Example sentences of "it [verb] [prep] [det] [subord] a " in BNC.
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1 | Here the density of the labouring population speaks for itself , though while in the Cosford villages it reached almost 55 per cent , in the rising centre Hadleigh it amounted to less than a third . |
2 | If it started with more than a certain critical speed , however , it would never stop rising and fall back but would continue to move away . |
3 | Now it accounts for less than a quarter . |
4 | The company 's employees have embarked on a strike that could seriously disrupt international air travel if it lasts for more than a few weeks . |
5 | It ran for less than a year . |
6 | It ran for less than a year . |
7 | It accounted for more than a third of the overall increase in recorded crime this year . |