Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] [det] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same table also shows that the proportion of women qualifying for unemployment benefit increased over the years so that it surpassed that of men . |
| 2 | During the following days Luke 's energy for work seemed boundless , and it took all of Merrill 's concentration to keep abreast of him . |
| 3 | This is savannah ; and it covers much of Africa , India , and Australia . |
| 4 | Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland all enjoy a species of regional government but it savours more of deconcentration than of devolution . |
| 5 | An old potter regretted that machinery did not transform his trade as early as it did that of cotton . |
| 6 | Marxism grotesquely underestimated the power of nationalism , as it did that of religion . |