Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] [to-vb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The college 's development plan reveals that it hopes to give 700 pupils a year a taste of education in one of nine countries funds permitting . |
2 | To do that , it assesses the difference in intensity of the sound in each ear and the infinitesimal difference in time that it takes to reach one ear before the other . |
3 | Similarly , in response to the Feb. 19 announcement by the major car manufacturer Autolatina ( the holding company for Ford and Volkswagen in Brazil ) that it intended to shed 8,000 jobs , workers at two car plants in Sao Bernardo near Sao Paulo stopped production and blocked a highway , and leaders of the Sao Paulo Metal Worker 's Union stated that they would not accept the dismissals . |
4 | In a large frying or saute pan put a slab of butter ( I use a good quality butter and find that it pays to prepare 2 lb. at a time since it keeps almost indefinitely and is immeasurably superior to fresh butter for frying bread , croquettes , rissoles , fish cakes , veal escalopes , fish à la meunière and a score of other tricky cooking jobs ) . |
5 | The US says that it intends to axe one satellite . |
6 | Norway has announced that it intends to catch 382 minke whales over the next three years . |
7 | Guar gum is a complex polysaccharide which can not be digested or absorbed and it appears to have two effects . |
8 | If it costs to transport one item from i to j , how should the goods be transported in order to satisfy all requirements at minimum cost ? |
9 | At one time , the Hang Seng Index was down 116 points , but it recovered to close 98 points lower at 4,827 . |
10 | While it hopes to build 500 houses before winding up in 1999 , the corporation said yesterday that it hoped to start transferring houses to the proposed Irvine Housing Association in 1993 . |