Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] it [verb] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lois Brown was critical of the length of time it took many publishers to make deliveries . |
| 2 | Though his union did not entirely disappear in Hull it took many years to recover . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Mill 's ‘ harm-to-others ’ principle seems simple , but in practice it has many problems . |
| 5 | In China it took many years for the railway to broach the capital . |
| 6 | The authors concerned assume that the word " father " ( or its equivalent in other languages ) has a single meaning in itself , whereas in fact it has many different meanings depending upon what other term forms the other half of the dyadic relationship . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , as it stands at present it has many deficiencies , because : |
| 8 | He noted that when Harris sampled at weekends it found many more Tories than on weekdays . |