Example sentences of "of [noun] it [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a number of cases it ousted earlier conventions , such as the indiction or year of grace ( see later ) . |
| 2 | In its first year of operation it made 25,000 cars and trucks . |
| 3 | As a monument to extravagance of taste it has few equals in England , although it may not entirely justify the descriptions of a series of upended turnips stuck on boxes or St Paul 's pups which two irreverent contemporaries , William Cobbett and Dean Smith , bestowed on it . |
| 4 | This Act is very important in the commercial world ; in addition to being a very comprehensive regulator of contracts of sale it implies important terms into contracts such as requirements that the goods must match their description , be of merchantable quality , be fit for their purpose and that the seller has the right to sell the goods . |
| 5 | However , as a matter of principle it annoys Hon. Members to think that Welsh Members should adopt such an attitude , because millions of pounds of English taxpayers ' money are directed towards Wales . |
| 6 | Lois Brown was critical of the length of time it took many publishers to make deliveries . |