Example sentences of "[vb -s] that [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However the Southampton Hospital insists that while it discourages smoking and wo n't allow it in the building , they have no ban on heart operations . |
| 2 | The regional council says that unless it gets guarantees about the money it wants to spend on a railway service now facing privatisation , it may have to switch the money to its own plans to upgrade Glasgow public transport . |
| 3 | The company says that while it expected somewhat lower revenue in the first quarter because of seasonal factors and a product transition to R4000-based systems , the revenue decline was principally down to deferrals in customer orders and licensing activity as a result of the announcement of the proposed merger deal . |
| 4 | Meanwhile Amdahl says that while it believes that there is still strong demand for its mainframes , demand is proving erratic . |
| 5 | Philips says that although it holds patents on the system , and must license any firm that wants to sell players , the company put no clause in the licence to control undercutting . |
| 6 | The Mnchener is suing Atlantic Richfield for nearly $150m , alleging that the company knew that the products the unit was developing would never be commercially viable , and according to the Wall Street Journal citing electronic mail messages , one of which says that as it appears the development ‘ is a pipe dream , let Siemens have the pipe , ’ and another that says ‘ We will attempt to finesse past Siemens the fact that we have had a great deal of trouble in successfully transitioning technology from the laboratory to the factory ’ ; Atlantic Richfield denies attempting to mislead Siemens over the unit . |
| 7 | Sue Moss , a founder director , says that when it comes to supplying staff with computers , ‘ the software writers get the gleaming new equipment , and the managers — who do n't need amazing processors — get the old stuff ’ . |
| 8 | Iceland says that when it resumes commercial whaling , as it intends to do , it will withdraw its objections to the cull grenade ban . |
| 9 | Intergraph Corp , Huntsville , Alabama warns that while it has not yet closed its books for the first quarter , preliminary estimates indicate that turnover will be lower than expected at between $280m and $285m , and that all geographic segments were below expectations for the quarter , and price reductions on older products combined with lower sales volume resulted in reduced gross margins ; the company expects a loss from operations excluding restructuring charges of $8m to $10m or $0.11 to $0.13 per share and restructuring charges and non-operating items during the quarter will increase the losses by an additional three cents a share . |
| 10 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp has had second thoughts about its planned workforce cuts and realises that as it intends to hire 10,000 new graduates over the period to 1997 , it will have to get rid of 43,000 people rather than the 33,000 it announced earlier to meet its target of 200,000 by 1997 . |
| 11 | The inspectorate states that while it sympathises with that view , the compulsory wearing of uniform has become a service-wide decision . |
| 12 | Local legend states that when it hears the church clock strike twelve it goes down to the River Avon to drink . |
| 13 | She admits that when it comes to perfecting a job out on site it 's definitely teamwork that wins the day : |
| 14 | Section 245 provides that if it appears to the directors that any annual accounts of the company or any directors ' report did not comply with the provisions of the Act they may prepare revised accounts or a revised report . |
| 15 | The DIY company argues that if it had n't opened , it would indirectly be discriminating against the mainly female staff employed on that day . |
| 16 | In the case of the simple penal code , the essential reason it is in the interest of a firm in this case to carry out the threat of punishment is that it believes that if it does not it itself will be punished . |
| 17 | The Telegraph 's management believes that when it moved to Docklands , more than two years ago , it failed to modernise fully journalistic work practices , and did not realise how new technology could be used to reduce the number of editing jobs . |
| 18 | The machine knows that if it plays B it will be vulnerable to a reply that will leave it with fewer points than the least it can get by choosing A . |
| 19 | The badly shaken Wiltern knows that if it does , however , he will lose his one chance to nail the biggest cocaine supplier in Los Angeles . |
| 20 | The ego knows that if it has to make choices in the world of actuality it can not keep its cake and eat it too ; the id does not . |