Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [vb past] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 On the revenue side it meant such devices as changing the weighting of the staff mix so that a greater proportion of unqualified staff were employed than might ideally have been desired .
2 Enthoven pointed out that whereas the NHS efficiently contained costs at the macro-level it provided few incentives to consistently reward efficiency and high performance at the micro-level , and indeed penalised both .
3 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 .
4 A property it acquired many years ago is carried at a valuation .
5 In the course of its report it made several suggestions as to reform of the law to increase the availability of credit by removing what were perceived to be legal handicaps : Specifically , the Banking Commission recommended changes in the law of security .
6 Lois Brown was critical of the length of time it took many publishers to make deliveries .
7 But this time it took fewer repeats before the horse calmed and stopped .
8 In fact , on any view it started many years before that , though in a haphazard manner .
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