Example sentences of "[conj] it have [vb pp] some [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Army losses were given officially as 178 dead ; the LTTE acknowledged that it had lost some 500 fighters , whereas the government claimed over 2,000 Tigers killed in the battle to Aug. 3 , and a further 500 in " mopping-up operations " in the succeeding days . |
2 | The fact that PRCS has such a large client base might suggest that it has discovered some magic formula , but Murphy insists the principles of good PR are quite simple . |
3 | Determined not to undermine his DEC marketing team 's present offerings , Goodnight makes big beef about the fact that it has sold some 3,500 versions of SAS in the last three months . |
4 | Sissinghurst is a nice garden and it 's got some lovely plants in it , but it would n't be for me , I 'd find it too claustrophobic . |
5 | While it had received some decent Mk 2 air-conditioned stock , the maximum speed of its fleet of diesel locomotives was 90/95mph ; average city-to-city speeds compared unfavourably with other parts of the InterCity network , and initially BR replied to local pleas that HSTs could not provide the answer , implying stagnation until perhaps the route was electrified and received APTs that could take the curvatures in their stride . |
6 | For a moment it seemed as though it had tapped some hidden reserve of strength and would ease itself up on to the opposite bank , and escape into the forest . |