Example sentences of "it [verb] [conj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , it agreed that negotiations with Henry VIII for the marriage of Mary and Edward should begin . |
| 2 | It agrees that companies should be publicly accountable in return for the privilege of limited liability , it says , but that accountability lies in filing the accounts , rather than their audit . |
| 3 | ‘ And Miss Miggs would be glad for it to go because boys have been climbing over her garden wall trying to get it , ’ finished Christine . |
| 4 | And it revealed that profits jumped from just £700,000 to £3,500,000 in six months . |
| 5 | The Roslavl' Party report for 15 March hinted at the reason for this order when it revealed that peasants were of the view that the volost' authorities were imbued with self-seeking ( shkurnichestvo ) ; Soviet Russia was turning into a ‘ purely bourgeois republic ’ . |
| 6 | It 's a Walkman but it records and plays and it 's got the radio in it as well . |
| 7 | The Tour is the focus of a local fair wherever it goes and celebrations last into the night . |
| 8 | Though it does not deny that subjects do have a duty to God to obey their ruler , it insists that rulers are not absolute , and themselves have duties to their subjects . |
| 9 | It postulates that agents will have an incentive to seek out information on the underlying ‘ correct ’ model of the economy which , in combination with adaptive expectations , had accounted for the systematic errors of the past . |
| 10 | This warranty does no more ( really ) than repeat the statutory duty which a company already has to keep it books and records in good order . |
| 11 | It asked that members of the Republican Movement be permitted to take part in a civil rights march to Dungannon from Coalisland … |
| 12 | It laughs and shouts and listens to itself numbly . |
| 13 | ( Question for the reader : what difference would it make if individuals have static expectations so that ? ) |
| 14 | It recommended that trials of scheduled terrorist offences should be conducted without a jury ; that members of the armed services should be given power to arrest and to detain for up to four hours to establish identity ; that bail should not normally be granted ; that the onus of proof as to the possession of firearms and explosives should in certain circumstances be shifted to the accused ; and that the rules about the admissibility as evidence of confessions and signed statements should be relaxed . |
| 15 | It approved of ‘ progressive ’ , child-centred teaching methods , a broader curriculum and increased parental involvement ; it recommended that schools should become more involved in their communities — suggesting that there should be positive discrimination to help schools in deprived or ‘ educational priority areas ’ ( EPAs ) . |
| 16 | Thus her conclusion that ‘ Once the discretion arises it is for the court to conduct the necessary balancing exercise between what would otherwise be required by the Convention and the interests of the children ’ is wrong in law and fatal to a proper exercise of a discretion under the Convention because it predicates that matters relating to the welfare of children falling outside the ambit of the criteria laid down by the Convention itself are relevant to the exercise of the discretion . |
| 17 | I find it puzzling that books are published which describe meetings that took place several years beforehand . |
| 18 | It argued that outbreaks of fire in Underground stations were seen as inevitable by management , which monitored strictly financial matters , rather than safety . |
| 19 | Clinical research showed how far the human circulation behaved like that of other animals , and how it changed as diseases advanced . |
| 20 | However , the agreements broke down almost immediately , the Armenian side on Feb. 4 declaring them null and void and suspending its participation in further talks in protest at what it described as attempts at " forced deportation " of Armenians from villages in Azerbaijan 's Khanlar region on the pretext that their security remained under threat . |
| 21 | Erm , but in fact , she 's she 's missed the third sentence and , where she said that the rose has withstood many sicknesses and evils , erm , whereas in fact , what it says is it withstands and succours against sicknesses and evils , which is a totally different element . |
| 22 | It looks and functions like the back-up battery packs they have on those Security cameras , but there 's more to it than that . |
| 23 | It is also very popular as a speciality cheese ; in layers either with Dolcelatte or Gorgonzola , it looks and tastes delicious . |
| 24 | ‘ But thankfully it looks like things 'll be gittin' back to normal again round these parts . |
| 25 | Either way , it looks like women will be as eager as men to invest in a tux for Christmas . |
| 26 | And it ca n't by definition be about sexual liberation simply because it duplicates and exploits those same power relationships . ’ |
| 27 | No longer is it expected that technologists dictate the design of the system to the users . |
| 28 | It found that women often felt fairly unsure of their ability in DIY matters , but once they had breached the confidence barrier many regularly tackled demanding jobs and felt that their results were as good or better than those achieved by the professional . |
| 29 | It found that countries could be divided into three groups : First , those countries ( thirty-two in number ) with adult literacy rates below 40 per cent had per capita income below $300 ; second , those countries ( twenty-seven ) where literacy rates ranged from 30 per cent to 70 per cent and in which no correlation could be established between literacy and income ; third , the rich countries ( twenty-four ) with literacy rates above 70 per cent and per capita incomes of $500 . |
| 30 | However , it found that funds donated by miners in East Germany , Hungary and the Soviet Union were highly likely to have contributed to a trust held on behalf of the NUM by the Miners ' Trade Union International , a forerunner of the Paris-based International Miners ' Organization ( IMO — of which Scargill was president ) , and that the NUM had not received any benefit from this trust , although the IMO had received " substantial advantages " at the NUM 's expense . |