Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [noun sg] it " in BNC.
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1 | I know it 's tempting when see something at £5 instead of £10 , but in six months time it 's useless — that 's why it 's cheap . ’ |
2 | The line was first electrified in the 1950s , but at 1500 volts DC it is very different from today 's standard of 25000 volts AC . |
3 | In five hours time it would be midnight . |
4 | In the nine months period it is hoped Ross will break even and the market is predicting the company will move into profit in 1990 . |
5 | By this time the guitar had made its popular impact , and in just five years time it would be considered virtually the instrument of musical expression . |
6 | Just in case you 're tempted by knockdown prices on old style monitors , by the way , you should bear in mind that in four years time it will actually become illegal to use them at all at work . |
7 | At the most critical moment of the Seven Years War it amounted to 4.4 per cent of the total population of the country , the highest proportion of this kind reached in any State during the century . |