesser extent in the US . |
| 11 | I found the metal of the cutter easy to work as it seems quite soft in comparison to the tool steel of my gouges . |
| 12 | McCaw Cellular Communication Inc reported that it sold about 14.5m newly issued shares of Class A common stock to AT&T Co for $400m as part of AT&T 's negotiated attempt to win a 33% stake for $3,730m and acquire an option for voting control of wireless phone company . |
| 13 | £350 million needs to be spent by the Council by the year 2000 to ensure that it meets its statutory responsibilities — this is £165 million , or 90% more than the level of investment allocation likely to be approved by the Scottish Office in this period . |
| 14 | Richardson , Texas-based Micrografx Inc warns that it has uncovered corporate funds mismanagement in its Japanese subsidiary Micrografx , KK which may result in a loss of $500,000 , and it will likely take a provision for the non-recurring loss in the fourth quarter ; the company further realigned its worldwide operations to respond to changes in software purchasing trends and the costs of marketing products and services and expects to report a loss for the fiscal . |
| 15 | Perusal of Fig. 6.5 indicates that it does appear to work , and that it offers a pragmatic solution that could probably be developed further into a general-purpose GIS ‘ error button ’ . |
| 16 | Enfield , Middlesex-based Data Connection Ltd announces that it has independently developed an implementation of IBM 's APPN network node software , thus becoming an alternate source for the software . |