Example sentences of "[det] [noun] it [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , like any moulded surface of this type it has fat needles , rather than the brush-type filaments of a normal plastic slope . |
| 2 | So many cities enrolled him as a freeman , usually by giving him a scroll of membership in a gold box , that Horace Walpole summed up his popularity in the phrase ‘ For some weeks it rained gold boxes ’ , and the more prosaic Duke of Newcastle recognized that no government could survive if Pitt opposed it . |
| 3 | But some people it took three weeks to do I do n't know how the hell it did that , and I did n't even know |
| 4 | Its aim is to bring the machine to the market by late 1993 , and in order to achieve this goal it needs additional engineers . |
| 5 | In 792 the Saxons revolted yet again ; this time it took two years of campaigning to suppress the Eastphalians and Nordalbingians involved . |
| 6 | But this time it took fewer repeats before the horse calmed and stopped . |
| 7 | To help it in these roles it has two seats on Council which is the top executive body of the University . |
| 8 | From these figures it monitored key ratios which indicated the capital adequacy , liquidity and degree of risk for each firm . |
| 9 | In many ways it has considerable weaknesses . |
| 10 | At the same time it recommended enhanced powers for chief executives to arbitrate in sensitive political matters : for example , applying the rules for party balance on committees , determining whether an individual council has a need to inspect a document or attend a meeting , and deciding which chief officers should attend party group meetings . |
| 11 | In fact , on any view it started many years before that , though in a haphazard manner . |
| 12 | Therefore , each time it receives new deposits and operational balances , the additional balances serve only to replace the balances used to increase its own advances . |
| 13 | At that time it had two units located in Wilmslow and Knutsford . |
| 14 | Unlike most dinosaurs it had sharp teeth with which it ate smaller creatures . |
| 15 | Although symptoms can be controlled in most patients it takes several weeks for maximal effect and prolonged relief requires higher radiation dose regimes . |