Example sentences of "it [verb] [prep] the [num ord] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was this fact which led Lord Lyons to comment that the government did not lead so much as follow when it came to the last stages of the crisis . |
| 2 | It emerged after the first reports of the Dushanbe violence that there had been a demonstration on Feb. 10 in Frunze , the capital of Kirghizia , likewise sparked off by rumours of the resettlement there of Armenian refugees . |
| 3 | It dates from the last years of Egyptian independence and was still being built during the lifetime of Christ . |
| 4 | In the past , it was thought that language began when the child uttered the first word , but we now know that it begins with the first interactions and communication shortly after birth . |
| 5 | Increasing pressure on the Poles to Germanise themselves , and the corresponding Polish reaction in both compliance and defiance , were all part of the impact of capitalist industrial organisation as it spread from the first comers of Western Europe , to the second rank of industrialising nations — to Germany , Japan and Italy in particular — and through them to their potential empires and marcher territories . |
| 6 | Mr. Leggatt said the recession had affected the industry to a minimal degree , ‘ When it comes to the last rites people will have what they best feel suits the deceased . ’ |