Example sentences of "[noun] it [verb] [adj] [noun pl] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 On the revenue side it meant such devices as changing the weighting of the staff mix so that a greater proportion of unqualified staff were employed than might ideally have been desired .
2 THE GOVERNMENT has sold land at 500 times the price it paid angry farmers when vesting for Ulster 's new city .
3 Chased by police vehicles and a helicopter it rammed three cars as it careered down the wrong side of city centre roads .
4 That was bad enough , but when he told my daughter it started three weeks after they married and lasted until three months ago , she threw him out and she 's changed the locks of the house and says she will divorce him .
5 In the course of its report it made several suggestions as to reform of the law to increase the availability of credit by removing what were perceived to be legal handicaps : Specifically , the Banking Commission recommended changes in the law of security .
6 For women it has serious consequences because childcare costs are not taken into account .
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