Example sentences of "it [verb] a [num] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | D&B says it evaluated a dozen query tools before deciding on Microsoft Access , which proved more user friendly than any of the others , and does n't require SQL programming skills . |
| 2 | it crosses a one way road , you 're coming up right |
| 3 | It announced a 27 p.c. fall in profits to £28.4m for 1991 but the first quarter of 1992 showed a ‘ significant recovery ’ . |
| 4 | Shares in Grampian , which recently failed in its bid for chemist group Macarthy , fell 9 to 163p yesterday after it announced a 15 p.c. drop in pre-tax profit to £11.2m in a tough year for its retail and sports goods activities . |
| 5 | Supposedly it incorporates a thousand bug fixes and product improvements , delivering a maximum 40% increase in network performance and a maximum 50% improvement in user interaction over Solaris 2.0 . |
| 6 | Dun says it weighed a dozen query tools before deciding on Microsoft Access , which proved more user friendly than any of the others , and does n't need SQL programming skills . |
| 7 | It has a 45 p.c. interest in the Armada reserves , according to provisional estimates . |
| 8 | It has a multimillion pound potential , it will rattle the industry , ’ said Mr Stevens . |
| 9 | The company also backed Sunrise Television — which outbid TV-am to secure the breakfast franchise — where it has a 20 p.c. stake . |
| 10 | It uses a 997 word lexicon , and a bi-gram grammar extracted from 900 test sentence templates . |
| 11 | It showed a 50 point drop . |
| 12 | Ami Pro 3.0 does have a word count facility — it is in the Doc Info box accessed via the file menu and so my only complaint is that it entails a four stage process — select File , Select Doc Info , select Update and select OK or cancel to return to your document . |
| 13 | Such cases will often have been treated as acute cystitis for a day or two , and may present to the casualty department or emergency room with a bladder so swollen that it mimics a twenty week pregnancy . |