Example sentences of "[noun] it [vb past] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Japan ( not the United States , as suggested last week ) still boasts the world 's biggest official foreign reserves : at the end of January it had some $79 billion-worth ( including foreign currency , SDRs and its reserve position at the IMF , but excluding gold ) . |
| 2 | Since it involved a fresh assessment of wealth it encountered some hostility . |
| 3 | In the Tokugawa period it enjoyed some autonomy , and was permitted a certain degree of self-reliance and self-government . |
| 4 | From a distance it resembled some piece of modern sculpture : disjointed planes , random angles , a lot of holes . |
| 5 | In addition it made some recommendations to BRAC , one of which was to encourage BRAC to make a greater effort to cooperate with the local village practitioners . |
| 6 | With the conventional weighing system it took some time for the information about packet weights to get to the point where decisions could be made to adjust either the oven or the wrapping machine . |
| 7 | In fact it took some time to make effective progress , in part because of institutional changes ; Lord Portal replaced Lord Reith , and in 1943 a separate Ministry of Town and Country Planning was set up . |