Example sentences of "it have [verb] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the creation of the Parisian chef ( his name is said to have been Philippe , owner of a restaurant in the rue Montorgueil ) has lost in splendour it has gained in ancient antecedents and a background which will make a godsend for publicity men , compilers of travel literature , and the experts in picturesque magazine cookery . |
| 2 | Despite its importance and grade II* listing , the treatment it has received in recent years has been disgraceful , and it is to be hoped a great many lessons will have been learnt about how to deal with irresponsible owners of such important listed buildings . |
| 3 | It would seem that the restoration profession has not been able to keep its nerve in the face of the rapidly growing attention it has received in recent years , and is reacting in an undisciplined way . |
| 4 | Each authority will be responding to its local conditions , the numbers of SSD homes it has kept in reserve to manage the market , the extent to which it has created quasi-independent trusts , and the number of private beds in its locality . |
| 5 | These substantial resources will enable the executive to continue the progress that it has made in recent years in improving housing conditions in Northern Ireland . |
| 6 | Defending the report , Japan 's Minister of International Trade and Industry , Kozo Watanabe , stated that his department had done no more than publish the " bare facts " , and that henceforth Japan would " say what it has to say and do what it has to do in international affairs " . |
| 7 | The Department of Theology and Religious Studies offers two aspects of theology : doctrine as it has emerged in Christian tradition , and the relation of theology to influences from philosophy , other contemporary studies , and atheistic alternatives . |
| 8 | It has participated in American Petroleum Institute [ API ] committees and task groups , in order to develop specifications currently in use today . |
| 9 | At the same time , the concept of the unitary individual subject , on which he relies , should come under fire — as it has done in recent years , under the influence of post-structuralist thought . |
| 10 | ‘ Unless there is a change of heart and a positive determination to rid ourselves completely of this terrorism , then it is bound to happen in places such as Castlerock , as it has done in other areas . ’ |
| 11 | It has suffered in recent years from heavy traffic which the new by — pass will alleviate , but the old market town which I remember from forty-odd years ago is fast becoming yet a multiple retailers ' outlet . |
| 12 | Labour is certain to retain its commitment to spend more on the health service with a promise to restore the resources to the hospital sector it has lost in real terms since being in office . |
| 13 | Arrested larvae accumulate during the spring and where Type II disease has been reported it has occurred in late summer or early autumn . |
| 14 | As was said by Staughton LJ in United Bank of Kuwait Ltd v Hammond [ 1988 ] 1 WLR 1051 , advising that older judicial authorities should be treated with a degree of caution : the work that solicitors do can be expected to have changed since 1888 ; it has changed in recent times and is changing now . |
| 15 | Concepts of honour and shame associated with manliness can be found in many of the cultures of southern Europe but , while this behaviour pattern seems to have declined in Spain , it has flourished in Latin America . |
| 16 | In winter too , that elegant bird , the avocet , is to be found on the mud flats of the Exe ; each year since 1947 it has returned in increasing numbers . |
| 17 | It has resulted in Christian mission being caricatured as denominational aggrandisement , or a plan for survival for western-based churches and their related mission agencies . |
| 18 | When the C S Es/O Levels arrive at the beginning of the fourth year most schools decide to separate out their pupils into different groups , although in the school I was studying in and in one or two other schools , it 's possible to parallel C S E examinations with the existing O Level examinations and therefore to continue to teach the pupils in mixed ability groups , and that happened in English in the school I was studying , and in other schools it has happened in other subjects . |
| 19 | In other schools it has happened in other subjects . |
| 20 | An English radical commented in 1887 that ‘ the present position of the European world is one in which sheer force holds a larger place than it has held in modern times since the fall of Napoleon ’ . |
| 21 | The twin caricatures of the King hoarding the nation 's wealth and the Prince dissipating it had appeared in other Gillray etchings , but nowhere with greater effect than in these two productions of July 1792 . |
| 22 | The moon squatted above the mountains hugely , as if it had descended in majestic importance to pay a visit to this district , these mountains , this town only . |
| 23 | After the judgment , Price Waterhouse issued a statement saying that it had acted in good faith according to its understanding of the conflict of interest rules at the time . |
| 24 | The process of individual care planning not only promoted contact with families but also with the wider social support network , including the community at large and the facilities which it had to offer in non-stigmatized settings . |
| 25 | The platform adopted by the convention on July 13 was very much in Clinton 's moderate image , and was devoid of many of the minority-related positions which it had included in recent years . |
| 26 | How it 's done in practical terms is this each Harlow ward returns three councillors yeah ? |
| 27 | They 're hung , they 're hung up on polished hangers usually , I mean it 's packed in acid-free tissue paper , and I wear gloves when I , I mean , you know , handle |
| 28 | Alright , now the first part of this chapter spells out erm , er , developments in agricultural trade , why it 's , why it 's fallen in relative terms right . |
| 29 | because it 's covered in blue-tack |
| 30 | It 's covered in disgusting bits ! |