Example sentences of "[noun] it [verb] many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To those with no operational experience such as MPs , Courts of Enquiry , magistrates etc. , it can appear a sensible and foolproof system , but in practice it has many deficiencies . |
| 2 | Mill 's ‘ harm-to-others ’ principle seems simple , but in practice it has many problems . |
| 3 | In most of the present liberal-democratic countries it required many decades of agitation and organization , and in few countries was anything like it achieved until late in the nineteenth century . |
| 4 | In China it took many years for the railway to broach the capital . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , as it stands at present it has many deficiencies , because : |
| 6 | Though his union did not entirely disappear in Hull it took many years to recover . |
| 7 | A property it acquired many years ago is carried at a valuation . |
| 8 | Lois Brown was critical of the length of time it took many publishers to make deliveries . |
| 9 | In fact , on any view it started many years before that , though in a haphazard manner . |