Example sentences of "it [vb past] [to-vb] [num] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guinea-Bissau stood to gain 600 million dollars — twice its foreign debt — when it agreed to bury 15 million tons of Philadelphia 's municipal ash . |
| 2 | Nova Scotia became the first province to break the compact earlier this year when it agreed to provide 16 infected individuals with a non-taxable $30,000 per year until they die , and to reimburse the cost of drugs , most of which are not covered by Medicare . |
| 3 | THAILAND 'S Foreign Ministry yesterday suffered a public relations fiasco when it failed to produce five Vietnamese soldiers it claimed had been captured inside Cambodia after Hanoi 's much-publicised troop withdrawal from Cambodia last week . |
| 4 | The government announced this week that it planned to send 53 Japanese soldiers there next month , to help prepare for UN-sponsored elections . |
| 5 | In July , the CEGB announced that it proposed to retrofit three 2000 MW power stations with FGD between 1988 and 1997 . |
| 6 | But while a cruise across the Mediterranean with Clive Kemp had posed no problems at all , the very thought of being alone on a boat with Nathan Bryce for however long it took to sail two thousand miles brought her out in a cold sweat and turned her insides to jelly . |
| 7 | When I was filmed wearing a bikini , it had to have two lower halves . |
| 8 | It said that in reaching its decision , it had to balance two competing factors : ( a ) The public interest that requires the evidence to remain secret . |
| 9 | The organization had contacted the national railway company , RENFE , on Aug. 2 , stating that it intended to attack four major lines during the month . |