Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] the [noun sg] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE GOVERNMENT has sold land at 500 times the price it paid angry farmers when vesting for Ulster 's new city . |
| 2 | Although his letter does not deny that Chlothild had a part to play in Clovis 's conversion , nor that the king decided to accept baptism during a battle against the Alamans , in some respects the information it contains is at odds with Gregory 's account and , therefore , with the traditional interpretation of events . |
| 3 | Companies House , for example , which was established as an agency in October 1988 , had by April 1991 reduced from 25 days to 12 days the time it takes to process documents , against a target reduction to 18 days . |
| 4 | With this building and some rearrangement in existing rooms , the Science departments were allowed to expand , with Chemistry gaining half as much space again , and Physics three times the amount it had , by moving its laboratory into the old Art Room . |
| 5 | In contrast , the population of the inner ring is now nearly four times the size it was at the beginning of this century and the population of the outer ring is nearly twice the size . |
| 6 | She always brushed Corrie 's beautiful hair when she came to the rectory , and though she began teaching both children the alphabet it was Corrie who received the most attention . |