Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] [noun] in [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since founding the chain in 1988 he has expanded it to include 17 concessions in Debenhams department stores and 20 high street shops . |
| 2 | I hope that the Opposition will get their act together on the Bill and recognise that it represents enormous investment in Wales and something that will put Cardiff and Wales generally on the world map in a very big way . |
| 3 | Gradually , all was revealed that is , people , including the authorities and the KGB , realized that the Odd-Bod Greek who had spent all those years collecting the ‘ rubbish ’ that no-one needed had in fact made a collection that was now worth a great deal of money , and it reached a point when it became awkward living in Moscow with the collection . |
| 4 | Yes , but , but the national land conference approved the outline agrarian law erm and then it be it became formal policy in October so it is after , but , but it was the land conference which actually ratified it . |
| 5 | Time Warner has been looking for a high-technology partner since 1991 , when it sold smaller stakes in TWE to two Japanese firms , Toshiba and ITOCHU ( then known as C. Itoh ) . |
| 6 | It never came close to winning an election anywhere and , despite the fears of Harry Pollitt , the Communist leader , it made little impact in London dockland around Wapping . |
| 7 | It met such opposition in Jamaica that Wilberforce was persuaded to withdraw it and settle for registries by colonial legislation . |
| 8 | Though Macao 's small population made it easier for Portugal to make a grand gesture , it triggered renewed bitterness in Hong Kong . |
| 9 | Mountain View , California-based , Network Computing Devices , has set up a subsidiary in Munich to support German distributor sales : it has existing operations in England and France and a joint venture in Japan . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The firm is also doubling its floor space as of June 15 when it adds adjacent offices in Marlborough to its plot . |
| 12 | It adjoins existing parks in Alaska and Canada 's Yukon Territory , creating the world 's largest protected area that crosses national boundaries . |
| 13 | But another charity , The Knights of St Columba , has stepped in to put unsold stock to good use by sending it to help needy families in Poland . |
| 14 | It concerns this house in Cheltenham , belonging to georhge 's 74 year old mother Norah . |
| 15 | At the end of the day I do n't think it affects everyday life in Darlington . |
| 16 | It killed five people in England last year . |
| 17 | It achieved tabloid status in April 1985 , when it was on the front page of the Daily Mirror 's conservation shock issue ; and , as a symbol of wildlife under threat , it is a sure money-maker for such causes as the World Wildlife Fund . |
| 18 | In its national directory the Standing Conference on Dug Abuse ( SCDA ) it lists seven counties in Britain where the only residential rehabilitation available is a Christian centre . |
| 19 | The bluefin is heavily fished as it fetches high prices in Japan where it is sold for as much as $40 a pound . |
| 20 | And it blew massive holes in Mr Major 's argument that Maastricht means fewer powers for the European Commission — and no common foreign or defence policy . |
| 21 | It annoys old ladies in Brighton , but it is proof of their essential good sense … families are impoverished but the family system has not broken up . |
| 22 | Nor does it pose any difficulty in Poland where research is a truly multilingual affair . |
| 23 | The board considered that although the investigation ordered by the Chief Executive on 18 October 1990 is not yet complete the imposition of the restrictions referred to above is necessary in the interests of investors given the evidence before it highlighting serious deficiencies in Norwich Union 's internal systems for monitoring the performance of the Winchester Group and in particular ensuring that the Winchester Group complied with the Code of Conduct . |
| 24 | It won 11 seats in October 1974 but only 2 in 1979 and 1983 , despite fighting all Scottish seats . |
| 25 | It gives local government in Wales the money it needs to provide high quality services and to get on with the job . |
| 26 | Both small-town stations and large city stations proved amenable to this treatment , and it had some influence in Canada , but still the picturesque could not be stopped in its tracks . |
| 27 | This outlook emboldened Iran to repudiate the military provisions of the 1921 Soviet-Persian Treaty at the time it abrogated Iranian membership in CENTO . |
| 28 | It gained gradual acceptance in England , as witness certain entries in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , and had general application in the twelfth century , remaining in use until 1752 when the Historical year gained official approval . |