Example sentences of "it [vb past] a [noun] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After an investment of £23½m over five years in its American business , it made a profit last year . |
| 2 | It made a loss last year of £775,000 on sales of £3.2m , following a loss the previous years of £2.6m on sales of £4.5m . |
| 3 | In monetary terms it made a lot more sense to extend episode numbers within a serial , thereby getting more television hours with fewer changes in location . |
| 4 | It was some such very similar situation but it involved a lot more money than you 've lost . |
| 5 | Above it towered a 150-metre high concrete and granite cross , the arms of which " were wide enough inside for two average-sized motor cars to pass each other " . |
| 6 | While the government was willing to set aside very limited funds for specialised and principally in-service training , it rejected a £40 million proposal from CCETSW to replace the two-year Certificate of Qualification in Social Work ( CQSW ) with a three-year programme leading to the award of the Qualifying Diploma in Social Work . |
| 7 | ‘ It paid a visit this week and will be back in August . ’ |
| 8 | The company says it shipped a record 52,000 units , including desktop computers and servers ( exclusive of upgrades ) during the quarter , and that SunSoft Inc distributed a record number of Unix licences , more than 70,000 , to users of Sparc-based and iAPX-86-based kit , to manufacturers of Sparc-based machines and to other licensees . |
| 9 | Despite the recession , Volvo Bus 's performance has been improving ; last year , it delivered a record 5,582 chassis and increased its profits by SK220 million ( £19 million ) . |
| 10 | It contained a Vanity Fair Album and a letter . |
| 11 | It meant a lot more handwriting — the usual challenge to the reader but with the advantage that different handwriting clearly shows what was original thought and what was later input by colleagues . |
| 12 | Well , it took a Milwall old boy , who 's now United 's newboy … to become the weekends golden boy . |
| 13 | Wilko did nt offload him immediately … it took a lot more hassle before he went ahead . |
| 14 | In July TES began the task of installing and commissioning the equipment normally a six month job , but for Randy Jones and ‘ Mac ’ McNeal it took a record 58 days to successful completion . |
| 15 | It took a stranger some time to fall in love with its harsh outlines and stark , black trees . |
| 16 | It reached a pitch this week at a late night fringe meeting , appropriately held in the rooftop suite of a Brighton hotel , when four of the most saleable authors around turned out to promote their ideas and printed wares . |
| 17 | ‘ It put a £3 million price tag on his head , so what does that make Bobby worth now ? |
| 18 | It supported a resolution opposing war by ‘ organizing working-class action , including the general strike ’ and yet accepted a resolution committing it to a general reduction of armaments within the security of the League of Nations 's commitment to take action against aggressor states . |
| 19 | It had a caesium 137 concentration of only 4 becquerels per kilogram . |
| 20 | It quoted a Health Advisory Service report on Bromley , which said : ’ Frail , elderly people face exile in private residential homes far from Bromley ’ . |
| 21 | KKR said that if Hillsborough could not refinance the debt it took on when it launched a $2.4billion leveraged takeover in the building industry , it might have to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy . |