Example sentences of "it [verb] [be] [verb] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The convention which it produced was signed by 119 delegations but the problems which caused the conference to drag on for so long are anything but solved . |
| 2 | If he can prove that it has been exercised for 20 years before the date of an action , it will be presumed that it has existed from ’ time immemorial ’ . |
| 3 | Originally presented in terms of partial equilibrium analysis , it has been extended in two principal directions . |
| 4 | And it has been followed by two other families with the synchronous/asynchronous Mach three and four families . |
| 5 | It has been dated between 1280 and the final decade of the thirteenth century . |
| 6 | It has been raining for three days — Oh ! how lovely the caravans were those evenings in Touggourt , when the sun was sinking into the salt . |
| 7 | The WGMS could , in short , be adopted in the United Kingdom in full confidence that insignificant hiccups in the form of excess seats would be no more frequent than they are in the Federal Republic , where it has been tested in eleven general elections and not found wanting . |
| 8 | If Oman today is a relaxed and comfortable nation , it is because it has been led in 21 years from medieval seclusion to modern success . |
| 9 | In fact , like the many German towns vying with one another in the Eighties , Nîmes decided on the building before it even had a collection to put into it , and since 1984 it has been buying in three areas with assistance from funds specially designated by the State for regional museums to collect contemporary works : French art from 1960 to 1990 , with the Nouveau Réalisme and Figuration Libre via the Support-Surface movement ; the Mediterranean scene , with art from southern France , Spain and Italy , with Arte Povera and the Transavanguardia , and represented by artists such as Jose Maria Sicilia , Miquel Barcelo , Susanna Solano , Janis Kounellis , Mario Merz , Giuseppe Penone and Enzo Cucchi ; a taste of English and German tendencies , with Richard Long , Hamish Fulton , Gerhard Richter , Imi Knoebel , Helmut Dorner and others . |
| 10 | It has been operating for 12 months and has assembled a team of 30 engineering staff . |
| 11 | It has been increased by 27 posts . |
| 12 | It has been cited by one analyst as ‘ the green stock par excellence ’ . |
| 13 | The evil wind that bombed Manhattan 's World Trade Center nevertheless blew some good to the disaster recovery specialists : SunGard Data Systems Inc says it has been contacted by four subscriber companies seeking disaster recovery services following the blast — two in Four World Trade Center , one in Two World Trade Center and one in One World Trade Center ; and Comdisco Inc said it is providing disaster recovery services to three financial services companies hit by the blast , while IBM Corp 's disaster recovery unit said it had been in touch with ‘ a lot ’ of its customers , but that so far none of its customers had had to declare their workplaces to be disaster areas . |
| 14 | My sense of honour and enjoyment in taking part in it has been enhanced by one sentimental memory . |
| 15 | It has been suggested by one author that , for instance , written records of staff training should be kept . |
| 16 | The population of little more than 7,000 , indicated by the total of only 1,414 taxpayers in 1525 , seems on the low side , and since it has been estimated at 10,625 ( exclusive of aliens ) in 1569 , a figure closer to 10,000 would be more realistic for the 1520s . |
| 17 | It has been reduced from six to five issues a week . |
| 18 | FYT is trans-denominational and has extensive international links through the Scripture Union Movement , with which it has been associated since 1966 . |
| 19 | It now seems established that this organism is inolved in the development of chronic inflammation and it has been associated with 19 to 80% of gastric carinomas . |
| 20 | Since the pool opened in June 1991 it has been used by 59,500 customers — twice the national average . |
| 21 | It has been exported since 1817 , when it first went to the USA and Canada , soon spreading into Mexico and South America and readily adapting to environments which ranged from very cold uplands to hot , semi-desert plains . |
| 22 | It has been reproduced in millions and has served as the model for metro maps all over the world . |
| 23 | There has also been criticism of the Government 's shifting from a pilot scheme it has been running since 1989 , in which secondary teachers have been linking with primary staff in 76 schools to provide their specialist input . |
| 24 | Although it has been running for 13 years , few sites have so far been cleaned up to the EPA 's satisfaction . |
| 25 | ‘ In Basildon only 32 out of 8,000 homes were sold and in Scotland where it has been running for two years only 223 out of 6,000 tenants have bought houses . |
| 26 | The budget is due now , but it has been postponed for three months . |
| 27 | In its time it has been claimed as one of the best dual-purpose breeds in the world ; no doubt the Shorthorn contributed to its early maturity and improved the carcass quality of what was once a rather coarse-boned large beef bullock , while the Jersey presumably contributed to its relatively high butterfat ( a Normande cow , many years ago , held the world butterfat record ) . |
| 28 | The basic set-up consists of rather basic apparatus out of a school laboratory — battery , heavy water , metal electrodes and meters for heat or neutrons — which is so widely available that the discovery could have been made anywhere at any time in the preceding half century ; but somehow it has been overlooked by two generations of scientists until suddenly in 1989 not one but two groups in the same location simultaneously announce their breakthroughs . |
| 29 | ‘ Gran Reserva ’ indicates it has been aged for seven years . |
| 30 | That is why it has been hyped as one of the countless holy grails of science . |