Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a disgraceful piece of television , in as much as it failed completely to set one point of view against another so that genuine truth could emerge . |
| 2 | First in the world to deploy an ICBM , it took the Soviet Union ten years longer than the United States to develop a reliable guidance system ; it has also taken 25 years to develop a quiet nuclear submarine , and having set the pace with anti-satellite weapons , the USSR may already have fallen behind the United States in this field . |
| 3 | It has also had 52 governments , mostly coalitions , since 1945 , all dominated by the Christian Democrats . |
| 4 | It has also delivered 3,000 MicroSparc units . |
| 5 | Last year it only sold 5,500 houses in 12 months , but this year it has already sold 4,160 houses in the first five months . |
| 6 | Auspex says it has already shipped 12 systems , worth $4.5m , to DEC customers around the world . |
| 7 | So it has only got three legs ? |
| 8 | The recession has been only half as deep as the slump of 1979-81 , but it has now lasted ten quarters , against eight quarters then . |
| 9 | It has now published two leaflets , Post-natal Illness and Post-natal Illness and its Effects on the Family . |
| 10 | It has then made two points : ( 1 ) that other people manage curricula within centralised systems , which is encouraging ; but ( 2 ) that other people have cultural backgrounds which make it easier for them to manage curricula within centralised systems , which is discouraging . |
| 11 | But it has always produced two results : support from other fans who think Newcastle are n't half lucky and complete silence from the club which many fans also accuse of poor public relations except on one occasion when the assistant manager was economical with the truth . |
| 12 | Once the process is definitely under way and there is no chance of it stopping again take one dose only of Caulophyllum 10M . |
| 13 | This bird , born around 1762 , lived in such comfortable circumstances that it had already reared eight broods when , to the consternation of its noble owner , it suddenly developed the plumage and spurs of a male and thereafter refused to lay another egg . |
| 14 | A spokesman for IBM France said it had already earmarked 1,500 job cuts for 1993 through voluntary redundancies , but did not rule out further measures if the market deteriorated . |
| 15 | The AWB claimed in 1990 that it had already trained 12,000 men . |
| 16 | It had already attacked two people who escaped serious injury . |
| 17 | The journey took only two nights and a day ; previously it had always taken three days , since the train stopped for the night at Dire Dawa and the Awash Station . |
| 18 | It had all happened one Sunday morning when an old man in London decided that that was how it would be . |
| 19 | But London Ambulance Service categorically denied that it had plans to cut off phone lines , saying that it had only authorised one disconnection at Park Royal Ambulance Station , West London , because crews had locked themselves in . |
| 20 | I am fascinated by the use of the English language , I do not wish to undermine it , but , as I would argue , it does overtly undermine 50 percent of its users ( i.e. women ) . |
| 21 | It 's already got fifty pound off . |
| 22 | Monday morning Trent , it 's just gone twenty minutes past eleven . |
| 23 | ‘ Only one on this bike because it 's only got one seat ’ , ( Simon 4.3 ) . |
| 24 | And it 's only got one father in it . |
| 25 | It 's only got 4 ways . |
| 26 | It 's only got six calories |
| 27 | It 's actually got sixteen bars of start up at the moment , in short score , |