Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] it [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a monument to extravagance of taste it has few equals in England , although it may not entirely justify the descriptions of a series of upended turnips stuck on boxes or St Paul 's pups which two irreverent contemporaries , William Cobbett and Dean Smith , bestowed on it . |
| 2 | Lois Brown was critical of the length of time it took many publishers to make deliveries . |
| 3 | Though his union did not entirely disappear in Hull it took many years to recover . |
| 4 | In addition it made some recommendations to BRAC , one of which was to encourage BRAC to make a greater effort to cooperate with the local village practitioners . |
| 5 | To those with no operational experience such as MPs , Courts of Enquiry , magistrates etc. , it can appear a sensible and foolproof system , but in practice it has many deficiencies . |
| 6 | Mill 's ‘ harm-to-others ’ principle seems simple , but in practice it has many problems . |
| 7 | In China it took many years for the railway to broach the capital . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , as it stands at present it has many deficiencies , because : |