Example sentences of "it [vb -s] several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debate over the salmon is likely to prove an even bigger political issue than that of the future of the northern spotted owl ( see ED No. 40 ) because it involves several industries , whereas the owl involved only logging . |
| 2 | It has several forms — of which ‘ Geranium ’ is perhaps the best known — that are of smaller stature and more amenable to the average garden ( see pages 138 and 142 ) . |
| 3 | It has several pairs of jointed legs with pincers on the end and behind these , plate-like gills , large and flat like the leaves of a book . |
| 4 | It has several benefits , such as being able to slot a ready-growing plant into a gap to replace a loss or , on a bigger scale , plant up an entire bed , in bloom , overnight ! |
| 5 | Airconditioned throughout , it has several lounges , TV and piano bar . |
| 6 | It has several surprises . |
| 7 | It has several guises . |
| 8 | It has several features which make it a useful starting point for a tour across north Switzerland , a kind of advance taster of the delights to come . |
| 9 | It has several aspects , including : ( a ) the range of options offered to the teacher is crucial in fitting the program to his style and enabling him to contribute effectively , but too many will be confusing ( b ) the designer may see a whole range of possible extensions to the teaching possibilities of the program : the lengthy development process of all good teaching units makes such extensions attractive but trying to include them in one program will tend to make it difficult to ‘ see through ’ and to use ( c ) the desire for compatibility with different hardware configurations often inspires programming constraints that can be severe ; conversely , programs that fully exploit the facilities of a particular microcomputer are likely to be difficult to transfer . |
| 10 | It contains several clusters within binocular range ; NGC 6397 , 6362 and 6352 are globular , while NGC 6167 and 6193 are loose . |
| 11 | Similarly , it takes several hours before ozone is formed from photochemical actions involving oxides of nitrogen and volatile organic compounds ( hydrocarbons ) . |
| 12 | As it takes several years for the effects of changing the number of trainees to become obvious the failure to implement Achieving a Balance is only now becoming evident . |
| 13 | Also , a Third World country which depends on an export crop for foreign exchange simply can not change crops in times of recession — it takes several years and many dollars to restructure an industry and to plant new crops . |
| 14 | Although symptoms can be controlled in most patients it takes several weeks for maximal effect and prolonged relief requires higher radiation dose regimes . |
| 15 | It takes several months for the dust veil to spread in this way , and then perhaps a year or two for the material to fall out of the stratosphere and for normal warming of the Earth 's surface by the Sun to be restored . |
| 16 | And because it takes several months , and often a year or more , before a lender seeks to repossess , the 1991 repossession figures reflect the interest rates charged in 1990 . |
| 17 | If left for more than about 20 minutes after a run , it takes several turns of the starter before it fires . |
| 18 | Although it 's several hours before the devil worshippers are expected , they must be in position before nightfall . |
| 19 | With these five factors examined and the results of preliminary thinking kept in mind , the teacher or the planning team will be able to settle down to detailed planning of the specific learning sequence in question , whether it is a short piece of structured work with a work-sheet , tape-slide sequence or programmed unit , or whether it occupies several weeks of varied work . |
| 20 | It makes several journeys through Spain : for example , there 's a four-day break , available May to October , taking a new high-speed train from Madrid to Seville , visiting Expo 92 , before making tracks on the Al Andalus through the Andalusian hills ( above ) for Cordoba and Granada . |
| 21 | It makes several recommendations about how to improve labelling . |
| 22 | Wherever we have any hard information , it suggests several forces might have been at work , not least the school . |