Example sentences of "it [verb] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It encourages pupils to approach them from angles not considered by other subjects or forms of study in the curriculum . |
| 2 | In January 1987 , it asked suppliers to increase their productivity by 5% a year , for five years . |
| 3 | More ambitiously , it appointed envoys to present their views directly to the politicians . |
| 4 | The plaintiff , acting under section 222 of the Local Government Act 1972 ‘ to promote or protect the interests of the inhabitants in its area , ’ brought an action for declarations that the dock company and its sublessees operating in the port had created a public nuisance and it sought injunctions restraining them from permitting heavy goods vehicles coming to and from the port between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m . |
| 5 | It recommended fellow-prisoners to occupy their time to the best advantage , such as attending a talk on ‘ The Poetry of T. S. Eliot ’ , and there was a sketch of a man studiously reading a book with this title . |
| 6 | It offers criteria to decide who is rightfully a member of the nation , and the duties and rights which attach to membership . |
| 7 | The Church of Ireland rejoined in 1860 , because it lacked funds to continue its own system . |
| 8 | A document will be ‘ contractual ’ if a reasonable person in the position of the prospective buyer would expect it to contain terms affecting his rights and liabilities . |
| 9 | But the bigger point is that pursuing wrong priorities discredits greenery as a whole — just when it needs friends to defend it from hard-pressed businessmen and rabid deregulators . |
| 10 | It has sunscreens to protect you from the sun 's harmful rays , and a unique bio-collagen complex to nourish and moisturise . |
| 11 | To opt out , it wants companies to prove their need for an ‘ emergency solution ’ and negotiate with the union rather than directly with workers . |
| 12 | It wants volunteers to test its extra-large new beds and will reward than with a free stay . |
| 13 | It uses experiments to measure its subjects ' behavioural components , and sets up psychologists as the neutral agents of these experiments . |
| 14 | In particular , it allows animals to continue their activities whatever the weather . |
| 15 | However , far from discrediting such polls , it encouraged efforts to make them more effective predictors of outcomes and preferences . |
| 16 | ‘ It encouraged drivers to limit their drinking because there might have been the conception that you could n't tell people not to drink at all , ’ says the DoT spokesman . |
| 17 | How could it enable pupils to contest their lives ? |
| 18 | If you write a spreadsheet for somebody else , you might be using a sixty six megahertz four eight six duel processor erm , spaceship , and , somebody is using a steam driven I B M A T or something , and it runs quite acceptably on your machine , a reasonable speed , and you give it to somebody else on that steam driven thing , and it takes ages to do anything , and er , you press a button and they wait half an hour sort of thing . |
| 19 | But it 's given you a spreadsheet it takes ages to load it |
| 20 | Unless you are insane , it takes guts to sacrifice your whole family and die with them . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll put in a request for them to check out Albany ’ George grumbled , ‘ but it takes months to get them to do your office never mind your home . |
| 22 | Other examples of rules which may not be congruent with the requirements of fiduciary law are SIB Core Rule 2 , which states that where a firm has a material interest it must not knowingly act for the customer unless it takes steps to ensure his " fair treatment " ( this may not be sufficient under fiduciary law ) , and SIB Core Rule 25 which in conjunction with SFA Conduct of Business Rule 5 — 36(2) permits " front running " . |
| 23 | If it curbs strikes , fight it and if it creates jobs spurn it . |
| 24 | The criminal law sees only some types of property deprivation as robbery or theft ; it excludes , for example , the separation of consumers and part of their money that follows manufacturers ' malpractices or advertisers ' misrepresentations ; it excludes shareholders losing their money because managers behaved in ways which they thought would be to the advantage of shareholders even though the only tangible benefits accrued to the managers ( Hopkins 1980b ) ; it excludes the extra tax citizens , in this or other countries , have to pay because : ( i ) corporations and the very wealthy are able to employ financial experts at discovering legal loopholes through which money can be safely transported to tax havens ; ( ii ) Defence Department officials have been bribed to order more expensive weaponry systems or missiles in ‘ excess ’ of those ‘ needed ’ ; ( iii ) multinational drug companies charge our National Health Services prices which are estimated to be at least , £50 millions in excess of alternative supplies . |
| 25 | But there are fears that any hiccup in Christmas trading could lead to it having problems maintaining its banking covenants in the new year . |
| 26 | A partnership between Save The Children , social and youth services it helps youngsters help themselves by turning moans into action . |
| 27 | It helps children to explore their gradually expanding world through topics that are relevant and interesting . |
| 28 | ‘ It took years to get it roadworthy . |
| 29 | Not only is it ‘ the first publication geared towards the unique needs and interests of prisoners , ’ it tempts convicts to spend their cash on the mail order goods on its advertisement pages . |
| 30 | It freed scholars to pursue their researches without having to look over their shoulders at the Holy Office . |