Example sentences of "it [is] [verb] [art] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The health authority denies negilgence , but it 's understood the two sides are now close to a settlement . |
| 2 | It 's cost a million pounds to build a new water treatment works at Stow on the Wold in Gloucestershire , to take nitrates out of spring and river water . |
| 3 | IBM is saying it 's delivered a million copies of OS/2 and predicts it could reach two million by the end of the year : Microsoft Corp voiced scepticism about the number to The Wall Street Journal to which IBM VP Jim Cannavino retorted , ‘ A stork did n't bring [ the one million copies ] and I assure you I have n't cooked the books . ’ |
| 4 | So , in fact , it 's tying the two things together , and getting both bits of business . |
| 5 | ‘ A bad argument remains a bad argument even if it is repeated a thousand times . ’ |
| 6 | It is believed the two men slipped on ice while descending . |
| 7 | It is expected the two incentives will result in £30 million extra for Britain 's trusts and charities . |
| 8 | When the accident happened at around 4:15 yesterday afternoon , it is thought the two men had already passed the most arduous section of what is regarded as only an averagely difficult ice climb route . |