Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] it [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 According to the Health and Safety Executive it costs British Industry more than £2 billion a year in absenteeism .
2 As a foundation material it has numerous advantages : it is strong , does not lose its shape and can be spun into strands sufficiently thin to allow fine weaving .
3 Texas Instruments Inc has developed a new low-cost multi-chip packaging technology it calls Multichip Module Laminate/Overlay in which the key element is Polyimide plastic .
4 Once a Bill or a proposed measure requiring parliamentary approval enters the lists and it is realised that an environmental impact assessment must be produced , and once it is decided to commission an environmental impact assessment it becomes public property .
5 For turbulence the problem manifests itself as follows : when one formulates an equation for the double correlation function it involves triple correlations , an equation for these involves fourth-order ones ; and so on .
6 On the plus side it tolerates high temperatures .
7 In these days of restrictions on capital investment it makes good sense to adapt to current and probable future needs when incurring capital expenditure .
8 A medical supplies shop in the back streets of Shanghai is not the average travellers idea of an attraction , but for the tack traveller it contains hidden treasures .
9 As well as a beautiful polished brass fire it has central heating , a shower and a flush toilet .
10 For the language teacher it provides powerful clues concerning the causes of the sensation of floundering in conversation to which we referred earlier .
11 But for the time being it gives Japanese firms a small advantage .
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