Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] it [vb past] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a number of cases it ousted earlier conventions , such as the indiction or year of grace ( see later ) . |
| 2 | In its first year of operation it made 25,000 cars and trucks . |
| 3 | Lois Brown was critical of the length of time it took many publishers to make deliveries . |
| 4 | Though his union did not entirely disappear in Hull it took many years to recover . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Despite its apparent relativism , in practice it defined alternative centres of cultural authority primarily in terms of their difference from the norm of English culture , not in their uniqueness and their discontinuities . |
| 7 | In January it opened 15 centres which will up-date teachers ' skills in maths , science and computer education . |
| 8 | In China it took many years for the railway to broach the capital . |
| 9 | The US State Department said on Tuesday it suspected Serbian arms destined for Somalia were on the ship which was apparently heading for Kenya . |
| 10 | ‘ I remember when we first came here on honeymoon it did wonderful things to you , Stephen . |