Example sentences of "[adv] it [verb] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then watched to see how long it took another pair to occupy the two kinds of territory . |
| 2 | Yes , I think whenever one makes judgment about therapy being better or worse you have to say er on what criteria and there are certainly certain criteria on which group therapy would do better for certain problems like us making feel people feel better if they had a symptom or problem which erm make them feel worse because , because they felt isolated from the community , so it means other people who have got the same problem makes you feel better erm and er certainly suggestion therapy can produce dramatic results especially in the short run . |
| 3 | For example , one of the attractions in my area , Balmoral Castle , as a couple of exhibitions which are open to the public for part of the year , now the entrance fees for that actually goes to charity so it benefits other people apart from the tourists themselves . |
| 4 | A tiger with extra-sharp teeth can kill prey more efficiently than a normal tiger ; hence it has more offspring ; hence it passes on , vertically , more copies of the gene that makes sharp teeth . |
| 5 | ‘ Awful how it takes some people . ’ |
| 6 | Y'know , try and place a historical context to the work and see how it influenced other works . |
| 7 | First , it enabled clueless people to quote ‘ soul ’ , then it allowed intelligent people to get away with expressing fake emotions . |
| 8 | Instead it deprives older people of social status and role , undermines their self-esteem , and denies them a fair share of social resources . |
| 9 | British Aerospace was amongst the features today when it lost 12 pence to four hundred and fif , five hundred and forty one pence on rumours that the Saudis had cancelled some Tornado options . |
| 10 | Half of ICI 's manufacturing capacity is in Britain , where it employs 52,000 people . |
| 11 | Both honours reflect Engineering 's highly-organised approach to safety , both in Coventry , where it employs 330 people full-time and 50–60 on contract , and on Humberside , where another 20 work on project design . |
| 12 | Certainly it provoked wide media interest which continues today , and it remains a highly emotive issue . |