Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] [adj] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , there is no conclusive evidence from anywhere that DDT has ever killed anybody , yet we have ample evidence that it has saved millions of lives . |
| 2 | It has saved billions of pounds by writing reports that are always respected and independent , and which suggest ways in which local government — and , now , the health service — can get better value for money . |
| 3 | It has inspired centuries-worth of discussion and analysis . |
| 4 | A CHESHIRE theatre yesterday raised the curtain on its Christmas show six months before it is due to open and disclosed it has scooped some of Britain 's major stars for its pantomime line-up . |
| 5 | JWP Inc , the Rye Brook , New York electrical and plumbing services conglomerate that bought struggling Businessland Inc and almost immediately regretted it , has decided that it has had enough of computers altogether and on Friday announced that it will sell its information services business ; it has retained Lazard Freres & Co as its financial advisor to attempt to find a buyer ; the unit now provides personal computer-related hardware , software and integrated services primarily to large corporate and institutional customers , has some 3,000 staff and had 1992 revenues of $1,700m . |
| 6 | The Labour party may well find that by the time it has spent billions of pounds on all income levels it will not have the extra money to spend on those who need it most . |
| 7 | Yamaichi is expected to become the 20th market-maker this summer ; it has recruited two of S.G. Warburg 's best analysts . |
| 8 | The European Commission is trying to deregulate the European airline market , but it wants to stop short of America 's ‘ open skies ’ policy . |
| 9 | The ‘ Legitimist ’ nobility , that is those who remained loyal to the elder Bourbon branch which had been deposed by the Revolution of 1830 , kept itself aloof from the court of the ‘ parvenu ’ , just as it had shunned that of Louis-Philippe . |
| 10 | The IS said it had received hundred of letters campaigning for Williams ' release from all over the world . |
| 11 | It had spent thousands of years being handed down from nome to nome without ever saying a word or lighting a light . |
| 12 | Judge Keith Matthewman said it was a well-planned scheme and if it had worked thousands of people would have lost money . |
| 13 | I know this because these machines have a high curiosity factor with guitarists , and although I 'm used to my GR-50 , many players who have been eager to try it have fallen foul of mis-tracking . |
| 14 | But you you say it 's included free of charge . |