Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [conj] it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are then in a better position to take steps to see that it is achieved . |
| 2 | The court must draw up a timetable " with a view to disposing of the application without delay " and must give directions to ensure that it is adhered to ( s33(1) ) . |
| 3 | Controversial figures in public life , such as Winston Churchill , Richard Nixon , Indira Gandhi , Martin Luther King , T. S. Eliot and many others , will probably attract biographers for years to come because it is felt that there are still new things to be said about them , new perspectives from which their work can be seen , and new interpretations of politics or the arts in which their contributions should be judged . |
| 4 | If a school is under-performing , the commission , which will be answerable to Parliament , will have the powers to ensure that it is brought up to standard . |
| 5 | ‘ Once a theme ( e.g. conservation of soil ) is agreed upon it is up to all subject writers to ensure that it is woven into the content of materials produced ; made the subject for reading passages in language , for problems in mathematics , for field surveys in social studies and for practical demonstration in agriculture . ' |
| 6 | Alameda has worked with the navy for a long time , and 8,000 jobs would go if it closed ; Everett expects 6,000 sailors and their families to arrive when it is finished , and has built most of the infrastructure . |
| 7 | The fixing of the amounts of compensation made it very difficult for the investors to refuse and it was aimed at defending the DTI from outright criticism as well as preventing public uproar , he said . |
| 8 | Where the Ministry of Defence has occupied land for generations or even for centuries , will my hon. Friend ensure that in disposing of it the Ministry will work as closely as possible with local authorities to ensure that it is developed consistently in accordance with the wishes of local people ? |
| 9 | The Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle is funding the project ; there are no loan fees to pay but it is covering the costs of transporation and catalogue production . |
| 10 | ‘ It would be impossible to consider moving with the clause in place and there are other factors to consider if it is removed . ’ |