Example sentences of "[verb] it [vb -s] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When Nissan says it wants 100% quality , it means it does n't want a single failure . |
| 2 | When Nissan says it wants 100% quality , it means it does n't want a single failure . |
| 3 | IBM says it expects sales and general administrative expenses to decline by about $1,000m this year through its restructuring efforts . |
| 4 | Using a real-life example that assumes it costs $5 a line to write code and that 100 lines of code can be written a day , SmartStar figures it can cut the cost of generating a trivial application to $750 compared with $12,000 using a tool kit and $7,000 using a Motif GUI builder . |
| 5 | THE Queen came under fire last night when it was revealed it costs £369,000 for a day 's sailing in the royal yacht Britannia . |
| 6 | Fleet has already said it expects $350m a year of cost savings . |
| 7 | Ambitious video games company Sega Enterprises Ltd is not playing games : it says it should reach annual sales of $5,000m by 1997 at the latest : the company controls 55% of the European video-game market and its main competitor , Nintendo Co , has 45% , it said ; it also reckons it has 54% of the US market , although Nintendo is generally regarded as the market leader there ; in Japan , Sega has just 20% . |
| 8 | ‘ I mean it impresses people . ’ |
| 9 | If smoking is allowed it stops people doing it in secret and making it into a clever or fashionable thing to do |
| 10 | I think it encourages people . |
| 11 | D you think it needs data files ? |
| 12 | and you had a talk on drugs , you know , about things , I think it makes people curious . |
| 13 | It 's interesting cos you said it helps people with mild depression . |
| 14 | So he said yes you know , they say well if you want to be paid it means people 'll have to be sacked and all this , well you know ! |
| 15 | Changes in the way the money is distributed could mean Cheshire only getting £30m when Coun Harold Tomlins claims it needs £40m to cope with demand for services . |