Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] it [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sabre has stressed that it had no formal link with Clydesale Office Equipment , which has now closed down . |
| 2 | Greece has always stressed that it had no designs on Macedonian territory and it has succeeded in getting its neighbours to say the same . |
| 3 | Adoption should never be suggested as the next option after treatment failure , it should be stressed that it involves a different type of parenting to biological parenthood , and adoptive parents should be advised to contact an organisation such as Parent to Parent Information on Adoption or British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering ( BAAF ) for information . |
| 4 | The government initially claimed that it had no prior notice of the Commission 's intention to initiate proceedings , but it was later disclosed that this had been the subject of correspondence between the Commission and the Department of Transport . |
| 5 | The seam had been so thoroughly picked that it had a sharp edge . |
| 6 | It has been given the name " facial vision " , because blind people have reported that it feels a bit like the sense of touch , on the face . |
| 7 | Both share and asset purchases are included and it makes no difference whether the merger is agreed or hostile . |
| 8 | Bert knew that Mrs Tremayne wanted a fence repaired and it seemed an excellent opportunity to use his sudden free time by visiting Four Winds . |
| 9 | It was shimmering , incandescent , as the colours deepened and the long blue-black tail unfurled and stiffened until it gained the strength to fly . |
| 10 | It 's included because it amuses the punters . |
| 11 | It will not be easy but , even if it emerges as a successful project in the early 1990s , it will have succeeded because it suited the market , rather than because it was implemented as national policy . |
| 12 | The creature is attracted because it has the pleasure of satisfied desire , in this case its own particular form of hunger . |
| 13 | It overflows into a 3″ diameter down tube where the water is re-oxygenated as it enters the main tank . |
| 14 | Seacat Scotland 's plans were disclosed when it sent an information pack on the jobs to Barbara Fonte Garcia , of Dalbeattie , Dumfries and Galloway . |
| 15 | But the deal collapsed when it reached an advanced stage an advanced . |
| 16 | When he changed from an acoustic to an electric guitar so overloaded that it made the windows of the little studios rattle , you could still sometimes hear his feet rapping on the boards and the irregular chord sequences and the trademark himmahimmahimm drifting through the air . |
| 17 | Nothing was new in this White Paper : it was emphasized that it provided an outline of a long-term strategy rather than a programme of rapid action , so it was generally regarded as a due statement of concern and good intentions , and little more . |
| 18 | Such cases will often have been treated as acute cystitis for a day or two , and may present to the casualty department or emergency room with a bladder so swollen that it mimics a twenty week pregnancy . |
| 19 | I have found a five-acre lake which has both deep and shallow water and I have heard that it holds a good head of carp averaging 8lb to 14lb with a distinct possibility of a 20-pounder . |
| 20 | Anyone owning an ordinary black moggie , as distinct from a pedigree ‘ Black Shorthair ’ , may well have noticed that it boasts a small patch of white hairs , sometimes boldly visible and sometimes barely perceptible . |
| 21 | Years before , a wooden handrail , polished by generations of hands , had lined the high pavement , but the town council had decided that it served no useful purpose and detracted from the charm of the stone-walled cottages perched high on the bank above , and when the handrail had become shaky with age it had been dismantled , much to the annoyance of the Thrush Green residents . |
| 22 | Equally the press , almost as a whole , had decided that it liked the girl . |
| 23 | Although hurriedly completed for the presentation , it was felt that it embodies the Jaguar spirit better than any of the others . |
| 24 | It is felt that it leaves the police too great a discretion as to what type of conduct is unacceptable . |
| 25 | Though the Report could be interpreted as advocating an exchange rate union , it is now accepted that it recommends a currency union . |
| 26 | But a proper understanding of the concept of communicative competence would have revealed that it gives no endorsement for the neglect of grammar . |
| 27 | ‘ Freedom from party control , as distinct from party commitment , is now so much taken for granted that it requires no affirmation . ’ |
| 28 | Could it be said that it benefits the land ( i.e. it seeks to keep the residential character of the area ) ? |
| 29 | The party has said that it has no intentions of reducing its campaigning activities. , but will seek to improve its financial position through increases in membership fees and reductions in staff and publicity costs . |
| 30 | It is a peaceful house in a peaceful place , an air of stillness and quiet lies all around it , and everybody I have taken to see the house has said that it has a very special atmosphere . |