Example sentences of "[adv] it [verb] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main experimental procedure will involve measuring how long it takes people to read successive segments of carefully-prepared sentences presented on a microcomputer screen . |
| 2 | So it displaces people . |
| 3 | So it encourages people even more does n't it ? |
| 4 | Normally it costs £3.00 to join , but here 's the great news ! |
| 5 | Now it fetches £35 to £50 , or more than £100 for an unusual colour variation . |
| 6 | The US , he points out , at one time had 100% of the financial futures business ; now it has 40% or 50% . |
| 7 | Twenty years ago it cost only 3p to post a first-class letter , whereas today it costs 24p — an increase of 800 per cent . |
| 8 | ‘ I can see how it got people 's backs up , ’ says Lesley . |
| 9 | and all that sort of thing and how it affected people buying furniture because there was a very high luxury tax |
| 10 | It looks at the explosion of mobile , global money in the 1980s encouraged by the electronics communications revolution , and how it affects people 's lives . |
| 11 | How it proved people had to be saved financially before you could save their souls . |
| 12 | Available from electrical shops nationwide it costs £49.99 . |
| 13 | Sometimes it takes people years . |
| 14 | it sort of played about two or three minutes of music and then it went crrrkkkkkk for a few minutes , that 's why I kept hitting it . |
| 15 | What they 've actually done today is announced that they want to put er Calverton into review and at least it tells people at Calverton what the situation 's going to be for the future . |
| 16 | The the premise on this was what what do parents , and I know the words are wrong but at least it moved people along way er er er what do parents want to know about their youngsters ? |
| 17 | However it requires people and groups concerned with the environment and the countryside to work and campaign together with those concerned with housing and the Welsh language if it is to be realised . |
| 18 | The company 's most profitable year was 1990 when it made $7,246,667 , compared to $4,058,160 in 1989 . |
| 19 | The US Federal Reserve prompted a fall in market interest rates to 8 ¼ per cent yesterday when it injected $2billion into the banking system . |
| 20 | The company does not have a sparkling financial story to tell — it lost £1.7m pre-tax on turnover of £12.5m in the year to September 30 , and its only profitable period in four years was the nine months to September 1991 , when it did £684,000 pre-tax on sales of £9.6m . |
| 21 | One way for Novell to increase its current minority position in USL might be for it convert its shares in Univel , where it controls 51% , into USL stock . |
| 22 | There have been several cases in the past where it appeared people were acting out violent scenes from films . |
| 23 | It should do only one thing ; otherwise it confuses people . |