Example sentences of "it [verb] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It agrees that compulsory treatment in the community is unacceptable , but accepts that the ‘ revolving door ’ patient who regularly defaults from treatment presents a genuine problem of management . |
| 2 | It would be extremely unattractive to any group of workers or management to enter a serious bid if they had been told by the Scottish Office that the bid was so contemptible that it would not even qualify for assistance if it failed because another bid from within the same management or work force had been judged as superior . |
| 3 | We are not sorry that it failed and that , accordingly , Chapter 9 breaks into dialogue . |
| 4 | In his final years he tried to revive his career in an American television series about martial arts called The Master ( 1986 ) but it failed and another series never got beyond the pilot stage . |
| 5 | ‘ You may stay and catch the ferry at first light when it crosses but that is your decision . ’ |
| 6 | It irritates and painful . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , he not only refuses his tithes but seems to have a source of wealth which enables him to distribute alms , to mend the church as well as have it painted and refurbished . ’ |
| 8 | and that was it , everybody else turn round and oh , blah , blah , blah , blah and that 's how it goes and that |
| 9 | It does not stipulate that the defendant has a right to win a lawsuit whenever and just because the plaintiff does not : it insists that neither side may have a right to win . |
| 10 | It insists that all research is totally impartial to give readers objective facts about products and services . |
| 11 | Though the Bank has accepted the report 's findings , it insists that continued support for the project is justified . |
| 12 | Nevertheless it insists that legal practice as a whole can be seen as organized around important legal conventions and this claim requires showing that the behaviour of judges generally , even those who are not conventionalists , converges sufficiently to allow us to find convention in that convergence . |
| 13 | It insists that this is therefore the best guide to what they should do , that it points out the right direction for continuing and developing that practice . |
| 14 | His tax , known as a property tax , worked better because it realised that efficient assessment and collection were more important than raised levels . |
| 15 | At the level of morality , is it regarded as proper to take self-interest into account when deciding whether to offer support to a relative , or to ask for it ? |
| 16 | The US Treasury began to experience a depletion of its gold stock , so in August 1971 it announced that official convertibility of dollars into gold was temporarily suspended . |
| 17 | On Aug. 18 , however , the UK government did an about-turn when it announced that 1,800 soldiers would be placed at the disposal of the UN in order to ensure the protection of humanitarian convoys in Bosnia-Hercegovina . |
| 18 | It announced that Mexican drug enforcement agents in the USA were being ordered home immediately , and that US DEA personnel based in Mexico would have to cease their activities . |
| 19 | It decrees that intelligent life in some way selects out its own actual universe from a variety of possible alternatives . |
| 20 | If you do n't support the roof you can expect it to fall and two men were hurt . |
| 21 | It ruled that packed lunches are supplied ‘ in the course of catering ’ and are liable for the 17.5% standard rating of VAT . |
| 22 | Although it is not stated explicitly in the constitution , in 1965 the Supreme Court decided that there was a constitutional right to personal privacy , and in Roe v. Wade ( 1973 ) it ruled that this included a woman 's decision regarding abortion . |
| 23 | In cases considered since Roe , the Supreme Court has generally shown more deference to congressional restrictions than to the states ' attempts to overturn Roe , for example it ruled that public funds may not be used for abortions whether therapeutic or non-therapeutic ( Harris v. McRae 1980 ) . |
| 24 | In only one instance , the tobacco industry , has the MMC recommended companies actually be split up ; it recommended that Imperial Tobacco should sell its 42.5 per cent share in Gallaghers , but the Secretary of State did not accept this recommendation . |
| 25 | It recommended that criminal charges be brought , stating that " indiscriminate and prolonged shooting at innocent demonstrators is morally and legally indefensible and is deserving of the strongest censure " . |
| 26 | It recommended that more grammar school places be provided , and that financial provision be improved for pupils who remained at school after the minimum leaving age . |
| 27 | Also , it recommended that psychiatric emergency cover should be available every day of the week , and that a psychiatric history and examination be completed for each patient as soon as possible . |
| 28 | First , it recommended that local authorities should be made responsible for all long-term care of mentally handicapped and physically handicapped people , except for the rare few in need of permanent 24-hour medical supervision , who would remain the responsibility of the NHS . |
| 29 | Citalia prices itself on the unrivalled choice of accommodation it offers and this year the range is even further expanded with the addition of 60 new hotels . |
| 30 | To start with , though his new car was an excellent and reliable machine , it lacked that complete superiority over its competitors which would have made it — as the Lotus , say , did for Mario Andretti — a necessary world-beater . |